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2nd Lt. Hyman Markel
 88th Division, 351st Infantry Regiment

Hyla Merin grew up without a father and for a long time never knew why.

Her mother never spoke about the Army officer who died before Hyla was born. The scraps of information she gathered from other relatives were hazy: 2nd Lt. Hyman Markel was a rabbi’s son, brilliant at mathematics, the brave winner of a Purple Heart who died sometime in 1945.

Aside from wedding photos of Markel in uniform, Merin never glimpsed him.

But on February 17, decades after he won it, Merin received her father’s Purple Heart, along with a Silver Star she never knew he’d won and a half-dozen other medals.You can read more here

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If you go to USNA, you know exactly ‘what now’.

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NAPS–Naval Academy Prep School

From the USNA website:

The Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) is located on Naval Station Newport in historic Newport, Rhode Island. The Naval Academy Preparatory School is the Navy’s fourth oldest school; only the Naval Academy, Naval War College, and Naval Post Graduate School are older.

The mission of the Naval Academy Preparatory School is to enhance midshipman candidates’ moral, mental, and physical foundations to prepare them for success at the U.S. Naval Academy. The ten-month course of instruction at NAPS, lasting from August through May, emphasizes preparation in English Composition, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and Information Technology.

Demanding military, physical and character development programs complement the academic preparation to fully prepare students for the challenges of life at a service academy. As part of the physical development program, NAPS offers a varsity athletic program that competes against other preparatory schools, junior colleges and college junior varsity teams.

Naval Academy Preparatory School
197 Elliot Street
Wing 1
Newport, Rhode Island 02841

Administration:    (401) 841-6966
Academics:             (401) 841-2947
Athletics:                (401) 841-3413

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Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a tech columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for ISTE’s Journal for Computing Teachers, CSG master teacher, and a weekly contributor to Today’s Author. Currently, she’s editing a thriller for her agent that should be out to publishers this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office, WordDreams, or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.

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Many Americans celebrate Armed Forces Day annually on the third Saturday of May  (May 18th this year). It is a day to pay tribute to men and women who serve the United States’ armed forces. Armed Forces Day is also part of Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May.

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You ever wonder where our Armed Forces are on any given day? Here’s a rundown?

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Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and author of two technology training books for middle school. She wrote Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a tech columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for ISTE’s Journal for Computing Teachers, IMS tech expert, and a weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she’s editing a thriller for her agent that should be be out to publishers this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office, WordDreams, or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.

May 17-24, 2013 (Parent packages to be mailed in early March 2013)

From USNA Website:

Download a PDF version of all event information here. (Last updated February (TBD), 2013)

Gate Information:

• Gate 1 – vehicular access from 0600-2200 (0100 on Fri & Sat)
• Gate 1 – pedestrian access from 0600-2400 (0200 on Fri & Sat)
• Gate 3 – vehicular access from 0600-0900/egress 1500-1800 Mon – Fri ONLY
• Gate 3 – pedestrian access from 0600-1900 (2200 on Fri & Sat)
• Gate 8 – pedestrian/vehicular access 24 hours

View Graduation On Your Computer

For those who will not be attending the event, the 2013 Graduation and Commissioning ceremony can be viewed live on www.PentagonChannel.mil.

Graduation Site

Determination of graduation site will be made early Friday morning and will be posted on the USNA web site or can be obtained by calling 410-293-1000.

In case of inclement weather, graduation will be held at 10 a.m. in Alumni Hall. Only designated indoor ticket holders will be admitted. (Children under 15 years of age, unless related to a member of the graduating class or accompanied by an adult, will not be admitted to the graduation exercises.)

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This week Wednesday Hero is honoring eight Men who were awarded the Medal Of Honor during the Battle of Peleliu, a bloody fight that took place between September – November of 1944 in which nearly 2,000 Marines and Soldiers were killed and another 8,000+ were wounded or went missing. The eight MOH recipients were:

Corporal Lewis K. Bausell, 1st Battalion 5th Marines
Private First Class Arthur J. Jackson, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines
Private First Class Richard E. Kraus, 8th Amphibian Tractor Battalion
Private First Class John D. New, 2nd Battalion 7th Marines
Private First Class Wesley Phelps, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines
Captain Everett P. Pope, USMC, 1st Battalion 1st Marines
Private First Class Charles H. Roan, 2nd Battalion 7th Marines
First Lieutenant Carlton R. Rouh, 1st Battalion 5th Marines

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This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Cindy

I sat for three days trying to figure out how to write this post and I couldn’t figure out how to do it right. The Buffalo Soldiers are such an important part of not only military history, but American history as well. So how do you condense 85 years of history into a couple of paragraphs and not skip over something important? They were the first all Black military regiment. They played a role in every war from the Civil War to the Korean. They gave rise to the Park Rangers and the Tuskegee Airmen. And they’ve had 23 men be awarded the Medal Of Honor. While not a forgotten part of history, the Buffalo Soldiers are certainly a part of it that doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.

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Get into USNA

Depending upon where you are in the process, you may have done some of the items on this list. Skip them. Be

happy you’re done. Move on to the next:

If you’re serious about attending the USNA or any other military academy, buy a few books (or check them out of the library) on the process. It’s worth the investment in time and money because if you pursue this dream, you will be investing much more before achieving your goal. Better to make sure this is the direction you want to go.

Here are two books to get you started:

• Building a Midshipman: How to Crack the USNA Application–

From the perspective of a woman who was accepted and how she accomplished it. Down-to earth, personal, definitely not dry, and should give confidence to any teen, male or female, considering a military academy their first choice college.

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Watertender First Class Elmer Charles Bigelow
 24 years old from Hebron, Illinois
USS Fletcher (DD-445)
July 12, 1920 – February 15, 1945

The Son of German immigrants, Elmer Bigelow joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the U.S.S. Fletcher in 1943. In 1945 Watertender Second Glass was killed when his boat was hit by enemy fire which ignited several powder cases. With little regard for his own safety, Bigelow rushed below with two fire extinguishers to put out the fires before they could cause anymore damage. In doing so he forwent the breathing apparatus that would have saved his life because it would have taken too much time to put on. He was able to extinguish the fires but his lungs were seared and he succumbed to his injuries the following day. For his heroics that day, Watertender Second Glass Elmer Bigelow was posthumously awarded the rank of Watertender First Class, the Medal Of Honor and in 1957 a destroyer, USS Bigelow (DD-942), was named in his honor.You can read more about Elmer Bigelow here

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Thank you to those who defend our freedom from on high…

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From my friends at StrategyPage, a few common sense rules for military folk:

A lot of life’s problems can be explained by the U.S. Military and its applications of common sense …

1. “Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.”
   (Paul Rodriguez)
2. “A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what’s left of your unit.”
   (Army’s magazine of preventive maintenance ).
3. “Aim towards the Enemy.”
   (Instruction printed on US M79 Rocket Launcher)
4. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
   (U.S. Marine Corps)
5. Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground.
   (U.S. Air Force)
6. If the enemy is in range, so are you.
   (Infantry Journal)
7. It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.
   (US Air Force Manual)
8. Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
   (Gen. MacArthur)
9. Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.
   (Infantry Journal)
10. You, you, and you . . . Panic. The rest of you, come with me.
    (Marine Gunnery Sergeant)
11. Tracers work both ways.
    (US Army Ordnance)
12. Five second fuses only last three seconds.
    (Infantry Journal)
13. Don’t ever be the first, don’t ever be the last, and don’t ever volunteer to do anything.
    (US Navy Seaman)
14. Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.
    (David Hackworth)
15. If your attack is going too well, you have walked into an ambush.
    (Infantry Journal)
16. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
    (Joe Gay)
17. Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.
    (Admiral Hornblower)
18. Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.
    (Unknown Marine Recruit)
19. Don’t draw fire; it irritates the people around you.
    (Your Buddies)
20. Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
    (Army Platoon Sergeant)
21. If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.
    (David Hackworth)
22. Your job is to kill the other person before they kill you so that your national leaders can negotiate a peace that will last as long as it takes the ink to dry.
    (Drill Instructor)
23. In the Navy, the Chief is always right.
    (Written on the door into the Chiefs quarters)

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The United States Naval Academy Midshipmen sing to Lee Greenwood’s song God Bless the USA after a Forrestal Lecture given by ADM William McRaven, Commander US Special Operations Command.

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Cpl. Alvin Krumrey
 91 years old from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Alvin Krumrey didn’t think much about his military dog tags that he had lost over 70 years ago. That is until they were found in a coin store in the Solomon Islands.
You can read more about Alvin Krumrey here