Two New York Naval Militia Marines and a New York Army National Guard staff sergeant rushed to aid a young woman who had cut her wrist while staying at a Holiday Inn in Queens, N.Y.
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I suppose this blog is my public notebook, where I post various things I find in public records and elsewhere (like the recesses of my mind?). Want me to write for you? Email me to book a call.
‘You learn to respond when somebody needs help’: New Yorkers help save asylum-seeker’s life
Updated on July 28, 2025
The New York Naval Militia's LC-350 landing craft cruises the waters of New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty on August 15, 2018. (Don McKnight/New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs)
The Pentagon thinks these UFOs filmed from a military range were just airliners
Updated on July 28, 2025
A screenshot from an infrared video taken from a military range in 2021 that shows three unidentified objects that Pentagon investigators assess as commercial airliners.
The truth is out there. Way, way out there. But not THAT far out there…if you believe the Pentagon. The military says an infrared video of three unknown flying objects likely shows distant airliners.
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Tech. Sgt. William Gonzalez, lower left, walks to get water from his truck for Elizabeth Gray Edwards, who crashed her car into a pond in North Carolina on May 4 after experiencing a medical condition that caused her to black out.
An airman’s rapid aid to an unconscious woman in a sinking car likely saved her life and has earned him praise from his command and a local congressman.
“I didn’t think, I just acted.” — Tech. Sgt. William Gonzalez
Continue Reading →Army records: Murdered Delta Force soldier used coke, meth, heroin after shooting best friend
Updated on August 21, 2025
A Marine holds a urine sample during a II Marine Expeditionary Force-wide drug test at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. (Marine Corps photo/Daniel A. Wulz)
Army CID records seem to give us answers the spokespeople wouldn’t—proving yet again the incredible value of the Freedom of Information Act and other transparency laws.
Continue Reading →‘Ignore and Play On’: Navy training documents tell eSports team not to feed the trolls
Updated on July 28, 2025
James Cockrill, a Navy recruit, plays "Valorant" against the Navy esports team, Goats & Glory, at an esports event during Kansas City Navy Week, June 29, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Williamson)
Navy documents, obtained under FOIA, reveal the service’s strategy for dealing with users trolling its eSports team on streaming services.
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