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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
  8 hours ago

• James Jones: World War Ii Novelist

  
  Bookstove — Authority: 122
  Whistle (1978) by James Jones, image courtesy Delacorte Press James Jones was a 20-year-old U.S. Army private stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii when the Japanese struck at dawn on December 7, 1941. The Pearl Harbor attack, along with his other WW II experiences, would forever be seared into Jones, who would ...
  5 days ago

• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
  6 days ago

• When it comes to credentials, there are credentials and then there are, like, well, you know, ‘credentials.’

  
  Positive Liberty — Authority: 600
  First, a disclaimer, and this is important given recent history here at Positive Liberty . Whatever my views about our regular reader and commenter Collin Brendemuehl may be — and I don’t think anyone can accuse me of having minced words in that regard — what follows is simply not, I repeat, not intended as ...
  1 week ago

• Adventure seekers sign up for army

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 488
  By Cara Sulieman FED UP ex-office workers seeking an adventure break from their day jobs were among 1,000 new army recruits unveiled at Dreghorn Barracks yesterday (Weds). As the force celebrated a 30 per-cent enrolment boost, many of the new troops said they joined to escape the monotony of normal jobs. Head of ...
  1 week ago

• UN expels Nepal soldier charged with schoolgirl’s torture death

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  By Sudeshna SarkarKathmandu, Dec 9 (IANS) The Nepal Army has run into fresh trouble with the UN expelling an officer for gross human rights violations and human rights organisations calling for his arrest.The army, accused of torture and extrajudicial killings during the Maoist insurgency, has come under fire with the ...
  1 week ago

• Re: Farewell Marine

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 195
  Semper FI! Rest in peace brothers!
  1 week ago

• Re: Our military needs a tank like this!

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 195
  Well, its satire, but you never know!
  1 week ago

• Farewell Marine

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 195
  was just sent this, felt it should be shared. http://00f2630.netsolhost.com/farewellmarine.html
  1 week ago

• Candy brothers lose latest stage in court battle over Chelsea Barracks

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 965
  The Candy brothers have lost the latest stage of their £81 million High Court battle against the Qatari royal family over the failed development of Chelsea barracks.
  1 week ago

• Nicolas Cage Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 166
  The Oscar winning actor has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime. On Friday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon presented the actor and director with the U.N. Correspondents Association’s Global Citizen of the Year award for humanitarian endeavors. Cage, 45, said his ...
  1 week ago

• Pearl Harbor

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 166
  Pearl Harbor latest updates :- PEARL HARBOR , —A noise awoke George Steckbeck on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, but he wasn’t sure what it was. A private in the Army Air Corps, Steckbeck lay in his bunk at Hickam Field, which is adjacent to Pearl Harbor, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu for a few moments. ...
  1 week ago

• Re: Report Stolen Valor

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 195
  Heres another guy caught playing dress up http://tinyurl.com/yk69chy These guys must have a self esteem problem, and are seeking to boost it parading as a brave fighting man. Youd think theyd have the brains not to go so overboard though, with their self awarded decorations.
  1 week ago

• Schnapps in "The Pooper"

  
  The Muffyoglb — Authority: 124
  Whenever I try to make an elaborate Schnapps video, it has a high chance of total failure. This is because the logistics of multi-angle seal-puppet filming result in a lot of compromises, mistakes, and unfunniness. The end product is garbage whenever Schnapps appears. But last night I decided it was time for him to ...
  1 week ago

• Candys in line for £81m even if Chelsea Barracks case fails

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 965
  The Candy brothers might collect as much as £81m even if they lose their court case against the Qatari ruling family over the disputed Chelsea Barracks development.
  2 weeks ago

• AG seeks to block Gwezere release

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  By Our Correspondent HARARE – The Attorney General’s Office has lodged an application in the High Court seeking leave to challenge in the Supreme Court the release on bail of Pasco Gwezere, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) transport manager. Gwezere was abducted and jailed for allegedly stealing 20 AK-47 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Habits of Mind and Torture

  
  Positive Liberty — Authority: 600
  Apologies in advance to those of you who hate it when I cite Glenn Greenwald. Here goes : Torture is one of the most universal taboos in the civilized world. The treaty championed by Ronald Reagan declares that “no exceptional circumstances” can justify it, and requires that every state criminalize it and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Re: ROLL CALL!

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 195
  Long, ramabling post to follow: SSgt USAF 69-73 (active) as a Nuke, 463XX. ( Really BIG bombs).  Lots of places, all over.  Even spent some time defending the UP of MI from being attacked by Canada across frozen Lake Superior!  I did see someone mention KIS AFB.  WAY too much snow!! Spent the next ten yrs as an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Re: "The Old Man"--This story sent to me by a LTC Retired USAF

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 195
  My late father went thru Omaha Beach just after D-Day.  Fought thru France, Belgium, and Germany.  Helped build the first bridge over the Rhine, helped liberate a concentration camp (dont tell me they didnt exist).  My late Father-in-Law was with an Operational Group in the OSS (forerunner to the US Army Special ...
  2 weeks ago

• Re: Our military needs a tank like this!

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 195
  These are the fire breathing weapons that could impress the Muslim hoards and bring genuine fear to their hearts. Its a shame they have been put on the back burner.
  2 weeks ago

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