Rumor is from a NASA friend:
Artemis program has a affirmative action hire mandate, of which some questionable less then qual hires were made. The launch has been postponed several times because of these hires. Whistleblowers will be emerging soon to talk about it.
Long story short. This young Naval Officer is the son of my High School Band Director, Mr E.. For some reason Mr. E took me under his wing and mentored me through High School. His son followed my military career and asked if I would give him his first salute.
It finally came in. College grad with honors. Awesome opportunity to set the example for my two cubs. Yeah it’s a piece of paper. But I put in the work.
13 years ago today my ODA was recovering from an experience that remains embedded in our consciousness. Having survived a firefight with the odds stacked against us. In the early morning on the day prior, a great Special Forces Green Beret sacrificed his life......
On this day, in its early hours, SSG Robert J Miller, myself and members of my ODA were involved in an intense firefight. Unfortunately he was taken from us. He was a great Soldier, teammate and brother.
RIP Rob we love and miss you!
Blacks competed, as well as Asians, Latinos, etc. I was there for the entire event.
I’m American, love this country and hate this BS fake racism. Come at me if want, and I’ll pass along a grid coordinate for a meet up.
So these two pics is were taken during and after my very first firefight that lasted 5 minutes total.
Ammo carried:
556 - 16 mag on kit & go bag
9mm - 3, and 1 in pistol
16 - 40mm
After firefight:
1 mag in weapon
9mm didn’t shoot
In 5 minutes I blew threw all my ammo
Somebody correct if I’m wrong. “Go Bags”/ 3 day packs are meant to be light, and have the essentials to get you by until you can refit. Sustainably is absolutely key to surviving the challenges you may face in a gun battle. That being said……
The year was 2010, somewhere in Marjah Afghanistan. Surrounded by Taliban militants. On this particular day we were we conducted a spearhead mission to future ops throughout the region. Marco is the furry guy at my feet was worn out.
I miss being on an ODA, I miss the brotherhood (lady soldiers included) of military. Going through trials together sucks, but afterwards there is a sense of togetherness that’s hard to explain. Anyway, this is where I am at emotionally this evening.
- DOL
What I’m about to say happened about 8 years ago when I first started teaching at UCF ROTC.
After burning myself out with multiple back to back deployments I was afforded the opportunity to move my family to Florida to finish off my career. Jumped on it.
A good friend of mine and I were newly weds together, both of us in the Army, both careers went in opposite directions. Last night we broke bread and enjoyed each others fellowship, and as I was leaving he gave this coin. My new favorite.
Skelt took my place running the FLETAC sometime before he died. Great dude. We went through the Q Course (18C & SERE) together and had a blast (both literally and figuratively). His death hurt so bad, and I never really got over how and why he died. RIP Bro!
A while back my youngest daughter Pooh Bear decided she wanted to and tried to join the Army. I was brought to tears when she told me why.
She wanted to be a hero like her dad. I never would call myself a hero. I know too many better men and women who are. Many are on this app.
My Pooh Bear graduated the Fire Academy and passed the county assessment today. Hopefully she will get an offer soon for a job. Proud of her, and it Ms damn cool to see how she is maturing.
The hours she spent figuring out how to drag me 25 meter paid off.
December 2007, ODA 3312 conducted a mission in Barge Matal Nuristan. SSG Robert Miller and I were invited to play a game of Buzkashi. Here is Rob on top of a borrowed horse while I take a photo. One of the last photos we have of him.
It just so happened to be 12 ago today when I met President Bush and 10 when I met President Obama. Never in my life had I thought I would ever meet a sitting POTUS, but I was fortunate to meet two.
I feel the POTUS and other Politicans should go and fight any war they are willing to send our young men and women.
In a combat role, not supporting. For the exception of the POTUS, the politicans should be enlisted and not an officers.
Change my mind.
My daughter just informed me she is officially engaged. She made an excellent choice and he is a good man. Watching our cubs grow into fine young women has been an experience and I’m looking forward to seeing them both grow.
2009ish I entered into a very dark point in my life. I deployed to Afghanistan for the third time. I should’ve sat it out. After this deployment I was home 90 days before I found out I would deploy again in January of 2010. I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders.
It’s hard to say how things would have played out if the shooter actually killed Trump.
Would Biden still be in the race?
Would conservatives riot in the street?
I don’t know.
I will say something hasn’t been sitting right with me since the last election.
Since I’m
These photos are of SSG Robert J Miller (KIA) who was awarded the MoH. Last night I had dinner with his parents, sister, and their Priest who is always a delight to hang with.
Today is SFC Ryan Savards birthday.
Ryan was a great dude, that died doing what he does best. The enemy insurgent that killed him paid dearly from I was told of the event.
RIP Bro!
- DOL
Earlier today I posted a tweet of SSG Robert J Miller, and young SF weapons expert who was everything a GB should be and more. Rob was more than just a teammate, he was my friend and brother in Arms. His death was the first but not the last I witnessed...
It’s a weird feeling, and as I’m typing this out, I am shaking. Everyday since that event I have stepped up my game. Facing challenges head on. Though not perfect nor consistent, I have been and will continue to put up the fight.
My Oakleys block blue light, and was recommended for my TBI. I wear them both in & outdoor. I do own a pair of clear lenses but don’t always carrying them.
So…. This morning while at the gym, a woman whom I didn’t even know was the n the gym decided to confront me of
Spent the month thinking about all the guys I served with that we lost in combat. But the guys I thought most about were those that took their lives, died from cancer, or died while at home due to other means.
A death is a death, and it’s only a matter of time before it’s my
SSGT Robert Miller
MOH recipient 3rd SFG
KIA 25 Jan 2008, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
I had the pleasure of my brother and friend as well as Robert’s teammate on that day
@LookingOver
share the story and memories of Rob.
Also had the pleasure of meeting and breaking bread
I really don’t know how to articulate the totality of my emotions that I am currently feeling. But I really feel impressed there is someone out there in the world that needs to read what I am saying. I’m not looking for sympathy or accolades.
My youngest has been accepted into the Fire Academy. She has worked her butt off. One thing I told her was she needed to be in shape, since, she has been in the gym everyday putting in the work. Im proud of her.
Who am I?
I am a child of God.
I am a father, son, brother, husband, a leader.
I am a patriot who love his country regardless of its disfunctional pass.
I am now the best version of me.
For some reason I feel like somebody needed to hear this, because I am you.
This is like the ice bucket challenge. Mostly looking for attention.
I bet 99% of people pulling these flyers couldn’t find Israel nor point out the Gaza Strip on a map.
The last photo of one of my final missions. Not going lie, I was burnt out by this point.
The last pic is right after a firefight. The 3 Afghans with me were my some of the best dudes I worked with. They truly had my back this day.
That being said, not a day goes by I where I remember the events of that day. Fighting alongside him, in a near ambush, in the cold darkness of that morning, reacting to contact with in feet of enemy insurgents with night vision giving us the only advantage.
When I was 19 I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days in GA. My new faith, and opportunity of serving at part of mission in Benning. After meeting a few Rangers I knew I had a new goal. I wanted to be a Ranger.
That and superior skill. A lesson learned was that it takes only one bullet to change the course of history. I often wonder what if that bullet hit me. That night two did, but I was fortunately the rounds hit my body armor.
Future Congressman Joe Kent being a racist is the laziest argument to be made. Calling anyone especially Joe Kent a racist without indisputable proof is an indicator of his opponents lack of political confidence. Joe can stand on his own merits against this accusation.
But the thought has never escaped me as to whether or not of what happened was meant to happen or it was just dumb luck. Never-the-less that Robs death means more to me now 13 years after the fact than it did the day after his death.
Three years ago I decided to get back into cycling. So I signed up for the Assault on the Carolinas ride. Basically a 66 mile starting ride that begins in NC goes into SC and loops back.
Got my. Best friend to to the same. He completed it, I didn’t. No excuse, I was out of
The Army gets this wrong all the time.
Just because you have completed a course and earned a tab doesn’t automatically earn you a spot at the table of respect.
You have to earn that respect everyday regardless of gender.
Great weekend spent in Utah seeing my oldest tie the knot. Never thought it would be be so hard for me to see her make this step, but happy nonetheless.
My last combat mission in Afghanistan before I had enough. This was my 7th combat deployment to Afghanistan and my 10th overall in 10 years. On this particular mission we came into contact in outside Mazar e Sharef. Maybe the most beautiful place in Afghanistan.
This weekend was pretty intense. I said some things folks chimed in and said some things.
The take away is military folks care, that’s what’s important. If you got pissed and said nasty things about me and those who supported what I said, right on!
18Ds see some of the coolest injuries and often have to go about treating injuries in interesting ways.
Gunshot wounds today aren’t the same type of injury it would have been 100 years ago thanks to body armor.
I’m 49.
I don’t get Botox.
I don’t wear makeup.
I’m a small business owner.
I love making fun of myself.
I created two beautiful daughters.
& I’m free of the political mind virus.
What do you see?
I’m 30.
I don’t get Botox.
I don’t wear makeup like ever.
I own a Construction Business.
I make everything a joke.
I trade stock/crypto because I love both.
& I’m free of the woke mind virus.
What do you see?
I have been fighting the urge of posting my thoughts and feelings regarding our pull out of Afghanistan. To this day I am utterly pissed that a year ago our Troops were ordered to pull out from a forever war in such a manner that in all appearances would have leaders scrutinized
21 years together!
We have sailed across the vastness of oceans, visited foreign lands, and climb mountain tops. Together we have done everything; the adventure isn’t over yet! To many more babe.
If any one of apologizes to me for something you had nothing to do with, I will kick you where it hurts. I mean hard. Don’t care how old you are, what your gender may or may not be, what your race is. It will be a hate crime when I’m finished. So let it written, so let it be
🚨🇺🇸 “I’m going to ask all White Americans in the room to repeat after me”
“To you and all African Americans - from the beginning of our Nations history, in honour of your ancestors & on behalf of your children - please hear this from my heart - I APOLOGISE”
This can’t be real
Some major signaling here that that government is distancing itself from the American people. Giving the impression that the government is under siege. Question I’m asking is, what’s really going on, and what policy will come via Exec Order that will cause unrest?
PERMANENT SECURITY FENCING coming to US Capitol.
New statement from acting US Capitol Police chief: "Vast improvements to the physical security infrastructure must be made to include permanent fencing"
The O’Gal looked at me the other night while sitting on the couch and said that she miss seeing me cleaning shaven. I have had my beard for three years, and actually loved it.
So I excused myself and walked upstairs and shaved it. To be honest, I forgot what I looked like
This spring has been good to me. Feeling great, looking better, and most importantly, I’m happy.
Once I found general happiness, things have fallen in to place. Yeah, I face challenges, they aren’t big deals.
It’s important that your children strike out on their own. Mine decided to be a paramedic/ firefighter she is currently in the academy. She’s worked her butt off going to the gym and getting strong. Today she wanted to show off her kit.
She is figuring life out at her pace.
12 years ago SSG Robert J Miller was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. This was a day of mixed emotions, mostly anger a resentment. Resentment to all the military elites hiding out while our boys are giving their all on the battlefield.
I serve in the SFs for almost the entirety of my career. I am a POC, and never felt uncomfortable with anyone I served with, nor knew of anyone with far right guy to ideology. I do know that people hide who they are, but I also know that the system has a way of....
Traveled to Utah to meet my daughter’s boyfriend. I like him. Got to spend time getting to know him, and they are a good match. Don’t want to jinx it for them, but she feels he is a keeper. Her happiness is all that matters to me.
The role of an US Army Non-Commissioned Officer (NCOs) is “THE” backbone for every aspect in the Army. Those that take this position seriously and not just collect a paycheck make the Army more efficient but extremely deadly.
Why?
NCOs pick up the slack in the absence of
"When I told my father I was going to marry Jake he said, ‘If you marry that man you will never set foot in this house again.’
He was horrified that I could contemplate marrying a black man, and I soon learned that most people felt the same way. The first years of our
This is frustrating to those that actually give a damn, because at the end of the day those that actually care do so to the point that it becomes personal.
I’m going to vote Harris 20 years to the day from when I led a SEAL sniper team into Fallujah where we cleared houses with frags and breached doors with green tip because we ran out of PETN and C-4.
I feel OK about my man card.
Where were you during the war champ?
PSA:
When you thank service members for their sacrifice, 99% of the time this👇🏾right here is what you are actually thanking them/ us for. If you know, you know.
One of the last SF course I was privileged to go to before I PCS’d to teach at UCFs ROTC. Had I gotten a different opportunity to this more often I would have never taken the ROTC gig, but I did. Our Groups Advanced Marksmanship Target Interdiction Course was one of the more….
Spent years being an a$$h0le to my lower back. Little did I know losing a few lbs would have helped. Today did a Back Squat PR 245 lbs.. which is literally for some, but a milestone for me.
This is Andy. Andy was my SOFMPC Malinois. In 2009 we deployed top Afghanistan for a 9 month trip supporting SF, and SEAL in RC South. Not much happened that year. I returned home in August and was back that January support a Commando mission in 2010
Spent the day hiking with the O’Gal. Saw some beautiful waterfalls, and spent time taking in what God has blessed us with has been amazing. A blessing.
When I was a young man coming into age in the 90’s there was a California stat that stated by the time I was 21 yrs old I would have dropped of school, been a subject of the Cali DOC and on my way to a life of crime.
Fortunately I didn’t want that and made choices keeping from