Category Archives: Military

Turkish Missiles Fly Into Russian Jet

On Nov. 24, 2015 a Russian plane gets shot down by Turkish F-16 missiles. The Airplane was flying on the border of Syria and into Turkey’s airspace. A law states that, one country may shoot down any unmarked plane in their own airspace. Since the law was enforced Turkey has the right to shoot down the Russian military jet since it was unmarked. Vladimir Putin was very unhappy with the outcome. He states that the event was a terrorist attack and that because of it the relationship between the two countries are poor. Barack Obama’s action on this was to talk to Putin about how Turkey had every right to shoot down the plane.

Image of Russian jet being downed by Turkey

Barack Obama looked at the problem and found the correct solution. Since the Russian jet was unmarked Turkey had no idea what was going to happen or who it was. Turkey took the obvious solution to protect its people probably the only one, which is to shoot the plane down. Vladimir Putin’s (Watch 1st video) statements about their relationship being destroyed is only his fault for sending an unmarked plane near the border of both countries. Turkey’s actions were not actions of terrorism it was the Russians who were striking terror into the Turkish people. Now I ask you, do you think Putin or Turkeys actions were the more reasonable one?

~Matthew

An “Army” of Volunteers Restore 14 Veteran’s Graves

After months of hard and detailed work, combing through death certificates, military and cemetery records, and contacting many families, the job was completed. The abandoned graves of 14 fallen soldiers have been restored with new headstones, fence posts, flagpoles, and flags. The wars that these veterans served in were from World War l to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. “We had a mission, and we got our mission done,” said Ed Messer, the senior vice commander of VFW Post 7369 of Naples. He says that the project was sparked by a call from a granddaughter, looking for information about her grandfather’s grave. Messer explained that the graveyard was prone to floods, and the original headstones had sunk several inches into the ground. Then, trucks started using the area as an access point, as there was no sign of any gravestones anymore. “Nobody knew they were there,” Messer said, “it wasn’t someone being neglectful.”

In my opinion, this idea really shows how much good there is in society today, hidden under all of the hate and sadness occurring at the moment. The fact that this group of people took it upon themselves to care for the graves of forgotten soldiers, and made sure they were honored for serving our country, proves that mankind is still helping one another, and that our people are always united through and through.

~Brendan