Never Forget
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I saw a one sentence tweet I won't soon forget:
"As you celebrate your day at the beach, remember the men who had their day at the beach."
To all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice anywhere, any time, thank you.
"As you celebrate your day at the beach, remember the men who had their day at the beach."
To all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice anywhere, any time, thank you.
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https://www.breitbart.com/national-...es-by-keeping-america-from-becoming-a-memory/
Memorialize Our Fallen Heroes by Keeping America from Becoming a Memory
TOMMY WALLER | 26 May 2019
Every Memorial Day, I think about those men and women I know who died in combat against our nation’s enemies. I think especially about the families who lost Marines under my command and how I owe it to them to ensure that I preserve not only their memory, but the safety and security of the very nation for which they gave their lives.
Similarly, every American owes a debt of gratitude to the generations of warriors who preserved our nation’s freedom against the evils of Colonialism, Imperialism, Nazism, and Socialism/Communism. If Americans expect to maintain that freedom, we must match our gratitude with a commitment to defeat the threats that, today, could turn our Republic and our freedom into a memory. These types of threats are referred to as “existential” — they hold at risk the very existence of America as we know it.
Today’s “existential threats” are embodied in the “Red-Green Axis” and the methods by which those adversaries are currently working to bring an end to America. The Red-Green Axis is an ideological and political combination of Marxism-Leninism and Sharia. The “Red” part of this Axis consists of threats ranging from the Socialist and Communist states of Russia and China to the Socialist movement in the United States, part of which is firmly entrenched in American society and even within the American government.
The “Green” part of the Axis includes the Global Jihad Movement, a diverse array of Sharia supremacists who don’t necessarily align with each other but are united in their hatred of the principles of liberty by which America was founded. This movement ranges from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Islamic State (ISIS) — and the hundreds of jihadi organizations worldwide — to the most effective and dangerous wellspring from which all these organizations emerge: the Muslim Brotherhood.
Americans are relatively familiar with the violent “terrorism” taking place globally at the hands of Islamic jihadis, including the genocidal persecution of Christians, non-Muslims, and non-Sharia-adherent Muslims. Unfortunately, most Americans are completely blind to the aggressive and effective “Civilization Jihad” being executed here at home by the Muslim Brotherhood.
While the Axis is working to fundamentally transform America, there is no faster way to end our sovereignty and snuff out the bright shining light of freedom than by “turning off the lights” through a successful attack on our most critical national infrastructure: the electric grid. Numerous government-sponsored and independent studies over nearly two decades confirm that a widespread nationwide blackout lasting a year or more would result in the loss of 90 percent of our population.
The fastest and most effective method to take down America’s electric grid is through employing a nuclear weapon in a high-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack. All our enemies know this and are working very hard to exploit the nation’s critical vulnerability to EMP. In fact, there are powerful members of the Red-Green Axis directly collaborating on everything from weapons development to the leasing of American ports of entry to seize key terrain necessary to both threaten our nuclear deterrent and smuggle nuclear-capable ballistic missiles into the United States.
Fortunately, the Trump administration is working tirelessly to counter all these threats. But this is not enough. For our nation to weather the storm of the Red-Green Axis, everyone must wake up to these threats and commit to defeating them. The first and most urgent step is to take away our enemies’ opportunity for a “kill shot.”
If we fail, we risk a future where American freedom itself becomes a memory. We must Secure the Grid now!
Tommy Waller serves as Vice President, Special Projects at the Center for Security Policy. He manages the Secure the Grid Coalition, a group of policymakers, defense professionals and activists working diligently to secure America’s most critical infrastructure—the U.S. Electric Grid. Prior to joining the Center, Waller served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an Infantry and Recon Officer with combat service overseas in numerous theaters.
Memorialize Our Fallen Heroes by Keeping America from Becoming a Memory
TOMMY WALLER | 26 May 2019
Every Memorial Day, I think about those men and women I know who died in combat against our nation’s enemies. I think especially about the families who lost Marines under my command and how I owe it to them to ensure that I preserve not only their memory, but the safety and security of the very nation for which they gave their lives.
Similarly, every American owes a debt of gratitude to the generations of warriors who preserved our nation’s freedom against the evils of Colonialism, Imperialism, Nazism, and Socialism/Communism. If Americans expect to maintain that freedom, we must match our gratitude with a commitment to defeat the threats that, today, could turn our Republic and our freedom into a memory. These types of threats are referred to as “existential” — they hold at risk the very existence of America as we know it.
Today’s “existential threats” are embodied in the “Red-Green Axis” and the methods by which those adversaries are currently working to bring an end to America. The Red-Green Axis is an ideological and political combination of Marxism-Leninism and Sharia. The “Red” part of this Axis consists of threats ranging from the Socialist and Communist states of Russia and China to the Socialist movement in the United States, part of which is firmly entrenched in American society and even within the American government.
The “Green” part of the Axis includes the Global Jihad Movement, a diverse array of Sharia supremacists who don’t necessarily align with each other but are united in their hatred of the principles of liberty by which America was founded. This movement ranges from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Islamic State (ISIS) — and the hundreds of jihadi organizations worldwide — to the most effective and dangerous wellspring from which all these organizations emerge: the Muslim Brotherhood.
Americans are relatively familiar with the violent “terrorism” taking place globally at the hands of Islamic jihadis, including the genocidal persecution of Christians, non-Muslims, and non-Sharia-adherent Muslims. Unfortunately, most Americans are completely blind to the aggressive and effective “Civilization Jihad” being executed here at home by the Muslim Brotherhood.
While the Axis is working to fundamentally transform America, there is no faster way to end our sovereignty and snuff out the bright shining light of freedom than by “turning off the lights” through a successful attack on our most critical national infrastructure: the electric grid. Numerous government-sponsored and independent studies over nearly two decades confirm that a widespread nationwide blackout lasting a year or more would result in the loss of 90 percent of our population.
The fastest and most effective method to take down America’s electric grid is through employing a nuclear weapon in a high-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack. All our enemies know this and are working very hard to exploit the nation’s critical vulnerability to EMP. In fact, there are powerful members of the Red-Green Axis directly collaborating on everything from weapons development to the leasing of American ports of entry to seize key terrain necessary to both threaten our nuclear deterrent and smuggle nuclear-capable ballistic missiles into the United States.
Fortunately, the Trump administration is working tirelessly to counter all these threats. But this is not enough. For our nation to weather the storm of the Red-Green Axis, everyone must wake up to these threats and commit to defeating them. The first and most urgent step is to take away our enemies’ opportunity for a “kill shot.”
If we fail, we risk a future where American freedom itself becomes a memory. We must Secure the Grid now!
Tommy Waller serves as Vice President, Special Projects at the Center for Security Policy. He manages the Secure the Grid Coalition, a group of policymakers, defense professionals and activists working diligently to secure America’s most critical infrastructure—the U.S. Electric Grid. Prior to joining the Center, Waller served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an Infantry and Recon Officer with combat service overseas in numerous theaters.
Maybe bc it’s in the PnR, or because folks are out. But damn. Only five-6folks in this thread, on all days come on.
To those that have, did, and currently serve thank you!
To those that have, did, and currently serve thank you!
Saturday, I went to the cemetery were my Dad is buried, to say a prayer. He was Navy in WW2, and served on a mine sweeper in the South Pacific. While at the cemetery, I found the grave of the 20 yo who gave his life in Vietnam in Dec 1967, that I served as an altar boy at his funeral. I said a prayer for him too. These boys, and their families, sacrificed immensely.
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Thank you for service.
In Flanders Fields*
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)*
Canadian Army
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow*
Between the crosses row on row,*
That mark our place; and in the sky*
The larks, still bravely singing, fly*
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago*
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,*
Loved and were loved, and now we lie*
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:*
To you from failing hands we throw*
The torch; be yours to hold it high.*
If ye break faith with us who die*
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow*
In Flanders fields.
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In Flanders Fields*
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)*
Canadian Army
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow*
Between the crosses row on row,*
That mark our place; and in the sky*
The larks, still bravely singing, fly*
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago*
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,*
Loved and were loved, and now we lie*
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:*
To you from failing hands we throw*
The torch; be yours to hold it high.*
If ye break faith with us who die*
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow*
In Flanders fields.
Sent from my SM-N950W using Steeler Nation mobile app
https://twitter.com/i/status/1132995002425053185
Really wish I found this link with the heart-wrenching video much earlier today, but oh well better late than never.
Really wish I found this link with the heart-wrenching video much earlier today, but oh well better late than never.
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Every Memorial Day I pause to pay respects to our fallen soldiers who gave their lives for the country. Their ultimate sacrifice allows us to enjoy our freedoms and rights. They lost their lives fighting for America, the greatest country on earth and to keep the American dream alive for the rest of us. I am grateful for their service and mourn their loss with the gold star families.
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