The Bull Speaks!

Lt. Carlos Thompson, a Mobile County sheriff’s deputy with 17 years on the force, was listed in fair condition Friday night at the University of South Alabama Medical Center after he was shot several times during an exchange of gunfire with a robbery suspect at Old Military Road and Bowers Lane in south Mobile County.

As [...]

Yep,I’ve shamelessly copied this from the Military.com site, but the Nation needs to know!

QUANTICO, Va. - A Marine corporal who died shielding men in his care from a bursting grenade will receive America’s highest military decoration, President Bush said Friday.

Actions by Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, who would have turned 25 today, merit the Medal of [...]

LZIL: file not found:/home/omar/publichtml/bullspeak/wp-content/masterchief.jpg United States Navy Master Chief Petty Officer.

Quite a mouthful, isn’t it? It is a title that should be a mouthful because it is a title earned by long days (and nights) of study, months of training, and years of service to our Nation. It is a title earned by damned few in [...]

Here we are, Veteran’s Day 2006. We’ve got a hell of a lot of our young under fire in foreign lands. We’ve got thousands of dead. We’ve got thousands of wounded, many of which will be disabled for life. I know this last bit for certain because I’m under the care of the medical arm [...]

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet declared Oct. 31 that the sunken submarine recently discovered by divers in the Western Pacific is, indeed, the World War II submarine USS Wahoo (SS 238).

“After reviewing the records and information, we are certain USS Wahoo has been located,” said Adm. Gary Roughead, the U.S. Pacific Fleet [...]

It isn’t just on the battlefields of the Sandbox where you can find real American Heros. There are literally thousands of them right here at home. Some of them appear for all the World to be just regular Joes. Yet, they go about quietly doing millions of good deeds across our land making our lives [...]

Swiped in total from Fox News Online: CORONADO — A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the [...]

The Bull would like to take a moment, in these dark, pre-dawn, hours to salute American Heroes that often go completely un-noticed. Until you need them. The United States Coast Guard, and especially those units thereof that are currently stationed here in The Bull’s adopted hometown of Mobile, Alabama.

First up, the Coast [...]

Last night I was so exausted I simply wanted to go to bed and sleep for a solid eight hours. Did I get it? No. So I wish I had stayed up and did my blogging then. At least I would have been on time with saying “Happy Birthday Dad”. My dad, Roy Clarence Jones, [...]

Two Heroes, Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, TX and Army Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., went missing Friday after an attack that killed one of their comrades. These things occur in war. Sad, but true.

Then we get the heartbreaking story that two bodies have been found and they appear to [...]

The Bull is pleased to report that America’s Hero, MA1 Anthony LaFrenier, USN has returned from service in the Sandbox and is safely in the States. He called last night. We wished each other a Happy Father’s Day, and I put him on the line with little Sarah. She is nearly beside herself that he [...]

The Bull wants to say “Thank you” to the only business in Mobile, Alabama willing to do the right thing and use the Federal Basic Pilot Employee Verification Program - Atlantic Marine, Inc. A ship building and repairing company. Many thanks for taking the Patriotic approach and hiring only legal workers!

I’m listing this under “Heroes”. [...]

Salute!

Our Star Spangled Banner still flies high while the body of yet another enemy of Freedom lies broken in the dust. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a murderous thug and waste of human flesh, is dead. May his body be dipped in a latrine and fed to pigs and may his soul be condemned to his personal [...]