Fighting Knife Salute to the Clovis, CA Father

Posted on August 31, 2007
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A Fighting Knife Blog Salute

CLOVIS, Calif. — A father who lost a second son last week in the Iraq war said Thursday the support his family has received has helped them sustain their belief in the United States’ efforts to combat global terrorism.“The nation’s at war,” said Jeff Hubbard, the soldier’s father, a retired police officer. “We just want people to support the nation and what it’s trying to get accomplished by making the world a better place.”Army Cpl. Nathan Hubbard, 21, died Aug. 22 in a helicopter crash. He had enlisted at age 19 while still grieving for his older brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Hubbard, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Ramadi in 2004.

A third brother, Army Spc. Jason Hubbard, 33, was part of the platoon that recovered Nathan’s body from the crash site. After Nathan’s death, Jason was sent home from his unit and was ordered not to redeploy to a hostile fire zone.

Both brothers were in the same platoon on a scouting mission observing a treacherous stretch of road south of Kirkuk, Iraq, the day of the crash, the surviving son said. Jason’s team left the area in a Black Hawk first; another soldier aboard that helicopter saw from the air that the second aircraft had crashed… Go To Article

That is an unquestionable kind of support for the war against terrorism coming from this father.

I get angry often when I see many of the things portayed by the media in relation Iraq. It is sometimes hard to be supportive of the war when continuous negativity is broadcast on just about evey media outlet. I personally have to sit back and think through what I’m seeing from the talking heads on television.

There are so many times, more often than not, that the media puts out misinformation to simply sway the opinion of the public in a certain direction. Very seldom will one find a nonbiased report.

I have strong beliefs about the war on terror and about much of what is going on in American government and defense. However, my beliefs are my opinion based on my experience and that’s it. My goal is not to convert folks to the way I see things. To be honest, I am put off by arguing. Much of the time, a person’s mind is made up regardless of the facts before them. So, why argue?

The Fighting Knife Blog is about knives, of course. But, I also like to ramble on a bit about freedom and our rights to own fighting knives.

To me, the fighting knife represents my belief in the United States. This is a country where every man and woman would stand up for their country and defend it single handedly if need-be, armed with only their fighting knife.

Ok, maybe that’s a bit far fetched. Maybe not everyone, but many would, at least, I like to think that.

Again, it makes me proud to have folks like the father above who is devoted to country with no-strings attached. I can’t dream of facing what he’s going throuh, and wish that freedom did not cost so much. Unfortunately, it is very expensive.

~Cole

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2 Responses to “Fighting Knife Salute to the Clovis, CA Father”

  1. Ron CurtissNo Gravatar on September 7th, 2007 7:53 pm

    I agree with your feelings that a good fighting knife representing a belief in our country (USA). We may be a little elderly, but having put our lives on the line before, we would be more than ready to take up again to defend her again. I actually felt a little proud when I saw what was put on DD 214, “Professional soldier” as civilian occupation.

    Back to subject of this blog; as soon as the “Browning Viet Nam Commemorative” knife with the handle wood actually coming from tree along the “Ho Chi Min Trail”, I had to get one . I have stayed away from all things about Viet Nam; no matter what the media, but I had to have that knife. I took down the clock in my room and put the knife there, you can not miss it when you enter my room.

    I have had this addition to good knives all my life; I lived on a large lake when I was growing up, even at 4-5 I loved to fish and carried a yellow “Case” folding fishing knife.

    Like you, I do not like the different way the peopled of our country have started going since when we were youngsters, we could, and did, carry pocket knives all the time, even when we went to elementary .school.

    Ron

  2. ColeNo Gravatar on September 8th, 2007 9:58 am

    Thanks for your comment. Yes, I am adamant about the leadership in the country dropping the silliness about pocket knives. The focus should be on punishing the criminal that uses the pocket knife for evil deeds, not turning a pocket knife into an evil instrument. The lack of common sense seems to be increasing on a daily basis when it comes to the vast amount of complicated knife laws at every level of government.

    When our leaders and justice system drop the ball and refuse to punish the criminal, they turn the attention to something else, like making a pocket knife an evil device.

    Man, where have the sensible folks gone?!

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