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Pararescue Chief Master Sergeant Nicholas McCaskill, KIA Afghanistan, remembered in Tucson

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I was greatly saddened to hear of the passing of my friend, PJ Chief Nick McCaskill. Nick was a true...

May 10, 2013 · 42 Comments
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The Ministry of Interior said…

by BK

 The Ministry of Interior said…    

April 9, 2013 · 35 Comments
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Five U.S. Security Contractors Lost in Baghdad

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23 January 2007, Baghdad, Iraq, east of the Tigris River. Six years ago, January 23rd, 2007, was one of the...

January 25, 2013 · 19 Comments
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National Geographic’s “Inside Combat Rescue”… coming soon!

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I’ve found that to a lot of people, civilian and military alike, Air Force PJs are like the Kraken of...

January 22, 2013 · 46 Comments
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BK’s Reaction to the Sandy Hook School Shooting

by BK

The school shootings always bring the calls for gun control, particular in this instance, as the victims were mainly small children and a few heroic teachers.

December 17, 2012 · 1,557 Comments
the Media’s Gun Problem

A PJ’s Perspective on Bob Costas, Jason Whitlock, and the Media’s Gun Problem

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I was going to let this pass, I swear. There was a lot on my plate, I didn’t really have...

December 14, 2012 · 858 Comments
About This Picture Taken at Arlington National Cemetery

So, About This Picture Taken at Arlington National Cemetery…

by BK

How about that internet, eh? This miraculous invention has expanded the scope of human knowledge like nothing in the history...

November 27, 2012 · 1,020 Comments
David Petraeus

Former CIA Director David Petraeus & The Affair, So Far…

by BK

The wild twists and turns to this bombshell story continue. CIA director David Petraeus resigned suddenly on late Friday afternoon,...

November 12, 2012 · 1,033 Comments
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Embed With Alaskan PJs On CSAR Mission In Afghanistan

by BK

Everyone knows it sucks to be the medic. Especially the medics themselves. You have to carry more shit, go to...

November 5, 2012 · 30 Comments
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Was an ExxonMobil Executive Assassinated in Brussels?

by BK

ExxonMobil has said that it is “shocked” by the murder of one of their executives, Nicholas Mockford, who was gunned...

October 29, 2012 · 76 Comments
Air Force Colonel Joe Kittinger

Congratulations, Austria: You slightly improved on what the U.S. Air Force did a half-century ago

by BK

Back then, pesky near-death experiences didn't really have much of a deterrent on men like Kittinger...

October 19, 2012 · 114 Comments
General Shinseki, the buck stops with you

Why Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs Eric Shinseki Should Resign Immediately

by BK

The Veteran's Administration Inspector General has released a report that absolutely destroys the VA...

October 14, 2012 · 195 Comments
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Exclusive: USAF PJ Nick Gibson to Summit Mount Everest in 2013

by BK

My old pipeline friend Nick Gibson is joining up with the USAF’s Seven Summits team to summit Mount Everest next...

October 8, 2012 · 28 Comments
Civil Rights Watch: First Amendment under pressure

Civil Liberties Watch: First Amendment Under Pressure

by BK

Although it is becoming more clear by the day that the embassy attacks in the middle east last week were...

September 21, 2012 · 378 Comments
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21st Century Shift: Air Force Promoting Ground Troops and Not Pilots.

by BK

Staff Sergeant Kyle Klapperich , a pararescueman, deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as the primary rescue specialist and...

September 1, 2012 · 50 Comments
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    • In the IDF, 'Lonely Soldier' is a term that describes soldiers serving on active duty who have no family is Israel. These are volunteers that came to serve for 3-5 years. They typically go back to their respective countries upon completion. Most commonly, these are people who immigrated to Israel by themselves. I was one of them. While in Israel, I lived in an apartment building where the majority of people were lonely soldiers. It was located on the outer ring of Jerusalem, surrounded by four Arab villages. My roommates were two recon guys (like me) and one who worked in field intel. All of the other inhabitants were soldiers from various units, with most of them serving a combat role. It was a well known thing, especially to the Arabs in the village. Most of the time we wouldn't be there, but when we were on leave, we would come to the apartment for a little R&R. It was rare that the four of us were there at the same time, but once in a blue moon, it did happen. Each village had, as is customary, its own mosque. When the time for prayer came, the loudspeakers would call out to the faithful. It was OK, we were used to it. However, over the weekend they would make it a point to play the call to prayer very, and I mean VERY, loud. They knew soldiers would be in the building trying to get some sleep - recovering from several weeks in the field. This always annoyed me but there was nothing I could do. On this particular weekend, after an intense seven weeks of non-stop ops, all I wanted was to go to the apartment, sleep, eat, sleep some more and then sleep again. That weekend the four of us were at the apartment and we were all equally tired. We arrived Thursday night and after a small dinner and some beers, we went to sleep. At 0400 we all jumped.... The freaking loudspeakers at all four mosques began their call to prayer at full blast. Fuck.... We spent the remainder of the day trying to rest and every time we would fall asleep, again... The call for prayers, full blast! Over lunch, we all looked at each other and knew this had to stop. We came up with a plan. I know it wasn't nice, but at that point we couldn't care less about political correctness. Here's what we did. After some recon that night, we noticed that the call to prayer wasn't performed by an Imam or some other person with a microphone. It was a tape recorder that used a tape. We figured the four of us, experts in stealthy infils, could sneak in and steal those tapes. However, while we were planning the different infil routes for each village, we all smiled and did something better. We recorded Metallica's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' on repeat on all four tapes and then waited till midnight. At midnight, each one of us - armed with a Metallica tape - headed to a different village. All dressed in black, we were careful not to be seen. We entered into the buildings and exchanged the tapes. We rallied back to the exfil point, a crossroad not far from the last village and headed back to our apartment. And then we waited... At 0350 we went to the roof with some coffee, opened some field chairs and waited for the show to begin. At 0400 sharp the first "call" came alive, full volume: Make his fight On the hill in the early day Constant chill deep inside ... Take a look To the sky Just before you die It's the last time he will Followed by the next, then the 3rd and 4th joined in. Full volume Metallica! Soon after, we heard sirens headed to the villages. I don't know what happened after that, but we had our own private concert, right there. No kidding, there I was... Metallica call to prayer

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