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calls institutional rot and conservative bias as well. the f.b.i. recently revoked two of the witnesses security clearances. >> the bureau refact clearances. democrats expected to pounce. last hour we heard this in a moment. >> dana: all this after the durham report found the f.b.i. was biased against president trump. jordan says its part of a larger problem. >> politics is driving the agenda in far too many federal agencies. read the durham report from a couple of days ago where they ...

Shorty Brown reckons he was born to be a soldier. He was just five years old when he was inspired by the sight of a soldier standing at a bus stop wit...

July 29, 2022 - HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, recently added A. Michael Barnes as an associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice

The “best ranger that ever was” - Thomas Gwynn - turned 103 on June 2, the hero of World War II and Korea celebrating his special day with friends and

The “best Ranger that ever was” - Thomas Gwynn - turned 103 on June 2, the hero of World War II and Korea celebrating his special day with friends and

What year did you graduate from west point? >> 1969, sir. >> thats the height of the vietnam war, wasnt it, sir? >> the height was about that time. >> what was your class rank at west point? >> i was number 5. >> how many people in your class? >> 800. >> 800 cadets, you were number 5. >> yes, sir. >> when you were top 1% of your class at west point, you probably get your pick of assignments, but you picked the infantry. >> i did, sir. yes, sir. >> you were rifle company commander. >> sir? >> whe...

Associated with? he serves as a top level stafferer on the national security counsel. hes served in the army on active duty for more than 20 years, joined as an infantry officer. in 2004 he deployed to the war in iraq and wounded in combat. he nevertheless stayed in theater, finished his deploy ed in 2005, hes earned the combat badge, a parachutist badge, wears the expert infantryman badge in addition to his purple heart for being wounded in combat. if you want to put a name to all those medal h...

And a rifle through the center. as a west point grad yourself and an army veteran yourself, tell our audience what that decoration is, and what it means to his fellow veterans and service members. >> thats the combat badge. it is an esteemed award given to those that actually fight as infantry men or special forces, colonel and below in actual combat action. >> for sustained days at a time. >> thats exactly right. it was developed during world war ii to be given to infantry men to give them some...

A couple days ago reminding us of the story of major mat golsteyn accused of killing a bad guy the wrong way. >> big new development in this case. turns out the investigator in charge of his case, has now been found guilty of stolen valor. pretended to have a purple heashted. combat action badge. pretended to graduate from multiple military schools. this is the sergeant first class who has been in charge. he also faked being part of a special forces unit and said he was stripped of it. steve: if...

>> one year later, here we are. we are in afghanistan. this should put a small and select group of individuals who are volunteering to serve their country. what we do is recognize the individuals who have earned either the combat badge, combat action bat and combat medical badge. ♪ ♪ >> ten years of combat. ten years. that could lead to 312 million people in our country. 51,585 have earned the combat brant exam. 61,000. for those getting your whereib today there are 61,000 others in the enti...