A salute to the Chaplain Corps
Today is the birthday of the Army Chaplains Corps, but we take the opportunity to salute all Chaplains. THEY WERE BORN AS THE REPUBLIC WAS BORN It’s the summer of 1775. The tensions between Britain...
View ArticleBusting Posers — We Have a Real Doozy This Time
You can guess that with a thousand visitors a day to MyServicePride, we see our share of crazy, outlandish collections of awards. At this point, it’s common enough that we watch for them. A few days...
View ArticleWe heard from the Poser who asked for the MOH
Yesterday, we reported to you about respectfully requesting documentation from a guy who wondered why he couldn’t add the Medal of Honor to the rack he’d built on MyServicePride.com. And we made a...
View ArticleBust Your Own Poser
Bust Your Own Poser You’d imagine that since MyServicePride.com is all about military awards, we’d see our share of posers. Well, we do. Our policy is that a person can use our logic engine to create...
View ArticleLetters from the Fallen #1
Letters From the Fallen, Installment #1 Recently the MyServicePride Team acquired two sets of letters from WWII soldiers to home. This is the first installment in this new series. One of the Greatest...
View ArticleWell, we dood it!!! — on the ground after the fall of Japan
We have an update on this story. Please skip to the end for correspondence we had with Sgt Richeson’s daughter after this was published. Letters from the Fallen, #3 – Sgt J.A. Richeson and the fall of...
View ArticleNational Defense Service Medal – sometimes a little confusing
“I was deployed twice to Afghanistan. I rate that star on the NDSM.” Or, ”But guys, I’m SURE I rate the American Defense Service Medal.” We get comments like these a lot. There are a handful of awards...
View ArticleLetters from the Fallen – Army Mementos and Cancelled Checks
Army Mementos and Cancelled Checks An old box, photos, paperwork — you’ve seen lots of them. We have one this week from another one of the WWII generation who served then went silent. There’s a story...
View ArticleMystery Solved! The Vienna Garrison
A few days ago we posted this ID card and asked you guys to tell us what the Vienna Garrison was: Lots of right answers We got answers…LOTS of them. While almost every answer was correct, each one of...
View ArticleThe Soldier’s Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Medal, Airman’s Medal & the Coast...
Last month, we did an article clarifying the National Defense Service Medal regulations. This was in response to some confusion regarding how and when it is awarded. This month, we’ll look at some...
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