Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.
More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸
Rest in Peace, Technical Sergeant Ashley Brooke Pruitt 💔🇺🇸
"SHE WAS THE BEST OF US."
Technical Sergeant Ashley Brooke Pruitt, 34, from Bardstown, KY, was killed while serving during Operation Epic Fury. She was one of six brave service members who perished aboard a KC-135 air tanker that went down in Iraq.
A dedicated Airman, wife, mother, and hero. America thanks you for your service.
NEW: The family of fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis receives a call from President Trump, telling them their son would posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
Ollis was killed in Afghanistan in 2013 when he shielded a Polish army officer from a su*cide bomber.
Ollis saved the life of Karol Cierpica, who became the father of a baby boy shortly after.
Cierpica named the boy 'Michael' in honor of Michael Ollis.
"Your son is gonna get the highest honor that you can have. There's no higher honor than the Congressional Medal of Honor," Trump said on the call.
Video: SSG Michael Ollis Freedom Foundation / fb.
A horrific story out of Delaware. State Trooper Corporal Grade One Matthew T. Snook murdered in the line of duty. He leaves behind a wife and 1 year old daughter. I can’t think of a more important cause this Xmas than raising money for the family. As always 100% of proceeds will go directly to them and I will match 100%. I know money doesn’t lesson the pain in these situations but I did have the opportunity recently to sit with 3 widows from prior donation drives we’ve done. All of them said despite the tragedy they can’t put into words how much our support meant to them. We’re asking for help 1 more time
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This man was shot point blank in the face, and the media is burying this story and hiding the mugshot of the shooter.
The man who shot him was a 44 year old black man named Avery Young.
Trooper Matthew Tyler Snook pushed a DMV employee out of the line of fire before being shot.
BREAKING🚨: Delaware State Police have identified the trooper killed in Tuesday's shooting at a Wilmington DMV as Corporal Matthew T. Snook.
The 34-year-old, known as "Ty," was a 10-year veteran of the force from Hockessin. He was working an overtime shift when he was fatally shot while acting to protect others inside the building, according to authorities. RIP SHEEPDOG 🖤💙🖤🙏🏿
#NEVERFORGET - 84 years ago today… the quiet of a Sunday morning was broken forever. 🕊️⚓🇺🇸
The sky over Pearl Harbor turned black with smoke, red with fire, and filled with the cries of men fighting to survive.
Sailors trapped below deck.
Nurses running toward the flames.
Families watching the harbor burn.
And heroes — so many heroes — who never saw another sunrise.
2,403 lives gone.
But their courage lives on in every flag raised, every freedom defended, every memory preserved.
As we look back on this day,
may we never forget the cost… and never take their sacrifice for granted.
Honor them. Remember them. Carry their story forward.
A hero has been taken from us. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom personified everything one could pray for in a daughter, a soldier, and an American citizen. She offered to give her fellow Guardsmen relief to enjoy Thanksgiving. Her generosity cost her life. Heartbreaking. 💔 RIP.
Please help me honor Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow, who was k*lled during an eviction call in the line of duty on November 21st, 2025 while serving her community. She dedicated 25 years of service to the people of Indian River County. Deputy Mashkow, we thank you for your service and sacrifice.
Easy K-9 Oblix 💙🐾
A legend in the Jones County Sheriff's Department has died. K9 Oblix passed at the age of nine on Thursday, Oct. 2. K9 Oblix had been suffering from a terminal disease diagnosis for the past month. A member of the sheriff's department since 2018, K9 Oblix is credited with seventeen felony apprehensions in the past 5 1/2 years, numerous tracks of felony suspects and missing persons, and dozens upon dozens upon dozens of illegal narcotics detections.
Understand that the democrat caucus gave permission to the number of Senators needed to reach the bare minimum of 60.
And those democrat senators who voted with Republicans also gave permission to the rest of their party to publicly chastise them and act angry.
June 8, 1968.
When Kate O’Hare-Palmer stepped off the plane in Vietnam, the first thing that hit her wasn’t gunfire. It was the heat—heavy, choking—and the smell of war. She was just 22 years old, wearing a neat summer Army Nurse Corps dress uniform that made her look impossibly young. Nearby, soldiers waiting to board the plane home lay silently on the ground with their duffel bags as pillows, eyes empty and far away.
Later, she’d learn they called that look the thousand-yard stare.
It wouldn’t be long before she had it herself.
Within hours of arrival, Kate was thrown into chaos. A Vietnamese woman was rushed into surgery with a ruptured aorta. Kate didn’t even have time to put on gloves. They fought to save her. They couldn’t.
It was the first death she saw in Vietnam. It would not be her last.
Kate came from a military family. Service was in her blood. She believed she was ready.
She wasn’t.
She was assigned to the 2nd Surgical Hospital, first at Lai Khe and later at Chu Lai—field hospitals where helicopters landed just feet away, carrying soldiers no older than boys. Head wounds. Chest wounds. Limbs gone. Some could be saved. Some could not.
And Kate was one of the nurses who had to make that call.
Triage:
Live.
Die.
Try.
Doctors said field nurses had some of the highest PTSD rates of the entire war—not because they were in combat, but because they had to play God every single day.
She worked 12-hour shifts, six days a week. When helicopters came in heavy, they worked straight through their seventh.
Then came the day they brought in a soldier with live ammunition still lodged in his body. One wrong move, and the operating room would explode.
The room cleared.
Kate stayed.
22 years old, hands steady as stone, helping the surgeon and a bomb expert remove the round piece by piece.
“I didn’t start shaking until it was over,” she said. “Then I couldn’t stop.”
But the soldier lived.
Not everything was blood and horror. Kate also went on medical missions to villages, treating children caught in the crossfire. Those moments reminded her of why she came—to heal. To help. To try.
But by week three, her faith had cracked.
“I was pretty religious,” she said. “And I just… got angry at God.”
She served 14 months.
And when she came home, her war wasn’t over.
For years, she carried the trauma alone.
Women veterans were hardly acknowledged.
Their sacrifices went unspoken, unrecognized, unseen.
In 1993, she attended the dedication of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. Hundreds of nurses gathered—crying, laughing, realizing they had all been carrying the same invisible wounds. That moment changed her life.
Kate began to fight again—not in triage rooms, but in meeting rooms and congressional hearings.
She became an advocate for:
• Women veterans’ mental health
• Recognition of women’s combat service
• VA support and medical benefits
• Representation in memorials and history
At 79 years old, Kate O’Hare-Palmer still fights. She chairs the Vietnam Veterans of America National Women Veterans Committee. She speaks in schools and veteran halls. She makes sure the stories of the nurses of Vietnam are never forgotten.
She saved lives in operating rooms under enemy fire.
Now she saves veterans who are still fighting wars inside themselves.
She was 22 when she learned to face death and save the living.
She is 79 now, and she is still serving.
Thank you, Kate O’Hare-Palmer.
Not just for what you did then—
but for what you never stopped doing.
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He cared for his elderly mother...
Our hearts are breaking 💔
Please join us in praying for the loved ones and friends of WakeMed Campus Police Officer Roger Smith who was shot and killed in the LOD yesterday 🙏🏽
Rest well hero
After exiting the plane yesterday in Norfolk, Virginia, after 57 years, U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas E Scheurich has finally returned home.
Identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in April 2025, Capt. Scheurich was lost in 1968 during a Vietnam War mission. Yesterday , American Airlines brought him home to Norfolk, VA, where he was honored with the dignity and respect he deserves.
Welcome home, Capt. Scheurich - your service and sacrifice will never be forgotten🇺🇸
Our hearts are breaking 💔
Yesterday, Miami-Dade Deputy Devin Jaramillo was shot and killed while protecting his community.
Please join us in praying for Devin's loved ones and friends.
Rest well hero 🙏🏽
🇺🇸 US Marine Sgt. Aaron Kenefick, was killed on September 8, 2009 during Operation Enduring Freedom.
He was ambushed by 100 to 150 Taliban forces in the Ganjgal Valley, Kunar Province Afghanistan. This tragedy is tied to two living Medal of Honor Recipients.
Kenefick was a member of a combined Marine and Afghan patrol that led the way into Ganjgal village to visit with village elders. As the patrol entered the village, it was ambushed.
When the team leader directed his Marines and the Afghan soldiers to attack and seize the house from which they were receiving fire, GY SGT Kenefick boldly led the Afghan soldiers forward under fire and cleared the house.
The enemy then attempted to encircle the teams position while subjecting the team to a hail of machine gun and rocket fire. Despite being pinned down, Kenefick fought with bravery and determination while demonstrating unwavering courage in the face of the enemy. He was the recipient of the Bronze Star with V.
God Bless our Vets!
#Military #Sunday #Veterans
Please help me honor Miami Beach Police Motorman David Cajuso, he passed Tuesday following a crash along the northbound lanes of Interstate 75, officials said.
When one officer falls in the line of duty, an entire community feels that loss.Thank you for your service and sacrifice, faithful guardian. Rest easy Hero 🇺🇸