#military

[prokopetz]

I've been getting recruitment ads recently helpfully explaining that Canadian citizens are allowed to enlist in the US military under certain circumstances, and all I can think is they must be getting real desperate if they feel the need to actively pursue that avenue.

[lawfulgoodness]

honestly, this is what it's like to be a soldier for much of human history

[nicoleisttraurig]

Today I wanted to share one of my favorite historical figures with you.

This young man's name is Sergeant William Henry Johnson. Commonly known as Henry Johnson, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on the night of May 15, 1918. While defending French lines, he saved one of his men from capture, and blocked a German raid from advancing to his French allies. Johnson became one of the first Americans to be awarded France's highest award for valor, the Croix de Guerre avec Palme.

Sgt. Johnson died in July of 1929, due to his 21 injuries sustained during the war. He's buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

[sgtgrunt0331-3]

On January 15, 2019, lone SAS operator Christian Craighead enters the Dusit Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, in respond to a terrorist attack. This famous photograph was seen on social media and major news outlets around the world.

Off-duty at the time, Craighead wore his combat gear over jeans and shirt when he entered the complex alone. He was able escort civilians to safety, then went back inside the hotel where he shot and killed two of the four al-Shabaab gunmen.

(Photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images)

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[nueveg]

[sempergrumpy-1]

[danshistoryblog]

Thud Row

[dronescapesvideos]

B-29 Superfortress of the 40th Bombardment Squadron, 6th Bombardment Group, on a mission over Japan in 1945. 🎥 b-29 Superfortress Documentary: https://youtu.be/wHugW02V9qg 📷 HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/Bombers

[yoyonhi]

Reze

[sgtgrunt0331-3]

An American G.I. leans out his tent to shake hands with a dog in Luxembourg’s frozen landscape during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945.

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[sophieinwonderland]

I have been reading your posts about Republicans. Honestly, the only good Republican in modern times I can name is the late John McCain. Agree with him or not, he was a good man at least. The face of Mitch McConnell when McCain refused to repeal Obamacare was priceless. He refused to repeal it because he knew that just repealing it would leave a ton of Americans without healthcare while waiting for a replacement, which could take years considering how slow politics often is (assuming they even had a plan to begin with).

I find it very difficult to believe Mitch McConnell wasn't aware of the fact it would take a long time to replace Obamacare with something that may or may not be better and that in the meantime numerous Americans would be without healthcare.

It's honestly sickening to think about.

I agree!

It's also worth noting this moment from John McCain's run for President:

Something I want to focus on here though is that it shows pretty well how even as John McCain was running a respectable campaign, the Republican PEOPLE were already becoming Trump's electorate.

There's this myth that I sometimes see that presents Trump as being a corrupting figure that somehow turned Republicans bad. And the Republican voters just are swept up in it.

So I think it's worth looking back at the time the Republican frontrunner tried countering the racist fearmongering about Obama, and HIS crowed booed him for it.

It's no surprise that this crowd would later support Trump as he mocked McCain for being a prisoner of war.

"He's not a war hero. He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured,”

As far as I'm concerned, most Republicans have been this for a while. Trump just gave them permission to embrace their hate more publicly.

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[prettiestboytoy2]

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