Marine Who Lost His Legs In Afghanistan Taunted Over A Football Game By Rival Fans – Guardian Of Valor

Marine Garrett Carnes and Family Marine Garrett Carnes, of Mooresville, North Carolina attended Sunday’s Carolina Panthers’ game against the Cowboys with his wife Courtney, their parents, and friends Brett and Nicole Coburn. After the game, in which Dallas beat the Panthers, the Marine and his family stopped by Moosehead Grill on Montford Drive. This is where the incident took place. According to the Charlotte Observer this is what happened: During a verbal altercation that some witnesses said almost came to blows, one patron allegedly told Carnes he was using his…

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Iran Duped By The Satire Of The Onion – Guardian Of Valor

FARS News Steals Satire Looks like some in Iran do not understand the definition of satirical news! Several websites and blogs run satirical news stories. Some like The DuffelBlog and US Infantry as well as The Onion, run these stories all the time. But I do believe this is the first time a news agency took it at face value and ran with it, imagine how they explained that one! The Iranian news agency FARS bought it hook line and sinker and reported it to the Iranian people as their own story! Here is…

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CSM Basil Plumley, “Old Iron Jaw”, Loses Battle With Cancer At 92 – Guardian Of Valor

It is with a heavy heart that we report that CSM Basil Plumley passed away at 0400hrs this morning, 10 OCT 2012, after being diagnosed with Colon Cancer and moved to a Hospice a little over a week ago. CSM Plumley lost his first battle on this day, but i am sure he is now whipping Heaven in to shape, as his Soldiers meet him at the gates in formation. CSM Plumley was the epitome of a Soldier and a Warrior. RIP CSM, you have done your time in Hell, now it is time for you to…

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13 Year Old Elizabeth “Liz” Sams Sings “Dear Veteran” In A Tribute To Veterans For Veterans Day – Guardian Of Valor

Elizabeth Sims Elizabeth “Liz” Sams is a thirteen year old from California, she wrote this song along with her mother Renee, for Veterans. Once you hear her sing, it is hard to believe she is only thirteen. You can feel the heart and soul she poured into this song, if it does not give you chills, nothing will. I have sent an email to the mother asking how to purchase this song, as soon as she gets back to me I will post it here. This is what her dad…

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Wounded Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown Humiliated On Delta Airlines Flight – Guardian Of Valor

Cpl. Christian Brown, in Afghanistan before he was injured (via Washington Post) As I read the following story, courtesy of the Washington Post, I could feel the anger building inside me. This is one of the worst stories to come out of the airline industry lately, for anyone to treat a Wounded Marine this way, are a disgrace to this country. And all Delta will say, is they are looking into the incident. Here is the story: On Dec. 13, 2011, Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown was leading his squad…

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