Archive for the 'Troops' Category

A Canvas of Tears and Blood

KLIF’s Darrell Ankarlo almost lost his son in Iraq.
I was going to blog about this myself but I was honestly donted at how I could respectfully repost something from Darrell Ankarlo’s newsletter.
Well Irish John over at Evil Conservative Blog beat me to it, which is fine with me, he has been at this longer than [...]

Tsunami relief work by the United States Navy.

Dusty over at Argghhh!!! posts a letter from a member of the USS Abraham Lincoln who is off Indonisia aiding the relief efforts.
If you have any doubt that the United States Government is not helping enough, you should read it, if you know we are doing enough you should read it, you should just [...]

MASCAL (Mass Casualty), THe Mosul Suicide Bombing.

repost from 12/22/04
Once again,
We are faced with the horrors of war.
We are faced with the grim reality of our fight.
We are faced with the undeniable face of Evil.
and most importantly,
We are faced with wondering where they find these people, who can serve in such a valiant way.
In this case I am talking about Chaplain Lewis.
This [...]

Moving tribute to our soldiers, via BMEWS

http://www.barking-moonbat.com/index.php/weblog/tribute/
Exerpt:
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while
at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to ‘square-away’ those
around him who haven’t bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop
talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their
right to be disrespectful.
Thank you http://www.barking-moonbat.com

Letter explains, Every Care Package Counts!

Via: Blackfive
A letter from a “Marine Mom” detailing what the Marines do with their carepacks.
Some seriousness, but a lot of comedy about the Marine X that gets a females’ package instead.
Excerpt:
My son said they had the most fun with Marine X’s package. He said he wasn’t sure who we were sending the pack to, but [...]