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Lawmaker wants Medal of Honor review

It is about time someone evaluated/overhauled the broken medal process. I really hope they look at all of the awards that have been given for valor and gallantry to see if these service members can have current medals upgraded. I am sure if a full investigation of medals was conducted, you would find many that would qualify for the Medal of Honor.

— jm1202

Proper liberty attire

I just got done talking to a boot LT who was walking around in khaki shorts and a polo shirt. AWESOME! I asked him how old he was, and he says he’s 24. Apparently some Marines have their grandmothers dress them at 24 years old. What the hell? I said to him: “I’m more than 10 years older than you, and you dress like my father. We have a problem here.”

— THORSHAMMER69

Summer reading lists

I’m part of the way through “To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan” by Nicholas Schmidle. Great book if you want to try to understand Pakistan. In the on-deck circle: “The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower” by Robert Baer.

— ibnEpaminondas

Thinking of re-reading “Understanding the Times” by David Noebel. Next: “Why I am a Reagan Conservative.”

— Deebelle369

Just getting good into “The 5,000 Year Leap”; it is a much needed history lesson for all on the founding of this nation. Have “Liberal Fascism” on the table next and then I will probably get back to “The Case For a Creator, How Blind is the Watchmaker and Signs of Intelligence.” Others on the list:

“Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism”

“The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression”

“An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World’s Biggest Problems”

“Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe”

“The Real George Washington”

— VFFSSGT

“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” by Tucker Max

— Goldy