The hotly debated issue of renaming 10 Army installations honoring Confederate generals was a key sticking point in the 2021 defense policy bill -- and may still earn the bill a veto from President Donald Trump.
Published: Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 @ 10:57 am
By: George H. Schryer
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As this Veterans Day comes upon us it will be probably the least celebrated of all prior celebrations to honor all Veterans serving or not.
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
By: George H. Schryer
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Just a reminder of what it took to make this country great and more importantly free.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 5:04 am
By: George H. Schryer
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Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune recently ranked among the highest-scoring facilities in multiple "Best of the Best" categories in the second-quarter report of the Joint Outpatient Experience Survey
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 11:14 am
By: George H. Schryer
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The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2020 @ 3:10 pm
By: George H. Schryer
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The League of United Latin American Citizens has been pushing to have Fort Hood renamed in his honor.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: George H. Schryer
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Novartis Admits to Certain Conduct Alleged in the Lawsuit and Agrees to Strict Limitations on Its Ability to Conduct Future Speaker Programs
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 @ 5:08 pm
By: George H. Schryer
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Maj. Bill Terwilliger was only a 17-year-old boy from Colton, South Dakota when he joined the Army in 1950.
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 @ 1:17 pm
By: George H. Schryer
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Late last week a group of graduated West Point leftists penned a letter rebuking the politicization of the military, while at the same time targeting recent moves by military leadership in a veiled attack on President Trump.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2020 @ 3:41 am
By: George H. Schryer
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The House on Thursday passed by voice vote an annually required measure to increase cost-of-living adjustments tied to veterans benefits in parity with the COLA approved by the Social Security Administration.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 12:18 am
By: George H. Schryer
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Today I did something that broke my heart; I lowered the American flag in my back yard and put it back up upside down. This is the legal way to display the National Colors when your situation has become untenable.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2013 @ 8:58 am
By: George H. Schryer
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CBS, which I take to mean the Communist Broadcasting System, has torn open the almost healed wounds of an almost forgotten war.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 10:22 am
By: George H. Schryer
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I guess I might as well add my two cents worth to the "discussion" about guns. Let me start by saying that I am and always have been a defender of the Constitution since I reached the age of reason
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 @ 9:36 am
By: George H. Schryer
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I have been asked recently to sign a petition requesting that all those military men and women who were murdered or wounded in the Fort Hood massacre be allowed to be awarded a Purple Heart.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2012 @ 3:00 am
By: George H. Schryer
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I have been thinking lately, with all the political "noise" surrounding me, of one all important question. "What am I going to tell my great grandchildren.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 @ 8:05 am
By: George H. Schryer
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In the military combat flying business there is a term for looking behind you. This is called "Checking your 6" referring to the 6 O'clock position. In Checking our 6 for 2011 what do we see?
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 @ 12:49 pm
By: George H. Schryer
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Hero - a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2011 @ 9:31 am
By: George H. Schryer
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Recently, I received, from George Schryer, this aggregation of pearls of wisdom that are as true today as they were when first uttered. Accordingly, I thought it wise to publish these as soon as I found the time to do so.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 @ 12:42 pm
By: George H. Schryer
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I had the opportunity Thursday to participate in the opening ceremony, in Kinston NC, of the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, the "Wall That Heals". This wall is a half scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2011 @ 9:31 am
By: George H. Schryer
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Yesterday the famed 101st Airborne returned home to Fort Campbell Ky to a well deserved homecoming with their families after a year of combat in Afghanistan.
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2011 @ 9:15 am
By: George H. Schryer
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I guess I learned the Pledge of Allegiance way back in 1946 when I was in the first grade. I am sure I didn't really understand the implications but it didn't take long before I could recite it from memory.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2011 @ 10:39 am
By: George H. Schryer
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I am a combat Veteran with two tours in Vietnam and am amazed that what 58 thousand of my friends and fellow comrades demonstrated with their sacrifice has not educated the elected elite one whit. Why are we in Afghanistan?
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 @ 11:51 am
By: George H. Schryer
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