Manns Medium

From the Associated Press comes a news story that hits very close to home but sounds so familiar as to make many think that this is the very same story that they have heard before.  The situation may sound the same but it totally about a different child and a different set of parents who must now bury that child all because they thought that their child would never do something that would cause her death in such a grotesque manner as this. The title is “ McHenry County girl dies in Arizona after being shot” and it reports; “ Police say a teenage girl reported missing in Illinois has died in Arizona after being shot.  Phoenix police say 16-year-old Faith Kies of McHenry County, Illinois, died at a hospital Saturday after being shot Friday night.  Police found her wounded inside a home where a man described by police as her boyfriend was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  He was identified by police as 24-year-old Alexander O'Neill. The shootings oc...

It can be strongly argued that the most revered and respected branches of the United States military are the United States Marines.  This began back in 1775 and with each passing year the methods have adjusted but the primary mission has always been the same.  To protect and defend all Americans and their freedoms from any enemy, foreign or domestic, that seek to eliminate, change of modify those freedoms or oppress those citizens of this nation.  Our fierceness in battle and our uncanny ability to overcome, adapt and hold true to traits like honor, integrity and the  Esprit  de corps is the hallmark from which others copy is the duty of anyone and everyone who earned that uniform to embarrass and demonstrate for the rest of their lives.  At least that was the way it was during my tour from 1980 till 1991, apparently things may not be the same now.  Not sure if it is because recruiters have been so desperate for recruits that they did very little...