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. 🇺🇸
ATTENTION TO ORDERS! 🫡
REGIMENT has reposed special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, and professional excellence of Christopher "@BlazMango" Henderson.
In view of these qualities and his dedicated service, he has been promoted to Chief Community Officer of REGIMENT!🎉
#WeHaveYourSix
These women, most barely in their early twenties stood at the front lines of human suffering.
Working 12-to-18-hour shifts in understaffed field hospitals and MASH units, they treated horrifying wounds from bullets, shrapnel, napalm burns, and landmines, often while mortar rounds exploded nearby.
With blood-soaked scrubs and trembling hands, they stabilized soldiers who arrived by helicopter in shock, missing limbs, or clinging to life. Many had never seen death before arriving in-country, yet they held dying boys’ hands, wrote their final letters home, and somehow kept going day after brutal day.
These courageous women of the Army Nurse Corps faced not only the horrors of war but also the emotional weight of watching thousands of young lives slip away, forever changed by what they witnessed in the bloodiest conflict, the Vietnam War.
#WarNurses #TheVietnamWar
Capricorn One is still one of the most entertaining conspiracy thrillers of the 1970s, with a great set up and a really strong hook: the faking of a crewed mission to Mars.
It's sometimes a bit overlooked, maybe because it's a slow build up, but the payoff is worth it with some brilliant action sequences: Telly Savalas and Elliott Gould in a crop sprayer dodging helicopters, Gould driving at breakneck speed without breaks through traffic. It tapped into a lot of existing conspiracy theories and a general post-Watergate mood of distrust in institutions, and writer and director Peter Hyams delivers a strong thriller as a result. The two novelisations, by Ron Goulart and Ken Follett (writing as Bernard L. Ross) are really good reads.
Hyams later sci-fi work also doesn't get all the credit it deserves. Outland (1981) is a solid 'space Western' that feels claustrophobic and tense throughout. 2010: The Year We Make Contact is also really good ("Piece of pie!"). Watching all three movies together makes for a fun (but long) evening!
Capricorn One had its US release delayed until mid-1978 to avoid clashing with Superman. Audiences really liked it and the Jerry Goldsmith score, realistic NASA props and some great set pieces make it really work quite well.
He flew an unarmed helicopter through 14 hours of relentless enemy fire.
Today we honor Col. Bruce Crandall, who passed away on May 31. Read the true story of the pilot who flew through hell to save his Soldiers. 🧵 (1/7)
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Our friends at @TexasVeterans Commission announced $40.8 million in funding to support grants assisting Veterans! This will help fulfill 190 grants to 160 organizations across Texas.
These grants are awarded to nonprofits and local government agencies that provide direct services to veterans and their families. This year, the grants are anticipated to serve more than 125,000 veterans and family members statewide.
The NEW REGIMENT Jersey is officially HERE! 🔥
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Get yours today! What color are you rocking?! 👀
#WeHaveYourSix
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🏆 STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1 GIVEAWAY 🏒
@GoldenKnights and @Canes open the Final tonight, and we’re bringing the snack heat.
One winner will score a Melissa’s game day prize pack featuring Costa Azul Hot Sauce, Clean Snax®, Organic Snax™, and more.
To enter:
🥅 Follow @melissasproduce
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🏒 Comment who you’re backing tonight, @GoldenKnights or @Canes
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