Military Friends of NewsBlaze

I have an unreasonable passion for free t-shirts. Fortunately I am deployed to Iraq, where opportunities exist for Soldiers who are willing to endure running various distances to be rewarded with a free t-shirt.

You'd think that more than a year after News of the Force reported that the then-commander of the (CAP)'s Arizona Wing was a convicted felon, and he was removed from that office, that at least that wing would have learned a lesson.

Rocky Stroup is a loser. So much so that he looks like a completely different person. After casting off close to 200 pounds over a nine-month period, calling him a loser is not a bad thing.

The 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Soldiers out of Fort Riley, Kan, got to meet and take pictures with the Bella Twins, Vince McMahon, Ray Mysterio, R-Truth and John Cena.

Iraqi Army Soldiers help assemble a wheelchair during a combined humanitarian mission, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, 25 miles southeast of Baghdad, with US Paratroopers