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Robert Gates’ tell-all book rattles White House, Congress Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates set off shockwaves in Washington with accounts from his upcoming memoir, in which he unleashes blistering criticism of Congress and his former colleagues in the Obama administration.
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Continued from Page 3 According to the New York Times account, Gates writes, “[Obama] eventually lost faith in the troop increase he ordered in Afghanistan, his doubts fed by top White House civilian advisers opposed to the strategy, who continually brought him negative news reports suggesting it was failing.” Gates, a Republican appointee of President George W. Bush who stayed on into Obama’s administration, also writes of a pivotal 2011 meeting in which Obama questions the abilities of Gen. David H. Petraeus. “As I sat there, I thought: The president doesn’t trust his commander, can’t stand Karzai, doesn’t believe in his own strategy and doesn’t consider the war to be his…For him, it’s all about getting out,” Gates writes. A source familiar with White House thinking on how to respond to what’s
in Gates’ memoir told CNN that White House officials have been in meetings on the issue and were reaching out to allies to defend the President against the claims. The source said they are being careful not to attack Gates directly, thinking that will backfire. Officials believe Obama’s foreign policy legacy is strong because of his Afghanistan policies and the killing of Osama bin Laden, and that Gates’ accusations don’t hurt with the Democratic base. A White House official called attention to two parts of the book that reflect positively on the President. In The Washington Post article, Gates said of Obama’s chief Afghanistan policies, “I believe Obama was right in each of these decisions.” “I never doubted Obama’s support for the troops,” Gates writes. The official, however, did not highlight the rest of the sentence, which says “only his support for their mission.” A former White House official contested the excerpts saying, “I thought the President was a close ally of Gates. It’s disappointing, because if Gates had issues you would’ve expected him to raise them. When I spoke to Gates about the president he was always effusive.” National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said the President “deeply appreciates Gates’ service” and is open to differing points of view from his national security team.
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“Deliberations over our policy on Afghanistan have been widely reported on over the years, and it is well known that the President has been committed to achieving the mission of disrupting, dismantling and defeating al Qa- Former S ecretary of Defense Rob eda, while a giant ri ert Gates ba sk to nation sically calls al security also ensur- a Secreta Jo in his mem ry at War.” oir “Duty: M e Biden ing that emoirs of we have a clear plan for winding down the war, which will end this year,” Hayden said in response to the comments. A senior U.S. military official involved in some of the events described in the book expressed dismay with Gates, telling CNN that if Gates had been in uniform and felt that the President and his staff were deficient, he would have had an obligation to resign. He noted some may feel Gates also had the same obligation given that he signed orders sending troops off to war. This official was directly involved in Afghanistan troop surge discussions. He was adamant the military command-
ers did not “game” the President on the numbers, but they came to realize Obama felt that way. Republican Sen. Jeff Flake tweeted in response to reports of the memoir, criticizing the timing of the former defense secretary’s comments.
Criticism of Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden
Gates was also critical of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, recounting a conversation between Obama and Clinton suggesting political motives for their positions on Iraq.
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“Hillary told the president that He said if he had done so, he would her opposition to the [2007] surge in have told Congress, “I may be the secIraq has been political because she retary of defense, but I am also an was facing him in the Iowa primary,” American citizen, and there is no son Gates writes. “The president conced- of a b---- in the world who can talk to ed vaguely that opposition to the Iraq me like that.” surge had been political. To hear the “Members postured and acted as two of them making these admissions, judge, jury and executioner,” he wrote. and in front of me, was as surprising as His hypothesis as to why so many it was dismaying.” members “were in a permanent state The former White House official of outrage:” The members must have responded, “suffered “President from some Obama evalusort of mental He said if he had done so, he would have duress that ated the told Congress, “I may be the secretary of warranted merits of the defense, but I am also an American citizen, confinement surge but his opposition to and there is no son of a b---- in the world or at least it was not potreatment for who can talk to me like that.” litical, rather anger manin line with agement.” his thought that more of the same was Another congressional thorn in not the right path.” Gates’ side brought to light in his opinOf Biden, Gates wrote, “I think he ion editorial is how Congress handled has been wrong on nearly every major deciding which defense instillations foreign policy and national security is- and bases to close during budget tightsue over the past four decades.” ening. Hayden said Obama disagrees with Gates wrote that “any defense facilGates’ assessment of Biden and hailed ity or contract in their district or state, the Vice President as “one of the lead- no matter how superfluous or wasteful, ing statesmen of his time.” was sacrosanct,” even if the member had “stridently attacked the Defense Department as inefficient and wasteCriticism of Congress ful.”
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Why he wrote the book— now
Critics of the memoir blasted Gates for publishing the critique in the middle of the Obama’s second term, saying the more appropriate move would have been to wait until after his former boss leaves the White House in 2016. A source close to Gates noted that he’s a historian by nature and wanted to document what went on but didn’t want to wait because he believed the content of his book is all still relevant and should be discussed real time, especially issues of war and the troops. The dysfunction in Washington and the way commanders and generals were treated really upset him, the source added. Gates disagrees that his decision to release the book now is disloyal. In fact, he believes just the opposite and stands by all of it, the source said. As for Gates’ stinging criticism of Congress, the source said Gates had the most disdain for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, though he didn’t give specific names of lawmakers. n
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FUKUSHIMA In 2011, Japan was hit with a horrible tsunami that caused Fukushima’s nuclear plant meltdown. Today, there is over 400 liters of contaminated water being created daily, and it’s hit the shores of California. Since the nuclear disaster, infant mortality rates in the U.S. have increased by more than 35% according to a court statement by Dr. Sherman with independent scientist Leuren Moret, MA, PhD. A study published in The International Journal
of Medicine indicates that more than 20,000 deaths right here in North America can be directly attributed to the release of radioactive material from Fukushima. How can we protect ourselves? First, be aware of what items are likely to be highly tainted. 1) SEAFOOD: Fish and crustaceans from the Pacific Ocean should all be considered to be poisoned with radiation.
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5) MEAT: If an animal eats any leafy vegetable all along the West Coast, that animal has consumed radiation, and is poisoned. Radioactive isotopes of the type released from Fukushima have a half-life of 30,000 years. Therefore, we must permanently change the way we prepare our foods; washing food with soap and rinsing it in filtered water. n
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Forget the New Years resolutions...
Staying fit yearround with 10 easy goals By Jessamyn Patterson Are you an 8%-er? Over 65% of Americans make New Years resolutions, while only about 8% will have achieved them come the next New Year. Sadly, over 30% don’t make it past the first week, three days being the length of an average New Years resolutioner’s goal streak. While this covers so many types of resolutions, 38% (on average) applies to those looking to better their health. I am not here to yell at you to keep to your New Years resolution. Let’s focus on goals that you can aim for year around without the title. Here are a 10 tips from a healthy, fit, busy working mom of four who knows that everyone has to start somewhere and that your journey is your own, never compare yourself!
1. Document your progress!
Say what you want about selfies, but they can be one of the best ways to measure your results. While it’s uncomfortable at first, get in your sports bra and shorts and take a photo. In a month, do it again. With that take your measurements. When you feel like you are at a standstill, you could be losing inches.
2. Be self-affirming.
Thoughts become things, so tell yourself you are fit, beautiful, strong and healthy — even if you don’t feel it now. When you are negative with yourself you bring that energy into your mental, emotional and physical world.
3. Clean up your life.
What happens internally manifests externally so be organized. Find structure and detail in life. Not to go overboard but when you have a stress free home and work life everything will run smoother. A cluttered environment will not provide that.
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If you’re used to consuming 3,000 calories a day, don’t drop to 1,200. Lower your caloric intake slowly, a few hundred calories at a time, and focus on minimizing your portions before making drastic changes to your diet. If you are the opposite and are a meal skipper, start now. Track your eating and even if as small as a handful of fresh veggies, add in every three hours.
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Homeless former colonel’s story illustrates problems facing U.S. vets By Ross Tucker He spent 30 years in the U.S. military, earned three graduate degrees and eventually worked his way to the Pentagon before retiring — but today, former Air Force Col. Robert Freniere, 59, is living out of his van, filling out job applications on public computers in libraries. Freniere’s story stands in stark contrast to common beliefs about unemployed, homeless veterans being made up of former soldiers from the rank-and-file. But an in-depth profile of Freniere by The Philadelphia Inquirer shows that problems affecting veterans don’t discriminate based on chain of command; they go up to the top brass. How could this have happened? The answer is complex and representative of what veterans face when they attempt to re-enter civilian life. After retiring, it took Freniere a year to get a job with a defense contractor. When that work dried up, it was hard to find a civilian job that complemented his background in intelligence. A divorce, the costs of two kids’ college expenses and struggles with dyslexia left Freniere calling his van his home. According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, some 58,000
vets face life on the street each day, and “over the course of a year, approximately twice that many experience homelessness,” the organization says. “Only 7% of the general population can claim veteran status, but nearly 13% of the homeless adult population are veterans.” Unemployment is an even bigger problem. The rate among veterans who have served since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon stands at 10 percent, or 246,000 out of work. For those under
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The MXT135 Counter Defilade Tar- they take cover. The MXT135 appears get Engagement System has a range of to be the perfect weapon for street-toroughly 7,800 feet — and is to be de- street fighting that troops in Afghanployed in Afghanistan soon. I would istan have to engage in, with enemy call it the “Equalizer.” Some call it the fighters hiding behind walls and only “Punisher.” breaking cover to fire occasionally. The rifle’s gun sight uses a laser The weapon’s laser finder would range finder to determine the exact work out how far away the enemy was distance to the obstruction, after which and then the U.S. Soldier would add the soldier can add or subtract up to one meter using a button near the trig10 meters from that distance to enable ger. the bullets to clear the barrier and exWhen fired, the explosive round plode above or beside the target. Sol- would carry exactly one meter past the diers will be able to use them to target wall and explode with the force of a snipers hidden in trenches rather than hand grenade above the Taliban fightcalling in air strikes. er. The 35-millimeter round contains a A patent granted to the bullet’s makchip that receives a radio signal from er, Alliant Tech systems, reveals that the gun sight as to the precise distance the chip can determine how far it has to the target. traveled. Mr. Tamilio Lt. Col. said: “You could Christopher shoot a JaveLehner, lin missile, project and it would managcost about er for $69,000. What one of the revolutionary bullets looks the sysThese like that can be pre-programmed to explode tem, derounds will to hit troops that are hiding. GO USA !!! scribed end up costthe ing $45.00 a weapon piece.” as a ‘game-changer’ that other nations They’re relatively cheap. Lehner will try and copy. added: “This is a game-changer. The enThe Army plans to buy 42,500 of the emy has learned to get cover, for hunMXT135 rifles this year, enough for ev- dreds if not thousands of years. Well, ery member of the infantry and special they can’t do that anymore. forces, at a cost of $11,900.00 each. We’re taking that cover from them Lehner told Fox News: “With this and there’s only two outcomes: We’re weapon system, we take away cover going to get you behind that cover or from [enemy targets] forever. Tactics force you to flee.” are going to have to be rewritten. The The rifle will initially use high-exonly thing we can see [enemies] being plosive rounds, but its makers say that able to do is run away.” it might later use versions with smaller Experts say the rifle means that en- explosive charges that aim to stun rathemy troops will no longer be safe if er than kill. n VACATION
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No limit to educational possibilities for military with online classes
Range of programs and flexibility make online learning an excellent option for service members By Richard Pera www.Military1.com Recently, my wife handed me an article by Dr. L. Raphael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the article, he predicts a trend already experienced by countless military students: online higher education is an affordable, quality option. Dr. Reif admits that students are not the only ones worried about the high cost of a college education; universities, even wealthy, prestigious ones like MIT, are worried, too.
Reshaping the way we learn
Praising opportunities presented by online education, he states: “I am convinced that digital learning is the most important innovation in education since the printing press.” He goes on to say, “When the class of 2025 arrives on campuses,
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these [online] technologies will have line schools, military students can emreshaped the entire concept of college bark on an orientation-to-graduation in ways we cannot yet predict. These journey that results in a college detransformations may change the whole gree. Much or all of what is available equation, from access to effectiveness at on-ground colleges is available online and there to cost.” are many adThe Inditional perks ternet has Students may take many years to as well. already revogain a degree; they can start while lutionized • Range of higher educa- on active duty and finish after leaving programs: Ontion for milithe service. They can take a break for line colleges tary students. the summer or to have a child, and offer AA, BA, When I was advanced a junior offithen resume their education later. and degrees as cer stationed well as certifon an aircraft carrier, I recall our PACE (Program for icates in a large number of programs Afloat College Education) instructor from liberal arts to STEM (science, techtaught sailors introductory for-credit nology, engineering, and math), busiEnglish, Math, and History courses ness, health, and education. Additionalduring our Indian Ocean cruise. Other ly, some offer degrees in public service services had similar, limited, on-base fields like intelligence, homeland secourse offerings. At some point, stu- curity, and emergency management. dents had to transition to an on-ground • Affordability: Online universities college to complete their education. generally cost less, and often much less, than their on-ground counterparts. OnPerks of going digital Today, thanks to the internet and line schools keep costs low by employmany well-established, accredited on- ing qualified, adjunct professors, who teach from their homes all around the world. Online schools do not have large HELP WANTED and costly athletic centers and dormitories to maintain. For service members, tuition assistance may be available and the Post 9/11 GI Bill may be used to pay for online higher education. • Portability: With online education, students take college with them from base to base, on deployment, in combat zones, and even at sea. • Flexibility: Most online students are working adults attending college parttime. Students may take many years to ONLINE, cont’d. on Page 25
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Women have a powerful option to find happiness in 2014 Women everywhere made New Year’s resolutions to live more fulfilled lives in 2014 and beyond. Once they made those resolutions, they may have turned to self-help books, fad diets and online-advice to try and make them a reality. But who knew that the key to happiness might be where women least expect — out on the open road, and on two wheels. A new study shows that women who ride their own motorcycles are noticeably happier – in life, in relationships, and even in the bedroom – than women who don’t ride. The study, conducted by Kelton and commissioned by Harley-Davidson, interviewed 1,013 adult female riders and 1,016 adult female non-riders, and the findings make it clear that riding a motorcycle greatly improves a woman’s feelings of overall self-worth. Key insights surrounding women who ride motorcycles in comparison to those who don’t include the following: • More than twice as many always feel happy (37 percent of riders vs. 16 percent of non-riders) • Nearly four times as many always feel sexy (27 percent of riders vs. 7 percent of non-riders) • Nearly twice as many always feel
confident (35 percent of riders vs. 18 percent of non-riders) According to the study, more than half (53 percent) of women who ride cite their motorcycle as a key source of happinessand nearly three in four (74 percent) believe their lives have improved since they started riding. “Riding a motorcycle is the ultimate form of freedom and self-expression, so it makes sense that women riders are happier in life and, in general, feel more fulfilled,” said Claudia Garber, Director of Women’s Outreach for Harley-Davidson. “That’s why learning to ride a motorcycle is the perfect gift you can give yourself and the best resolution to make for a truly life-changing new year.”
Riding improves relationships
Beyond positively impacting a woman’s sense of self, the study also shows riding can improve relationships. When it comes to romance, women who ride leave non-riders in their dust, being more content with: • Communication with their significant other (60 percent of riders vs. 38 percent of non-riders) • Physical intimacy (51 percent of
riders vs. 35 percent of non-riders). Stress can cause tension between significant others, but since more than a third (34 percent) of women riders report that they now feel less stressed after starting to ride, it’s not surprising that 50 percent of them are extremely satisfied with the state of their current relationships.
Where women can get started
Women can jumpstart their journey to live a more fulfilled life in 2014 and beyond by learning to ride a motorcycle. Women are encouraged to visit the Women Riders section of the Harley-Davidson website at www.h-d.com/women. The site equips women with a number of tools to start their journey toward riding, including testimonials, overviews of motorcycles and gear, and news about special Harley-Davidson Garage Party™ events designed to give women hands-on demos and tips in a comfort-
able environment. Women can search for a Garage Party™ in their area at www.h-d.com/garageparty. The site also features info about WOMEN, cont’d. on Page 25
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It’s a whale of a good time
WHALE WATCHING
Story and photos by Doug Aguillard There was a time, not too long ago, when the only time to go whale watching in San Diego waters was the gray whale migration from December through March. Things have changed in the last two to three years where you can expect to see whales of several different species year round. The food
supply in the local seas have changed and now, anytime you go out on a whale watching boat, you have a great chance of seeing a whale. So far this year, the gray whale migration is seeing record numbers of these large baleen whales heading south, down to the warm water lagoons of Baja California to give birth and
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mate. They are coming from the Arctic, and in impressive numbers. This is the longest mammal migration known. Also being seen, but not every day are fin whales, the second largest mammal in the world, and the rare Minke Whale. Around May, the largest mammal in the world has recently decided to call the waters off of Southern California home, and that is the blue whale, which can reach lengths of up to 100 feet long. On any given day, the whale watching fleet has seen up to 18 blue whales between Pt. Loma and the Coronado Islands. The acrobatic Humped-backed Whales can occur year round also. When it comes to dolphins, this is where it gets really exciting, especially for the kids, as large pods of common dolphins, will come rushing towards your boat and ride the bow, as if they are surfing, while others will be leaping in the air, as if simply for play. Other Dolphins in our local waters include the bottle-nosed, Rissos, and in the
winter time, the Pacific white-sided. Very rare in spring and early summer, the orca or killer whale can occasionally be seen. This is the perfect family trip, as most whale watching boats go out for three- to four-hour rides year round, and most boats carry drinks and snacks. If you’re in the military, ask about a Military Discount. n
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10
most powerful military stories of 2013
1. Air Force takes God out of oaths:
The U.S. Air Force appears to be systematically removing the phrase “so help me God” from the oaths of office taken by officer candidates and enlistees. According to Judicial Watch, a legal watchdog organization, the United States Air Force Academy has removed the phrase from some written materials, including the oath administered to new cadets, because of a single atheist’s objections.
Controversial, zany and touching
thought he knew something about the pain of having a son killed during war. Then his own son was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2010 and Kelly found the pain more scorching and paralyzing than he had ever imagined. But it also gave him an unbreakable bond with other family members of the fallen.
3. ‘The Big Lie’:
2. Marine general speaks from broken heart:
After writing scores of condolence letters, Marine Gen. John Kelly
Pentagon held fake arrival ceremonies: A unit of the U.S. Department of Defense has been holding so-called “arrival ceremonies” for seven years, with an honor guard carrying flagdraped coffins off of a cargo plane as though they held the remains of missing American service men and women returning that day from old battlefields. After NBC News raised ques-
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tions about the arrival ceremonies, the Pentagon acknowledged that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn’t even fly but were towed into position.
4. Wounded Ranger gives ‘Salute seen around the world’:
Josh Hargis, a Ranger with the 3rd Ranger Battalion, was wounded in an attack that left four other members of his team dead. The 3rd was conducting a mission to try to capture a HVT (High Value Target) in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan. The 36 members and a canine unit were attempting to capture a high value target in Panjwai in southern Afghanistan. When the troops arrived at the home, U.S. military officials said, the unit did a typical “call out” asking for those inside to come out. One man appeared. Reports from the battlefield suggest he dropped to his knees and lifted his shirt to show the U.S. forces that he was not wearing a suicide bomb vest. As several members of the Ranger unit moved toward the man to begin questioning him, a woman wearing a suicide vest emerged from the house and blew herself up, killing several members of the unit instantly, along HOUSING
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with the dog, and injuring others. Josh was one of the wounded and was evacuated for medical assistance. The photo above is Josh in a hospital in Afghanistan, right after the doctors stabilized his injuries. His wife posted this picture, along with what she received from Josh’s commander, this is a true warrior! No matter the pain we know Josh is in, he render’s the most beautiful salute you will ever see! We will call this “The Salute Seen Around The World!” as it should be, and it should show what a true Warrior’s Spirit looks like! RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!
5. Army policy will set new rules for tattoos:
Since New York City’s first tattoo parlor opened its doors to ink up Civil War soldiers in the mid 1800s, the military has seen a great deal of marked service men and women. But moving forward, that population might slowly start to decline. According to Stars and Stripes, the Army is well on its way to stricter regulations when it comes to covering in ink. Secretary of the Army John McHugh has given approval for a change to appearance regulations that will forbid tattoos on the forearm, above the neckline, or below the knee.
6. Captain James Kirk to command Zumwalt:
The skipper of the newest, most futuristic ship the U.S. Navy has ever built is none other than Capt. James Kirk. Let that settle in for a second. Almost a full 50 years from the birth of the fictional Capt. James T. Kirk in 1966, the real Capt. James A. Kirk (no relation) is taking the helm of the USS Zumwalt.
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8. Afghan vets reunited with battlefield dogs:
National Guard soldiers from New York who befriended a stray dog while on patrol in Afghanistan were reunited with the 65-pound mixed breed and her seven rambunctious puppies after the animals arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The reunion was made possible by the efforts of a Long Island pet rescue organization whose motto is: “Paws of War — No Buddy Left Behind.”
9. Army commissions real-life ‘Iron Man’ suit:
The technology in Iron Man is getting a step closer to reality thanks to the United States military. The Army has commissioned a Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, which would provide the wearer with superhuman abilities like night vision, enhanced strength, and protection from gunfire. POWERFUL, cont’d. on Page 26 HOUSING
Army Ranger Joe Kapacziewski
7. Meet the first man in Army Ranger history who returned to combat an amputee:
Army Ranger Joe Kapacziewski had volunteered to “take care” of the Taliban snipers who had ambushed his platoon in the pitch darkness on a Hindu Kush mountain ridge in Afghanistan in 2009. But as he raced down the mountainside, aiming to cut the enemy off at the pass below, he was caught in an avalanche of loose shale and tumbled down. To stop his fall and save himself, he grabbed a tree — and came face-to-face with one of the Taliban snipers who had been hiding behind it. With his free hand, the staff sergeant aimed his M4 rifle and shot the sniper dead. “Kap,” as he was fondly nicknamed, then dashed back up the steep slope to his men under fire. It was a Herculean feat even the fittest soldier would have been hard-pressed to pull off. For Kapacziewski, it was something miraculous. The 30-year-old Dunham, Conn., native is the only amputee in Army Rangers history ever to return to combat. He has served in five tours while wearing a prosthesis that replaced his right leg below the knee. In his gripping new memoir, “Back in the Fight” (St. Martin’s Press), he describes hunting Taliban targets, leading a squad and even saving a wounded soldier — all without a leg. For advertising information, call (858) 537-2280 • advertising@militarypress.com
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San Diego loses one of its true heroes...
Jerry Coleman Yankee Infielder, Fighter Pilot and Voice of the Padres
By Jeff Kallman Like Herb Score who preceded him to the Elysian Fields a little over five years ago, Jerry Coleman in the broadcast booth probably thanked God that Yogi Berra never sought a post-playing career as a baseball announcer. Upon Score’s death in 2008, Coleman stood supreme as the master malapropper of the microphones from his loft as the San Diego Padres’ broadcaster, even if the former second baseman scaled his working time back until this past season. “Ozzie Smith just made another play that I’ve never seen anyone else make before, and I’ve seen him make it more often than anyone else ever has! Coleman once hollered on the air, with a flair even Score at his best found elusive. But then Coleman never quite had Score’s flair for geographic displacement, even if he might have been funnier with his own: The Padres need one to tie and two to win, so going into the ninth the score is San Francisco one, the Yankees nothing.” Now Coleman is gone, having died following a short illness, and bearing as well the distinction of having been
the only major league baseball player to see live combat in two wars. (Ted Williams learned to fly in World War II, but didn’t see combat as he would in Korea.) He flew dive bombers in World War II; he flew in the Korean War, after discovering World War II-veteran Marine pilots hadn’t been fully discharged but merely designated inactive. He didn’t mind one bit. As he said when the Padres unveiled a statue of him outside Petco Park, “Your country is bigger than baseball.” (He left the Marines a lieutenant colonel with two Distinguished Flying Crosses and thirteen Air Medals among other decorations.) He probably felt right at home in San Diego, where Camp Pendleton is situated and where the region’s prominent military presence embraces such men as Coleman who tended to speak far more of the men he fought with than of himself when speaking of his wartime service. But it was how Coleman spoke of live baseball from the Padres’ broadcast booth that endeared him to Padres and other fans and, finally, enshrined him in the Hall of Fame in 2005 as a Frick Award winner. If you were there
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when they threw Dave Winfield out at second but he was safe, when Johnnie LeMaster speared a hard shot and threw Bill Madlock into the dugout, when Jesus Alou was in the on-deck circus, when George Hendrick lost a sun-blown popup, or when Winfield lost his head (There’s a fly ball deep to center field—Winfield is going back, back, back—he hits his head
against the wall and it’s rolling toward second base!), you were one of this Jerry’s kids. Coleman was a better than useful Yankee second baseman in his playing days, who won the World Series MVP in 1950 and even managed to secure 9 at-bats in three games against Score, during his next-to-last playing season and Score’s sophomore season, 1956. He went 3-for-9 against the Cleveland howitzer with 2 runs batted in, 2 strikeouts (both looking), a .333 batting average and on-base percentage, and a .556 slugging percentage. As a player he’s probably remembered best for what he did on the final day of the 1949 season, with the Yankees and the Red Sox entering the day in a dead heat for the American League pennant: in the fabled seasonender at Yankee Stadium, Coleman bagged what proved the game-winner when he broke a one-all tie and drove what proved the insurances runs in the bargain in the bottom of the eighth. The hit was set up in the top of the inning when Joe McCarthy — in a move that lived in Red Sox infamy for decades — inexplicably lifted his starting pitcher Ellis Kinder for a pinch hitter despite Kinder seeming to get stronger as the game got deeper. He’d surrendered only one earned run all day and the Red Sox bullpen that season wasn’t considered particularly strong. Tommy Henrich opened the Yankee eighth with a home run off Mel
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Parnell, who was usually a starting ing his Korean wartime flying, endured pitcher. Then Yogi Berra (this was his a collarbone fracture, and lasted long coming-of-age season) singled but Joe enough to hit .364 in a 1957 World SeDiMaggio hit into a double play. But ries the Yankees lost in seven to the the Yankees then loaded the bases on Milwaukee Braves. He spent time in back-to-back singles (Johnny Lindell the Yankee front office, the CBS baseand Billy Johnson, with Hank Bauer ball booth, then the Yankee booth (it running for Lindell) and a walk (Cliff was Coleman who had the privilege of Mapes) before Coleman barely got his calling Mickey Mantle’s 500th career bat on the ball and dumped a quail bomb) before migrating briefly to Anainto short right near the foul line that heim and permanently to San Diego. turned into a three-run double ... too His broadcasting career was interfar out for Bobby Doerr to make a play rupted only once from there, when the running out from second, and too shalold second baseman consented to try low for Boston right fielder Al Zarilla managing the team in 1980. His Pato reach when it sliced away from him. dres finished dead last in the National Coleman was near second when he League West, though. “I should never knew the ball would drop (everyone was have taken it,” he admitted frankly. “I running on the pitch) and he cleared look at it now and see the mistakes I the bases, but got thrown out at third made. If I wanted to be a manager, I on the play. The hit actually bothered should have gone to the minor leagues Coleman—he thought it was a cheap and developed there.” hit. Then he ran into Joe McCarthy at It was just as well. Coleman didn’t a banquet three years later, according to David Halberstam in Summer of ‘49, belong in the dugout any longer. He beand McCarthy told him, “You swung at longed in his broadcast perch, telling it, didn’t you?” Coleman took that to Padres and other fans Bruce Benedict mean, “you didn’t strike out and they might not have been hurt as badly as didn’t put anything past you. So don’t he really was. Or, that if Pete Rose had gotten a apologize, post-hityou did ting streak your job.” base hit McCarwhile the thy’s liftstreak was ing Kinder still on, and Colethey’d be man’s throwing hit were babies out the keys; of the upHenrich’s per deck. homer Or, that only tied Willie the game Another San Diego son who was a baseball great and McCovey at one, and swung and the Yankees military aviator was Ted Williams. themselves thought Kinder was only missed and fouled it back. Or, that Rich getting stronger as the game got later. Folkers was throwing up in the bullThe Red Sox scored three in the ninth pen. Or, that Billy Almon had all his with Vic Raschi looking like he was tir- in-laws and outlaws in the stands. Or, ing. Ted Williams drew a one-out walk that a player lost to memory slid into and took second on a wild pitch, Vern second with a standup double. Or, that Stephens singled him to third, and you never ask why you’ve been fired Bobby Doerr tripled them home, after because they’re liable to tell you. That’ll be Herb Score pushing his which Billy Goodman followed a fly out (by Al Zarilla) with an RBI single way to the front of the line at the Elyto center, before Raschi got Birdie Teb- sian Fields to hand Coleman a drink bets to foul out near first base for the and a challenge to out-malaprop him side, the game, and the first of Casey while calling a game up there within Casey Stengel’s earshot. Indeed they Stengel’s five straight pennants. Coleman would come back from a were blessed never to have had Yogi as loss of depth perception incurred dur- their broadcast competition. n For advertising information, call (858) 537-2280 • advertising@militarypress.com
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Wiener waiver
A man and his wife are doing yard work. Husband says to wife, “Your butt is as wide as the grill.” She ignores
ACROSS 1. Sharpens 6. Norse god 10. Wacky 14. Precise 15. Not a single one 16. Small island 17. Acts as an agent 19. Resorts 20. Results 21. Mesh 22. Flippant 23. Pry 25. Sources of ore 26. A song for 2 30. Anagram of “Rioted” 32. Beguile 35. Impulses 39. Cling 40. Hit the sack 41. Welcome mat 43. Aerial 44. Ethical motive 46. Doe 47. Eagerness 50. Part of the large intestine DOWN 53. Speaker’s platform 1. Not there 54. Estimated time of 2. Beasts of burden arrival 3. Short sleeps 55. Wreck 4. Beige 60. Fog 5. Metal 61. Variation 6. In song, the 63. Ancient Peruvian loneliest number 64. Margarine 7. Put clothing on 65. Days of the month 8. Temporary 66. A covered garden 9. Where a bird lives walk 10. Demoralized 67. No more than 11. Type of poplar 68. Sleighs tree
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the remark. A little later the husband takes his measuring tape and goes over to his wife while she is bending over working in a flower bed. He measures her rear end and gasps, “Geez, it IS as wide as the grill!” Later that night while in bed her husband starts to feel frisky. She calmly responds, “If you think I’m gonna fire up the grill for one little wiener, you ARE mistaken.”
The price of gas
I went into the Shell gas station this morning and asked for five dollars worth of gas. The clerk farted and gave me a receipt.
Cut off
One day a construction worker left the job a little early, and when he got home he found his wife in bed with another man. Purple with rage, he hauled the man down the stairs and into the garage where he proceeded to secure his private parts in a vice. Utterly terrified, the man screamed, “Stop, stop! you’re not going to cut it off, are you? ARE YOU?” “Nope,” replied the construction worker, “You are...I’m going to set the garage on fire.”
There are four kinds of sex
HOUSE SEX - When you are newly married and have sex all over the house in every room. BEDROOM SEX - After you have been married for a while, you only have sex in the bedroom. HALL SEX - After you’ve been mar-
42. Feeling 43. American Sign Language 45. Layabout 47. Blend 48. Drizzly 49. Platters 51. Lyric poem 52. Geeks 54. Anagram of “Dome” 56. Genuine 57. Initial wager 58. Frozen 59. Not more 62. Enemy
ried for many, many years you just pass each other in the hall and say “lets go right now “ COURTROOM SEX - When your wife and her lawyer screw you in the divorce court in front of many people for every penny you’ve got.
Everybody can’t be wrong
A man died in a horrible fire. The mortician thought it was George, but the body was so badly burned that somebody would need to make a positive identification. That task fell to George’s two friends, Joe and Al. Joe: “He’s burnt pretty bad, all right. Roll him over.” Joe looked at the dead man’s buttocks and said, “Nope, that ain’t George.” Thinking the incident strange, the mortician straightened up the body and said nothing. He brought in Al. Al: “Wow, he’s burnt to a crisp. Roll him over.” Again, “Nope, that ain’t George.” Mortician: “How can you tell?” Al: “George had two a--holes.” Mortician: “What? How could he have two a--holes?” Al: “Everybody knew George had two a--holes. Whenever the three of us would go into town you’d hear people say, “Here comes George with those two a--holes!”
Squeeze play
A man in the Florida supermarket tries to buy half a head of lettuce. The very young produce assistant tells him that they sell only whole
SUDOKU The rules to play Sudoku are quite simple. Fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.
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heads of lettuce. The man persists and asks to see the manager. The boy says he’ll ask his manager about it. Walking into the back room, the boy said to his manager, “Some asshole wants to buy half a head of lettuce.” As he finished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, “And this gentleman has kindly offered to buy the other half.” The manager approved the deal, and the man went on his way. Later the manager said to the boy, “I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, son?” “Canada, sir,” the boy replied. “Well, why did you leave Canada?” the manager asked. The boy said, “Sir, there’s nothing but whores and hockey players up there.” “Really?” said the manager. “My wife is from Canada.” “No kidding?” replied the boy. “Who’d she play for?”
Affair alibi
A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day, their passions overcame them and they took off for her house, where they made passionate love all afternoon. Exhausted from the wild sex, they fell asleep, awakening around 8:00 pm. As the man threw on his clothes, he told the woman to take his shoes outside and rub them through the grass and dirt. Mystified, she nonetheless complied. He slipped into his shoes and drove home. “Where have you been?” demanded his wife when he entered the house. “Darling, I can’t lie to you. I’ve been having an affair with my secretary and we’ve been having sex all afternoon. I fell asleep and didn’t wake up until eight o’clock.” The wife glanced down at his shoes and said, “You’re lying! You’ve been playing golf!”
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The contractor replied, “Because I have a crew of blondes laying sod across the street.”
protect, phone, correspond. How to satisfy a man: how up naked with food.
Do I know you?
Happy dance
An old man sitting at the mall watched a teenager intently. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors: green, red, orange, and blue. The old man kept staring at him. When the teenager was tired of being stared at, he sarcastically asked, “What’s the matter, old man? Never did anything wild in your life?” The old man did not bat an eye when he responded, “Got drunk once and had sex with a peacock. I was just wondering if you were my son.”
Not too schmart
In Alabama, what’s written on the bottom of a coke bottle? Please open other end.
Another widow joke
Q. What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night? A. A widow.
Q&A
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The Pentagon recently found it had too many generals and offered an early retirement bonus. They promised any general who retired straight away his full annual benefits plus $10,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any two parts of the general’s body, with the general getting to select any pair of points he wished. The first man, an Air Force general, accepted. He asked the pension man to measure from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. Six feet. He walked out with a check of $720,000. The second man, an Army general, asked them to measure from the tip of his outstretched hands to his toes. Eight feet. He walked out with a check for $960,000. When the third general, a grizzled old Marine, was asked where to measure, he told the pension man ... “From the tip of my penis to the bottom of my testicles.” The pension man suggested that perhaps the Marine general might like to reconsider, pointing out the nice checks the previous two generals had received. The Marine insisted and the pension expert said that would be fine, but that he’d better get the medical officer to do the measuring. The medical officer attended and asked the general to drop the pants. He did. The medical officer placed the tape on the tip of the general’s penis and began to work back. “My God!” he said. “Where are your testicles?” The general replied, “In Vietnam.”
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States Served from March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945
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John Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner 32nd Vice President of the United States Served from March 4, 1933 to Jan. 20, 1941)
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