Remembering Fallen Heroes, and saying thank you, over at Blackfive.

Memorial Day email from Michael Yon in Iraq. (with photos)

Small roundup at Instapundit.

A look at some Medal of Honor recipients.

The Princess has a moving tribute.

I just had to post this, because it is so amazing. It's from a Staff Sergeant in Afghanistan, writing to Blackfive.

The whole thing is under the cut.

( clicky )

At least in this post, that is.

( The Surge )

Via Blackfive, here are two views from soldiers who are currently serving in Iraq:

Marine Lt. writes:
I think the troop surge is not the solution here. Increasing numbers is not the panacea. The key to success is a fully-functioning, stand-alone Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army. The pace is frustrating and the lack of initiative is disconcerting ( Read more... )

On the DNC website, they had a thing up about supporting our troops, complete with pictures. Unfortunately for them, however, the troops that they showed were Canadian. Whether it was intentional or not, it sure was sloppy. All you need is a simple google image search to find pics of American soldiers. To quote the Captain, They [Democrats] can't ( Read more... )