Medal of Honor Winner

Please read about Specialist Five James C. McCloughan's heroic actions. The story left me asking two questions - where do we find such men and what took so damn long to honor this hero.

A French Soldiers View of US Soldiers

This is must reading.

...an American combat team will rush to support ours [French] before even knowing how dangerous the mission is - from what we have been given to witness, the American soldier is a beautiful and worthy heir to those who liberated France and Europe.

...Current everyday conventional boring 'leg infantry' units exceed the PT levels and training levels of most Special Forces during the Vietnam War. They exceed both of those as well as IQ and educational levels of: Waffen SS, WWII Rangers, WWII Airborne and British 'Commando' units during WWII. Their per-unit combat-functionality is essentially unmeasurable because it has to be compared to something and there's nothing comparable in industrial period combat history.

...This is 'The Greatest Generation' of soldiers.... They may never be equaled.

Where do we find such men?

The Proper Words Escape me

It would take more than Hurricane Sandy to keep the honor guard at the Tomb of the unknown Soldier from performing their duty. I don't have the words...

Photo via Marta Evry