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2004-12-02 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by GK 2004-12-02 3:20:34 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 America's finest. We are so fortunate to have such brave men and women protecting us.

Posted by Capt America 2004-12-02 4:21:05 PM|| 2004-12-02 4:21:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The ACR has always been a feather in the cap of any American Army soldier. Those folks are the first to make contact in combat, first to inflict casualties, and they have the means to tear an ambitious enemy a new dirt chute.

Amen to that, Captain America. May God Bless and Protect them in all ways.

Posted by badanov 2004-12-02 4:31:54 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-12-02 4:31:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 His wife, Kathy, said she didnât argue when her husband decided to spend more time in harmâs way.
âI just felt it was his decision.â

Only because he also believes in you and that you will cover his back just as much as his fellow squad mates. No reenlistment NCO, no commander is a greater influence in whether a man stays or leaves the service than his spouse. These spouses don't get the recognition they truely deserve for supporting their servicemembers in harms way.

Posted by Don 2004-12-02 5:06:39 PM|| 2004-12-02 5:06:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I spent 4 years at Ft.Carson as a civilian paramedic at Evans Army Community Hospital. The troops I took care of all seemed to be highly motivated and proud of their units. When I was reassigned to Ft. Stewart, I left glad to have met these guys, and came to another great unit.

Posted by graduate flyboy 2004-12-02 7:38:56 PM|| [http://patriotflyer.blogspot.com] 2004-12-02 7:38:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Yet another reason to go to the basement and wonder if I could still fit in the uni.
Yeah, if I was looking for work as a manikin in a military museum.
I feel small.
Maybe that's one reason some of us actually, in some part of our hearts, kind of think about the terrs trying something here. Close enough so the aging knees aren't a hindrance, because, other than a few issues of wind and vision, what it takes, we still got.
Haven't we?
And then we might not feel so small.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2004-12-02 9:27:33 PM|| 2004-12-02 9:27:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I keep volunteering, and the military keeps saying I'm too old, I've been out too long, and I can't meet current physical standards. That doesn't mean I can't still do the #^%#$^%%^$ job HERE, and free up someone to go THERE. Sometimes, I think our military "leadership" suffers from group Alzheimer's.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-12-02 10:04:00 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2004-12-02 10:04:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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