A Happy Homecoming

Home Run! Soldier Returns From Afghanistan To Surprise His Wife And Daughters At Baseball Game -- Daily Mail

As baseball games go, this one was definitely one of the most emotional.



They thought being on the field at a Minor League Baseball game was exciting enough, but they had no idea how exciting it was about to get.



Four-year-old twins Gracie and Ruby Weichman knew it was going to be a special and exciting minor league baseball game, but they had no idea how much.



Thinking they were being brought on to the field to receive a prize for winning the promotional Newspaper Toss at the Spokane Indians game they were shocked when they saw a familiar face emerge from the dugout - it was their father Sgt Chris Weichman, who had been on active duty in Afghanistan for the last six months.



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Why Excellent Counterfeit IDs Are Dangerous

Latest Counterfeit IDs Are So Good They’re Dangerous -- Washington Post

When the fleeing motorcycle hit the curb, scraped past a utility pole and hurled 20-year-old Craig Eney to his death, a bogus South Carolina driver’s license was in the hip pocket of his jeans.

He spent the final hours of his life trading on that phony license to buy shots for his buddies at two downtown Annapolis bars, places so popular among underage drinkers that bouncers are stationed outside to check everyone’s ID.

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My Comment: This article focuses on teenagers using fake IDs to get into bars, but for terror organizations and their supporters .... I shudder on what they can with this resource.

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Nuclear Explosions Since 1945 (Graphic)

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Wanted Dead Or Alive: Manhunts From Geronimo To Bin Laden (Book Review)

Author Writes Of US Military's Strategic Manhunts -- Lancaster Online

"Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts From Geronimo to bin Laden" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Benjamin Runkle: When U.S. Navy SEALs last spring ended a seemingly endless manhunt by killing Osama bin Laden in his hide-out in an affluent suburb north of Pakistan's capital, the world learned that the code name given to the al-Qaida leader during that operation was Geronimo.

Although the designation upset some Native Americans, it had some compelling logic. The strategic manhunt launched by U.S. forces 125 years ago was targeted at Geronimo, the tribal warrior whose savage attacks on American settlers in the Southwest made him the target of Army troops who pursued him on both sides of the border with Mexico.

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My Comment: Being a military history buff .... stories like this stirs my blood.

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What It Takes To Get Out Of The US Navy

Before it all went wrong: Lisa Nowak, pictured waving, when she was an astronaut with the Space Shuttle Discovery crew

Disgraced Astronaut Is Booted Out Of The Navy For Stalking And Attacking 'Rival' In Love Triangle With Shuttle Pilot -- Daily Mail

A former astronaut banished from NASA after she attacked a romantic rival has been kicked out of the Navy.

Top Navy brass said Thursday that Lisa Nowak will be forced to retire with an 'other than honorable' discharge.

She was accused of confronting a woman at the Orlando airport in 2007 and attacking her in a darkened parking lot over an alleged love triangle with a former Shuttle pilot.

Nowak had driven 1,000 miles from Houston to confront Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman about former space shuttle pilot Bill Oefelein, a Navy commander.

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My Comment: Love makes people nuts sometimes .... what more can I say.

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