I have heard the National anthem sung so many different ways. I have heard it butchered. I have heard it on electric guitar. I have never heard it like this.
Watch. Listen. Share. These girls are AWESOME!!!!!!
Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.
May God hold them in his hands and may their families carry them forever in their hearts.
“Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” — George Fabricius
May 9, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following death:
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
US Army — DoD Release #398-08:
Pfc. Aaron J. Ward, 19, of San Jacinto, Calif., died May 6 in Al Anbar, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came under small arms fire while conducting cordon and search operations. He was assigned to the 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Releases
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Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.
May God hold them in his hands and may their families carry them forever in their hearts.
“Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” — George Fabricius
May 3, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following death:
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
US Army — DoD Release #376-08:
Staff Sgt. Chad A. Caldwell, 24, of Spokane, Wash., died April 30 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries sustained while conducting dismounted combat operations. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Releases
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Wine or Water
To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine.. . and those who don’t.
As Ben Franklin said: ‘In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.’
In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria found in feces.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health .
Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of Crap!
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information , I’m doing it as a public service .
Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.
May God hold them in his hands and may their families carry them forever in their hearts.
“Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” — George Fabricius
April 30, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following death:
Operation Enduring Freedom:
US Army — DoD Release #363-08:
Sgt. 1st Class David L. McDowell, 30, of Ramona, Calif., died April 29 in Bastion, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.
April 30, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following death:
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
US Army — DoD Release #364-08:
Pfc. William T. Dix, 32, of Culver City, Calif., died April 27 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, I Corps, Fort Lewis, Wash.
The incident is under investigation.
Releases
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Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.
May God hold them in his hands and may their families carry them forever in their hearts.
“Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” — George Fabricius
March 26, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following death:
Operation Enduring Freedom:
US Marine Corps — DoD Release #239-08:
Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Canham, 21, of Lake Stevens, Wash., died March 23 from a non-hostile incident in Djibouti. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Portland, Ore.
The incident is under investigation.
Releases
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Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.
May God hold them in his hands and may their families carry them forever in their hearts.
“Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” — George Fabricius
March 13, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following death:
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
US Army — DoD Release #0199-08:
Cpl. Jose A. Paniagua-Morales, 22, of Bell Gardens, Calif., died March 7 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered in Samarra, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
March 13, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following deaths:
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
US Army — DoD Release #0203-08:
Sgt. Phillip R. Anderson, 28, of Everett, Wash.; Spc. Donald A. Burkett, 24, of Comanche, Texas; and Capt. Torre R. Mallard, 27, of Oklahoma died Mar. 10 in Balad Ruz, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Releases
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Found this stumbling around the Internet. Decided I needed it as my Picture of the week…
via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Ft. Lewis soldier dies long after blast
Suffered head injuries in IraqLast updated February 26, 2008 10:48 p.m. PT
By MIKE BARBER
P-I REPORTERThe explosion that took Spc. Kevin Mowl out of the war in Iraq six months ago finally killed him Monday.
The 22-year-old Fort Lewis soldier from Pittsford, N.Y., who received awards from President Bush in December as he struggled against death, succumbed “calmly” Monday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., family members said on their blog.
The 3rd Stryker Brigade infantryman was among 11 soldiers wounded Aug. 2 in a powerful roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad that flipped over the heavy vehicle in which all rode.
Three Stryker soldiers were killed outright in the explosion: Staff Sgt. Fernando Santos, 29, of San Antonio; Spc. Cristian Roya-Gallego, 24, of Loganville, Ga.; and Spc. Eric D. Salinas, 25, of Houston.
Mowl suffered massive head and brain trauma as well as broken bones and lacerations throughout his body. He was flown from Iraq to Germany and then to Bethesda.
Part of Mowl’s skull was removed to treat his brain injuries, and he endured months of extensive surgery.
He lay in a comatose state at first and required heavy pain medication, his relatives wrote.
In recent weeks, according to the blog, the Mowl family was buoyed that he had fought his way back to more responsive interchanges with them and was sitting in a chair more often.
On Feb. 13, they were excited when Mowl was moved from intensive care to a regular hospital room.
Mowl in recent weeks underwent an eight-hour surgery and was slated to undergo an operation this week that would have given him a complete skull.
Mowl’s fight was an inspiration that captured the attention of many. In December, Bush visited the medical center and presented Mowl with a Purple Heart and an Army Commendation Medal.
Mowl, who died with family members present, is survived by his parents, Harold and Mary Mowl, and a sister.
Harold Mowl, according to Deafweekly, is the superintendent of the Rochester (N.Y.) School for the Deaf.
Kevin Mowl visited the school while home on leave nearly a year ago and received cards from the children when he was injured that raised his spirits, hometown TV station WHEC reported last year.
The explosion that injured Mowl occurred just a month before the 3rd Stryker Brigade began returning to Fort Lewis after a 15-month deployment in Iraq.
Mowl joined the Army on June 14, 2004, and reported to Fort Lewis that December.
A close cousin, Anthony Mowl, who is deaf, wrote with pride about his “CODA cousin” the acronym for the group Children of Deaf Adults.
Mowl was the first from the family to serve in the military. Any political beliefs about the war were set aside to support him, Anthony Mowl wrote.
“When we received the news that Kevin was caught in the crosshairs of an explosion, the war really slammed home,” Anthony Mowl wrote.
“Watching Kevin go off to basic training made me realize that I would never have the strength to do what he did, to make his sacrifice,” the soldier’s cousin wrote.
When he later saw Mowl in the hospital, his cousin wrote, “he had aged considerably; he was now a man.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit the family’s blog at www.caringbridge.org/visit/kevinmowl
The Department of Defense Release is here.
Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.
May God hold them in his hands and may their families carry them forever in their hearts.
“Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” — George Fabricius
February 19, 2008
The Department of Defense announced the following deaths:
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
US Army — DoD Release #136-08:
Spc. Chad D. Groepper, 21, of Kingsley, Iowa and Spc Luke S Runyan, 21, of Spring Grove, PA., died Feb. 17 in Diyala Province, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their dismounted patrol using small arms fire.
Both Soldiers were assigned to 2nd Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash
Releases
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via SGT Grit…
Ya gotta love this…
The ultimate response to a Dear John letter…
You gotta love a man like this, Humor in the face of defeat.
A Marine was deployed to Afghanistan. While he was there he received a letter from his girlfriend. In the letter she explained that she had slept with two guys while he had been gone and she wanted to break up with him. AND, she wanted pictures of herself back.
So the Marine did what any squared-away Marine would do. He went around to his buddies and collected all the unwanted photos of women he could find. He then mailed about 25 pictures of women (with clothes and without) to his girlfriend with the following note: “I don’t remember which one you are. Please remove your picture and send the rest back.”
I would like to introduce you to our Grandson Bradley William Morris. He joined us on the 11th of January. This picture is from the Hospital Newborn Gallery.
As I get them, I will post more pictures. You can see a few more from his first couple of days on my Flickr site.
The day of rest comes but once a week, and sorry am I that it does not come oftener. Man is so constituted that he can stand more rest than this. I often think regretfully that it would have been so easy to have two Sunday’s in a week, and yet it was not so ordained. The omnipotent Creator could have made the world in three days just as easily as he made it in six, and this would have doubled the Sundays. Still it is not our place to criticize the wisdom of the Creator. — Mark Twain (from - “Reflections on the Sabbath”)
Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.
May God hold them in his hands and may their families carry them forever in their hearts.
“Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” — George Fabricius
December 3, 2007
The Department of Defense announced the following deaths:
DoD Release #1371-07: —Iraqi Freedom
Cpl. Blair W. Emery, 24, of Lee, Maine, died Nov. 30 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.
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Releases
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