Category: Badass of the Week

He should have gotten this alot earlier. Military.com writes A Navy SEAL who led a risky assault on a mountain peak to rescue a stranded teammate in Afghanistan in 2002 will receive the Medal of Honorlater this week, according to a White House announcement. Retired Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt K. Slabinski will receive the military’s highest […]

The hero of the southwest landing is one of the Navy’s first female pilots. The Navy Times writes PHILADELPHIA — A Southwest Airlines pilot who made an emergency landing Tuesday after the jet apparently blew an engine, got hit by shrapnel and lost a window, is being praised for her “nerves of steel” in helping […]

Rest easy. The DailyMail writes REBES, France (AP) – The French police officer who swapped places with a female supermarket employee being held hostage had already received a lifetime of accolades by the time he walked unarmed into the store under attack by an extremist gunman. Known for his courage and sang-froid, Lt. Col. Arnaud […]

Take note Broward County. This is how you handle the situation. Not run away in a fucking golfcart… Fox News reports The school resource officer who engaged with an active shooter at a Maryland high school on Tuesday has been recognized for his “exemplary judgment” before. Blaine Gaskill, a St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputy with SWAT […]

Shared for our Fallen brothers. Rest Easy Gentlemen. Valhalla awaits. The Air Force Times writes The Defense Department on Saturday released the names of seven airmen who were killed this week when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. The airmen, who were deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, belonged to three different units […]

We here at tactical shit will never ignore a fallen first responder. It is with heavy hearts we bring you this article Rest In peace Cory Iverson.  Valhalla awaits. DailyMail reports A funeral procession from Ventura to San Diego County was held on Sunday for a heroic firefighter who lost his life in the Thomas […]

IIJ reports An Illinois high school football team is in the spotlight for how it handled the national anthem at its homecoming game. While many NFL players take a knee on the field, Mascoutah High School put on a powerful display of patriotism and gratitude. First, an American flag was raised by crane for everyone to see. As the […]

Former NFL player and Army Veteran Daniel Rodriguez seeks out battlefields. https://www.go90.com/videos/7CDuVozyVN8 Enlisting after the untimely death of his father, Rodriguez served grueling deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, survived heavy action and the loss of comrades, and returned stateside with a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star — all by age 19. Battling PTSD, Rodriguez […]

Three Beards, a strange name for a band with 5 guys, kinda like how the drummer in ZZ Top’s last name was Beard but he was clean shaven.  Don’t let it distract you. Hank Barbe, vocalist of Three Beards and I met at the screening of #Notawarstory   outside, away from the shoulder to shoulder hob […]

  President Trump will present his first Medal of Honor as commander-in-chief Monday – to a 71-year-old Vietnam vet who was injured while saving his comrades as an Army medic. The New York Post Writes James McCloughan entered the “kill zone” during the Battle of Hui Yon Hill in 1969 to rescue his fellow soldiers […]