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Normandy Check-In: D + 30
There to Stay (USNA) D + 11 Much hullaballo surrounds June 6, 1944, but the events following seemingly drop off our radar; the battle surely didn’t stop, though. Success depended on pushing inland at...
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Leadership: The Colonel Steps Up
Washington, Braddock and the Battle of the Mon Washington Poor George, he comes down through history as a white haired, grimacing founding father with sore gums and a paunch. It’s hard to imagine the...
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Istanbul 2019
I’m on the way to Tblisi, Georgia in the Caucasus and stopped in Istanbul for three days mostly because as a Turkish Airlines passenger the stopover was free. The flight from Dulles was smooth (I flew...
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Travel: Under the Lucky Star
To the Caucasus (and Back) Last Summer I traveled with a friend to the Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, of the famed Silk Road, the ancient trading route stretching...
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The Bound Brook, NJ Fire
(NYP) Bound Brook, NJ, experienced a devastating fire and facts are once again ignored concerning a primary community function: fire protection. If there had been a serious crime event, perhaps a...
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1917: “Some Men Just Want to Fight”
1917 All wars are horrible but not equally so; WWI will always rank among the worst chiefly because of the gruesome reality of trench warfare where opposing sides faced one another for months or...
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Schaitberger Bankrupts Pension Fund
2006 Secret Amendment Cause of Massive Deficit Harold “Shady” Schaitberger The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) executive board was rocked by news at its recent meeting that their...
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The Edzo Strikes Back
105-page document details Schaitberger Corruption Ed Kelly IAFF secretary-treasurer Edward Kelly has begun to publicly expose Harold Schaitberger’s long history of corruption at the IAFF. His...
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Schaitberger Cut Off
Vice-Presidents Stop Pension Pay-Out Schaitberger IAFF executive board members have stopped payment on Harold Schaitberger’s improper pension as a result of pressure from the membership, affiliate...
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IAFF: The List of Charges
It’s not just a pension scam. Brother, can you spare a dime? The board has apparently acted to stop Schaitberger’s illegal pension grab but he will need to be watched closely as he will try to undo...
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FDNY’s Hagan: Schaitberger = Treason
Former Local 854 Leader FDNY’s Hagan Al Hagan, the respected former president of the IAFF’s New York Fire Officers 2,700-member Local 854, makes no bones about it when he asks: “I wonder if anyone...
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IAFF: Edzo Peeps Out
But please, let’s not get too giddy. Three-(Very-White)-Guys Ed Kelly made a (surprise) appearance on Facebook, in garb designed to drive IAFF president-for-life Harold Schaitberger right up the...
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IAFF: Schaitberger Issues Statement
He calls for unity amidst pension scam and growing probe. President-for-life President-for-life Harold Schaitberger posted a letter on the IAFF website in the face of mounting evidence of his...
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