Years ago I wrote an article about us going over to Iraq, that it would be one of the worst decisions we ever made. Now instead of coming home and protecting our borders, they want to spend three more years over there? ...more

November 30, 2008

More than 300 people gave a warm welcome Tuesday evening to 70 Marine reservists returning home after a seven-month tour of duty in Iraq. As they stepped off the buses that pulled into the Marine Reserve Training Center on Gandy Boulevard, the troops of the 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion were met with waving American flags, shouts and embraces from their loved ones. "Coming home to your family is the greatest thing in the world," said Sgt. Richard Wester of Orlando. The Marines conducted counter-insurgency operations in Iraq and provided base security in Anbar province. The battalion had no casualties during the tour. ...more

November 26, 2008

Former "Nightline" host Ted Koppel and his documentary team are taking a buyout from the Discovery Channel six months before the end of their contracts. ...more

November 25, 2008

Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background. ...more

November 21, 2008

Rules that govern what items of remembrance can adorn gravesites - particularly graves of veterans - may be amended, thanks to an argument over flags around the burial plot of a native son killed in Iraq. ...more

November 15, 2008

On Dec. 6, the groups Touched by Angels and the Family Readiness Group will be putting together a Christmas party for the soldiers and their families of the Bravo Battery, 3/116th FA (MLRS) National Guard unit in Avon Park. ...more

November 14, 2008

I hope the people know what they voted for in this election? First of all they voted for a socialist and communist (taken from Karl Marx.) Obama is also associated with Colin Powell, who pulled our troops out of Desert Storm without finishing it. He (Colin Powell) was the one who misinformed President Bush about the weapons of mass destruction that caused us to invade Iraq. ...more

November 8, 2008

Almost 200 U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq celebrated Tuesday's elections in a special way, being sworn in as U.S. citizens. ...more

November 5, 2008

With international efforts to increase sanctions against Iran at a standstill, many Israelis think their nation alone stands in the way of Tehran eventually building nuclear weapons. ...more

November 4, 2008

The U.S. military formally handed control of Babil province to Iraqi security forces during a ceremony Thursday morning in the once-violent central state. ...more

October 24, 2008