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John R Bruning
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Writer of military affairs, history, counter-terrorism, espionage and fluffy cat stories.
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    John R Bruning
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    Dec 15, 2023
    Well this is a toxic way to try and recover from getting crushed and humiliated in the last two games. Instead of blaming Hurts, they ought to be taking a hard look at their linebackers and secondary and have a chat about the 109 points they gave up over the last 3 weeks.
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    John R Bruning
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    May 9, 2024
    1942: When you're a year removed from lecture halls and your fraternity house, and you find yourself 180 miles south of nowhere in the middle of the Pacific, told to launch off a make-shift aircraft carrier with a catapult that will fire you off the deck at a 45 degree angle
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    John R Bruning
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    May 12, 2024
    Three Marine Aviators. An Oklahoman, OU '36. A fighter pilot who inspired a nation, but never shed burden of the men he lost in battle. An Oregonian, OSU '38. The dead eye ace of air combat, considered the best pilot in the Corps. A Washingtonian, UW '28. The consummate quiet
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    John R Bruning
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    May 8, 2024
    1942: When you're a year removed from lecture halls and your fraternity house, and you find yourself 180 miles south of nowhere in the middle of the Pacific, told to launch off a make-shift aircraft carrier with a catapult that will fire you off the deck at a 45 degree angle
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    John R Bruning
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    May 6, 2024
    In early September 1942, the Japanese attempted to reinforce Guadalcanal using a technique dubbed "Ant Freight." This required carrying troops to the Central Solomons aboard destroyers or transports, transferring them to tiny LCVP-like Daihatsu landing craft, or barges, and
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    John R Bruning
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    May 30, 2024
    Imagine coming homing from 53 days of continuous combat to be told you're going to be one of the first to fly the Navy's latest and greatest bomber. It is the next generation, the plane you will be piloting when you return to war after this short interlude in the States. You've
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    John R Bruning
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    Sep 9, 2020
    Mill City FD fighting to save their town. Much of it was lost today. I asked two firefighters if their homes were ok. One shook his head. The other turned away, too choked up to speak. Yet they were both still on the job, fighting to save their neighbors' homes.
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    John R Bruning
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    May 13, 2024
    August 1942: A Japanese convoy carrying fifteen hundred battle hardened troops is heading straight for your island airfield, and you have exactly twelve planes armed with a single bomb each to stop them or they will get ashore and overrun the Marines guarding your outpost.
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    John R Bruning
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    Oct 15, 2022
    Allowing any Pak official into the U.S. is a disgrace to every American Soldier and Marine wounded or killed by Pak-supported Taliban and Haqqani fighters. These Pakistani men destroyed Afghanistan. Throw. Them. Out. #pivottoindia
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    Habib Khan
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    Oct 14, 2022
    Pakistani minister receives a warm welcome in Dulles International Airport. His entourage is on its best behavior upon his arrival to Washington, D.C.
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    John R Bruning
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    Nov 2, 2020
    Sean and I wrote Outlaw Platoon together in 2010-11. His story was one key reason I went to Afghanistan. Sean has been one of my closest, most trusted friends for a decade. I love this man like a Brother and would walk through hell for him.
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    Sean Parnell
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    Nov 2, 2020
    Pennsylvania, this is our time. The battle lines are drawn like no other time in our history. Stand with me. Fight with me. #VOTE #PA17
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    John R Bruning
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    May 16, 2023
    Replying to @PicturesFoIder
    Air Sylvie.
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    John R Bruning
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    May 22, 2024
    Marion Carl grew up on a dairy farm outside of tiny Hubbard, Oregon. He squeaked through Oregon State, then went on to be one of the 50 fighter pilots in the pre-war Marine Corps. He was one of the 9 pilots to survive the Battle of Midway from his squadron, VMF-221. Two months
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    John R Bruning
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    May 23, 2024
    An SBD over Guadalcanal. VMSB-232 was the first dive bomber squadron to reach the island in August 1942. Though their numbers quickly diminished, they played a key role in interdicting the Imperial Japanese Navy's resupply & reinforcement effort in the Southern Solomons over the
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    John R Bruning
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    Jan 8, 2020
    Replying to @JohnRBruning and @SeanParnellUSA
    Dear @NBCNews NBC: Here is a real hero, murdered by the Iranian general you whose funeral you are livestreaming.