Our thoughts are with all of our service men and women who died fighting for this great country. Happy Memorial Day.
Jamie Leigh Jones of Houston filed a federal lawsuit in May against Halliburton Co., its former subsidiary, KBR Inc., and others claiming she was raped by co-workers while working for a Halliburton subsidiary at Camp Hope, Baghdad, in 2005. On the heels of a congressional inquiry into the handling of that case, another inquiry [...]
30, of Apopka, Fla. assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Aug. 21 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations. Britt graduated from Lake Mary High School in 1994. He played soccer [...]
22, of Gainesville, Fla. assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Aug. 6 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Neiberger graduated from Gainesville High School in 2003 and left the college town to attend Florida State University for two years… On [...]
I’ve held off on writing this for a long time as I’m not sure how to address it and remain within the ethics of both blogging and my teaching profession. Certainly you’ve heard the story by now of Yousef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed, USF students picked up in South Carolina on charges of terrorism. The [...]
… at least for Miguel Angel Suarez: The insurgents never got him. But early Saturday, Suarez was gunned down and left to die a mile and a half from his childhood home. The thug wanted Miguel’s necklace.
We started the roll call of Floridians who died in Iraq on May 1, 2007, May Day. I was irritated because I had just learned a couple more local guys had died the previous day. I found out just how many Americans paid the price and figured one of our soldiers died every [...]
It’s Grand Opening Weekend for Salutes American Meat Market, the new restaurant / bar at 4802 Gunn Highway (former location of Goodfellas). A military-themed joint, Salutes is decorated with flags representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, and Coast Guard branches, and pledges community involvement: Salutes will also be part of the community in donations to [...]
20, of Cedar Key, Florida. Died on March 23, 2003. Killed in combat in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. what is this?
