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Just got back from my trip. I'm glad I chose not to ride. First 200mi were a mix of dense fog, heavy rain, stupid drivers, and sometimes a mix of all those at one time. JJ is now famous throughout all of the branches. What he did made a huge splash. All of the local news outlets in Columbus, GA were there. Numerous military-centric media outlets were also in attendance. A special "no thanks" goes to the 1AD for dropping the ball originally, getting called out for it, and trying to save face by saying JJ was lying. Massive kudos to the personnel at Ft. Moore for making all of this a reality. JJ is the trailblazer for many others to follow. I bet many former door gunners are looking forward to their day at it again. Major league BIG UPs to retired Sgt. Maj. Mike Lavigne for being the one who got the ball rolling real fast. :thumb

Task & Purpose article on my cousin. Do a search on him and you'll see plenty of articles that came out within the last 18 hours.

These are the pics that were taken on Monday. Tuesday is when we all felt and heard those booms. :super

The masking was done not for Covid protocols. It was done to protect JJ from the shit new recruits bring from all walks of life. I remember being in BMT and being sick for most of the time. I ended up with a superhuman immune system after that period in my life.
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That is fantastic. Thanks for sharing all of this with us. JJ is an amazing person. 👍
 
Wow...

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Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time

In early 2022, Jay Tenison was diagnosed with Stage IV stomach cancer after reporting pain to his doctors. After months of chemotherapy, he got the worst news of his life -- there was nothing medical care could do for him.
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www.stripes.com

‘Every bit of what I remembered’: Iraq War veteran with terminal cancer fires tank for last time

When Army tanker veteran Jay Tenison was diagnosed last year with terminal, Stage IV stomach cancer, he sat down to consider what he wanted to do with the remaining months of his life. “I realized I really wanted to do tank gunnery,” he said. “I just really wanted to shoot a tank again.”
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Veteran battling cancer gets final wish granted to feel tank's 'thunder of doom' once more

Iraq War veteran and former tanker Jay Tenison got his wish to fire the main gun of an M1 Abrams one last time thanks to the US Army
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DJ_MI said:
I love this interview with his parents.

His mom: "I wasn't sure he'd ever be able to get up on his own but in the Army he learned how to get up on time" :lol2 :-)

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Jay and Joellen Tenison Interview

Jay and Joellen Tenison Interview
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My aunt and uncle. Jay Sr. is my dad's oldest brother. I must've been using the latrine while the interview was happening. I don't remember seeing it take place. But so much happened on Monday and Tuesday I'm sure there'll be things I see I don't remember happening at that moment.

Because I forgot to mention it. JJ hit 9 out of 9 on the live fire range and even sparked a grass fire from the tracer rounds out of the coaxial gun. Seems to happen a lot out there. They have systems in place to put those fires out real fast.
 
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Soggy Biscuit said:
My aunt and uncle. Jay Sr. is my dad's oldest brother. I must've been using the latrine while the interview was happening. I don't remember seeing it take place. But so much happened on Monday and Tuesday I'm sure there'll be things I see I don't remember happening at that moment.

Because I forgot to mention it. JJ hit 9 out of 9 on the live fire range and even sparked a grass fire from the tracer rounds out of the coaxial gun. Seems to happen a lot out there. They have systems in place to put those fires out real fast.
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That's great. In JJ's interview he was proud to say that he hit all of his targets. 👍 You have an amazing family SB!
 
DJ_MI said:
That's great. In JJ's interview he was proud to say that he hit all of his targets. 👍 You have an amazing family SB!
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Thanks. JJ and his folks are one of a kind. I'm gonna miss him. It was hard not getting choked up during the entire trip. He's going skydiving this weekend for his 40th b-day. I can't go due to work obligations. I have yet to upload the pics I took while at Fort Moore. Mike Lavigne has yet to upload the ones from Tuesday while JJ was letting live rounds rip downrange.
 
Yeah I’m sure you are going to miss him. I’m sorry for that. I know it’s not a lot of consolation but he’s leaving behind a bigger legacy than 99% of the people in this world. 👍

There’s some pictures of the live fire in the articles.
 
For anyone looking for the rest of Soggy Biscuit story about going to Fort Moore you can find it here:
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Cousin's big day at Fort Moore

If you've been following the Patriotic Pictures thread, you'll know what this topic is about. Third page is where I posted again after getting back home from the trip. Decided to make a new topic about it since I feel bad about having hijacked that topic. At any rate, here is the my Google...
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Antti said:
This were it ended at 1944.. old Finland.
Kis Kis hills traded owner during the battle many times.

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Germans leftovers


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Very interesting pics! I’ve never thought much about what it would be like to ride around in Europe since it’s unlikely that I’ll ever have the chance but, man, the history would be amazing.
 
Another neat site within 15mins of where I live. This site is where the British made a surprise night-time attack just 9 days after Washington suffered a defeat at Brandywine. General Anthony Wayne made a serious tactical error by thinking the British had no idea Rebel forces were camped out in near Malvern. 50-something rebels were killed by bayonet and over 100 others captured. Rebel forces got their retribution on a later date when they stormed the ramparts of Stony Point, NY.
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I went there hoping for better lighting. This is what I had to work with. Why is a piece of steel patriotic? This is was taken a couple hours ago at Lukens Steel in Coatesville, PA. There is a very storied history within that company. Its steel was used in the Manhattan Project, aircraft carriers, submarines, and steel trees that ended up in the first 9 floors of the original WTC. That is a piece of one of the trees from one of the towers. There is also a memorial onsite for all the steelworkers.
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Another neat site within 15mins of where I live. This site is where the British made a surprise night-time attack just 9 days after Washington suffered a defeat at Brandywine. General Anthony Wayne made a serious tactical error by thinking the British had no idea Rebel forces were camped out in near Malvern. 50-something rebels were killed by bayonet and over 100 others captured. Rebel forces got their retribution on a later date when they stormed the ramparts of Stony Point, NY.
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Very cool historic posts. 👍🏻

I spent a bit last night reading about that massacre.
 
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