We hope everyone is enjoying spending time with their families this weekend and also paying tribute to the Veterans of past and present, who have given up their time with their families, indefinitely in some cases, so that we can enjoy all that we do as a nation.
Please remember to thank a Veteran today and remember that a Veteran is someone who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of “up to, and including their life.” Many have given that ultimate sacrifice and they will never be forgotten!
To all the Veterans reading this or otherwise still watching our backs, ITS Tactical thanks you and your families for your unselfish service. Stay safe and keep fighting the good fight!
If you need some ideas on how you can thank a Veteran today, check out our post on 5 Simple Ways to Thank a Veteran Today.
This week is the start of National Police Week across the country and in Washington D.C., where it attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers each year.
Started by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, National Police Week starts with Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15th and has grown into many planned events that honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
We’d ask that you keep our officers past and present in your minds this week and take the opportunity to say thank you and show your support for all they do to protect our freedoms.
To all our LE brothers and sisters out there, ITS Tactical thanks you for all that you do and would like to offer you 10% off your total order this week at ITS Tactical. Simply email us to claim your discount code.
Congress recently passed a resolution making March 30th Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. The day is to honor Veterans who served during Vietnam and is much needed in my opinion.
When these brave men who sacrificed so much returned from duty, they were often met by protesters and anti-war clowns that belittled them and attempted to dishonor all that they stood for.
The significance of March 30th marks the anniversary of the day the last combat and combat support units completely withdrew from South Vietnam. [Read More…]
March 25th is officially Medal of Honor Day and we’d like to take today as a day of remembrance here on ITS Tactical as well.
Join us in honoring all those who have sacrificed their very lives as a duty to our great country. This is of course not to exclude the living Medal of Honor winners and their selfless actions that saved their brothers.
The realization that the media cares more about what’s going on with movie stars, than with the very heroes that have given them the opportunity to do so is truly a sobering fact.
We’ve embedded a tribute video below called Souls of Valor that showcases Chief Master Sergeant Richard Etchberger, Staff Sergeant Robert Miller, and Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta who all earned America’s highest award for valor.
We’d like to mention the heroics of two Navy SEALs and Medal of Honor recipients who’s stories are close to our hearts, Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy and Michael A. Monsoor. Please honor this day by paying a visit to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Website and read about real role models. [Read More…]
We’d like to get everyone’s help with a decision we have to make on when to have a Texas Flag flown at the State Capital. ITS Tactical was presented with this opportunity for a donation we made to the Memorial Fund of a local teen here in Mansfield, Texas.
The memorial fund is for Tristen Dasch, a Mansfield High School Freshman who lost his battle with Leukemia this year. Tristen was close friends with a boy from my son’s Boy Scout Troop and the troop has been actively involved in raising money for a memorial garden in his honor.
Our troop recently held a dunk tank fundraiser, “Dunk for Dasch,” at the local fall festival and Texas State Representative Chris Turner donated a Texas State Flag that will be flown over the State Capital in Austin. A silent benefit auction was held and ITS Tactical made the highest bid, receiving the flag.
Since every one of our readers has helped in allowing us to donate to this cause, we’d like to get your opinion on when we should have the flag flown between now and the end of 2010. [Read More…]
There are plenty of ways that you can thank veterans in your local community, but on this Veteran’s Day I’d like to share a few simple ways you can show your appreciation for what they’ve done.
A veteran is someone who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America for an amount up to and including their life. Regardless of personal political views, that is an honor and there are too many people in this country who no longer remember that fact.
I’ve always liked that description because it elicits so much meaning from such few words. That’s what we’d like your goal to be today; to do something simple that will mean so much to the veterans around you. Here are five simple ways you can make that happen: [Read More…]
President Obama will posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller today, for “exceptionally valorous conduct” during an Afghanistan combat reconnaissance patrol with ODA 3312 on January 25th, 2008.
Please take a few moments out of your day to honor SSG Miller by visiting the U.S. Army’s Website they’ve put together to tell his story, despite what the mainstream media may be covering today.
Fair winds and following seas brother…
Please take a moment today to remember our Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action, their sacrifice for this country deserves our attention on this day and all others.
Observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day will be held across the country on Military installations, ships at sea, State Capitols, schools and Veterans’ facilities.
Today is one of six days throughout the year that Congress has mandated the flying of the National League of Families’ POW/MIA Flag. The others are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.
The POW/MIA Flag is to be flown at major Military installations, National Cemeteries, all Post Offices, VA medical facilities, the World War II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the official offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense and Veterans Aaffairs, the director of the Selective Service System and the White House.
You are not forgotten…
Today marks the 9th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Nine years. It seems like a long time ago, but for those that lost loved ones, friends and family it will never seem that way.
I try to stay out of political rhetoric and religion on ITS, and today I’m going to do my best. All I’m going to ask today is for everyone out there that may read this post, to reflect on where you were on 9/11. How it made you feel, and what this nation lost. Next, I’m going to ask that you take that perspective and apply it towards what’s currently going on in New York and the ramifications of what might potentially happen. [Read More…]
In our last look at Old Glory, we presented A Patriotic Look at the U.S. Flag Code. Today, we’d like to follow up that article with how to properly retire a U.S. Flag.
If you look into the Flag Code, you’ll find that the only mention of retiring a flag is to “Always dispose of a worn flag properly, preferably by burning it.” The rest is up to interpretation and people’s beliefs.
In our opinion, there’s really not a wrong way to retire a flag other than doing so with respect. What we’ll show you today is a flag retirement ceremony that my son’s Boy Scout troop recently conducted and some other ways that have been known to retire flags. [Read More…]
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