United States Marine Corps Ball

The thumbnails are now fixed! If you have any issues, please let me know! The United States Marine Corps Ball was held in the Gillespie Center in South Bend, Indiana. Happy birthday to the USMC! Click on this article to view the photo gallery. The gallery is now expired but if you’d like to get some photos just contact me and I’ll see what I can do!

USMC Ball 2022

By |2023-10-31T12:40:30-04:00November 11, 2022|General Events|

The War in Ukraine – Chapter 4: The Parking Lot

This is a series of posts about my experience in Poland and Ukraine during the Russian military invasion and attempted takeover of Ukraine in 2022.

Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, is in the north center of the country. When the Russians began their invasion, they intended on a quick takeover of the capital with a blitzkrieg style invasion from the Belarusian border and the northern Russian border. They were so convinced that they could take control in a matter of days that their soldiers packed food for three days and brought their dress uniforms to wear for an expected victorious military parade down streets of the Ukrainian capital. Let’s just say that didn’t pan out. As the Russian helicopters flew into Ukraine with units of Russian Spetznaz, several were shot down. The ones that managed to land in the Gostomel airport outside of Kyiv were quickly engaged in shootouts and killed. The best of the best of the Russian military died

By |2022-08-07T04:19:48-04:00July 28, 2022|News, World Stories Journal|

The War in Ukraine – Chapter 3: Makariv, Ukraine

This is a series of posts about my experience in Poland and Ukraine during the Russian military invasion and attempted takeover of Ukraine in 2022.

The village of Makariv is just west of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. It was overrun by Russian forces in their attempt to take over. Battles ensued in this area and all the areas surrounding Kyiv until the Russian forces were defeated and then retreated to northern Belarus. They then repositioned to attack the eastern part of Ukraine. Stories in the captions.

By |2022-08-07T05:11:09-04:00July 18, 2022|News, World Stories Journal|
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