Tag: Soldier
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Toy Soldier Hat Boy David Morales Awarded Medal
Retired Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, the former head of the Rhode Island National Guard, gave 8-year-old David Morales a medal called a challenge coin during an appearance on WPRO-AM’s John DePetro show. Centracchio said the second-grader should be thanked for recognizing veterans and soldiers. “You did nothing wrong, and you did an outstanding job,” he…
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Child Soldier Mural By Shepard Fairey Painted Over Days After It Goes Up
Covington, KY – The mural at 242 W. Pike St. – which Fairey and his team of artists spent several hours pasting up in sections on Tuesday – drew negative reactions from Claypool and some of his clients and neighbors, including John G. Carlisle Elementary School across the street. The dominant image in the red, black…
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Weapons Painting Guide For Soldiers
On 1 April, TACOM Life Cycle Management Command issued the Maintenance Information Message MI 10-040 “Camouflaging Specific Small Arms” stating that, given command approval, Soldiers are permitted to camouflage the M4/M16 weapon systems with paint. See the guide in PDF format – HERE As the guide says at the end, weapons painting has been elevated…
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British Sniper Takes Out Five Taliban Insurgents From Over A Mile Away
A few days ago I blogged about the British Army sniper that set a new kill distance record with an Accuracy International L115A3. Well it looks like the British are breeding Universal soldier types, because today some more impressive shooting was in the UK news: A British sniper shot dead five Taliban gunmen in…