BZ to those doing the heavy lifting.

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A three-year-old federal law that makes it a crime to falsely claim to have received a medal from the U.S. military is unconstitutional, an appeals court panel in California ruled Tuesday.

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Let’s hope the U.S. Attorney appeals to the Supreme Court, and they subsequently rule in favor of our heroes, rather than liars and frauds.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, July 23, 2010) – John Wayne has toured Afghanistan and Iraq, hunted grizzly bears in Alaska and earned the Silver Star; and as of July 16, John Wayne is the first one-legged Soldier to graduate the Special Forces Sniper Course.

Staff Sgt. John Wayne Walding of Groesbeck, Texas, that is.

In April 2008, Walding and nine other Special Forces Soldiers from a 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) assault team were attacked by the Hezeb Islami al Gulbadin while searching for insurgents in Afghanistan’s Shok Valley.

Walding, one of several team members who were injured, took a bullet through his right leg under his knee.

“I ripped off my boot lace and literally tied my leg to my thigh to keep it from flapping around,” Walding said.

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Bravo Zulu to everyone involved; updates will be posted soon.

We’re jumping off Saturday morning at 0900 from the Home Depot in Short Pump, just west of Richmond, arriving at Fresh Tapas and Tonics around 1200 Saturday afternoon.

You can search the entire Craigslist database with a simple Google search. Just enter your search keyword, then a space, and then site:craigslist.org. You’ll get results, categorized by city, from all over the planet.

Here’s how it looks:

2) Typing vanity telephone numbers on your Blackberry.

This is another very simple trick.  Just hold down the ‘alt’ key, and spell the vanity number on the keyboard as it’s written.  Be sure to use ‘o’ and not ‘zero’ in names such as COMCAST.

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Hope to see you there.

Details and schedules are on the official site.

The book, authored by Gary Williams and published by the Naval Institute Press, has generated significant national buzz and advance sales have been robust. The official street date is May 5th, 2010.

LT Murphy, a United States Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery during a fierce fight with the Taliban in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. The first to receive the nation’s highest military honor for service in Afghanistan, LT Murphy was also the first naval officer to earn the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and the first SEAL to be honored posthumously. A young man of great character, he is the subject of Naval Special Warfare courses on character and leadership, and an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, naval facilities, school, post office, ball park, and hospital emergency department have been named in his honor.

Mactavish Pictures is a motion picture development and production company with offices in New York City and Virginia.  Founder Scott Mactavish is a filmmaker, best-selling author and veteran of the United States Navy.  He has served as an advisor to author Gary Williams and the Murphy family since October 2009.  “I’m humbled and honored to bring Mike Murphy’s story to the big screen.” said Mactavish.  “He was a fierce warrior and true standard bearer for honor, courage and commitment.  Every American should know his story.”

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