We Give Thanks for Our Military Forces Everywhere...

The right time to play this........

http://www.cpmsglife.org/tg/2006tdm1..html

See Slide Show for Veterans Day....

My Cousin, Don Fortner, Playing TAPS Yesterday for the "Veterans Day Ceremony" in Apalachicola. Special 'blessed' gift...

See Slide Show tribute...
http://www.military.com/veterans-day/veterans-day-slideshow.html?ESRC=army-a.nl

Click below....God Bless Our Military

http://www.flashdemo.net/gallery/wake/index.htm

From One Who Has Been There: Our Marine Chuckie...Thank you ALL...From: America

FOR ALL THE FREE PEOPLE THAT STILL PROTEST, "YOU'RE WELCOME"
WE PROTECT YOU AND YOU ARE PROTECTED BY THE BEST.
YOUR VOICE IS STRONG AND LOUD, BUT WHO WILL FIGHT FOR YOU?
NO ONE IS STANDING IN THE CROWD.

WE ARE YOUR FATHERS, BROTHERS AND SONS,
WEARING THE BOOTS AND CARRYING THE GUNS.
WE ARE THE ONES THAT LEAVE ALL WE OWN
TO MAKE SURE YOUR FUTURE IS CARVED IN STONE.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO FIGHT AND DIE
WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SAVE THE WORLD, WELL AT LEAST WE TRY.
WE WALKED THE PATHS TO WHERE WE ARE AT
AND WE WANT NO CHOICE OTHER THAN THAT

SO WHEN YOU RALLY YOUR GROUP TO COMPLAIN,
TAKE A LOOK IN THE BACK OF YOUR BRAIN
IN ORDER FOR THAT FLAG YOU LOVE TO FLY,
WARS MUST BE FOUGHT AND YOUNG MEN MUST DIE,

WE CAME HERE TO FIGHT FOR THE ONES WE HOLD DEAR
IF THAT'S NOT RESPECTED WE WOULD RATHER STAY HERE
SO PLEASE STOP YELLING AND PUT DOWN YOUR SIGNS,
AND PRAY FOR THOSE BEHIND ENEMY LINES

WHEN THE CONFLICT IS OVER AND ALL IS WELL
BE THANKFUL THAT WE CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH HELL

Just 'doing his job' ...

This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA National Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the back end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack, on a steep mountain cliff, and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear. If this does not impress you... nothing ever will. God Bless our military.

A Must See....Lest We Forget....

http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/video/hancockportraits_070702/

God Bless This Little Family!

Damien Graham.....Seisha & Richard's
new born son holds tightly to his Dad's dog tags...
his Dad is 'serving' his country in Iraq...
God Bless This Little Family!

A tribute to the Marines....

http://www.trdaniel.com/Marines/index.htm

The Green, Green Grass of.....Home!

This Army soldier in Iraq with his tiny 'plot' of grass in front of his tent is heartwarming!

Here is a soldier stationed in Iraq, stationed in a big sand box.He asked his wife to send him dirt (U.S. soil), fertilizer, and some grass seed so that he can have the sweet aroma, and feel the grass grow beneath his feet. When the men of the squadron have a mission that they are going on, they take turns walking through the grass and the American soil -- to bring them good luck.

If you notice, he is even cutting the grass with a pair of a scissors. Sometimes we are in such a hurry that we don't stop and think about the little things that we take for granted.

See this video...'tis great....thanks, Blake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0

Overworked?

The patch says "Doing the work of" ....

The flags are France, Germany, and Russia.

This SHOULD be on the front cover of Time, Newsweek, etc.

We Salute YOU!

Our Family Marine....C.M. Fernandez III

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made

a Difference in the world.

But, the Marines don't have that problem."

---Ronald Reagan

Why? Why? Why?

This pretty much says it all.

A mother asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"

Another mother asked President Kennedy,"Why did my son have to die in Viet Nam?"

Another mother asked President Truman,"Why did my son have to die in Korea?

Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt,"Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima?"

Another mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France?"

Yet another mother asked President Lincoln,"Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?"

And yet another mother asked President G. Washington, "Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge?"

Then long, long ago, a mother asked... "Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem?"

The answers to all these are similar --
"So that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and freedom."

God Bless America and our Troops...

Rest In Peace....

This is something you will never see in the news.
Here's a tough, but heartwarming story and a picture of John Gebhardt in Iraq .
His wife, Mindy, related that this little girl's entire family was executed.
They intended to execute her also and shot her in the head, but they failed to kill her.
She was cared for by John's hospital and is healing, but has been crying and moaning.
The nurses said John is the only one she seems to calm down with,
so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both sleep in that chair.
The girl is coming along with her healing.
*He is a real Star of the war and is representative of what America is trying to do.
The American public needs to see pictures like this and needs to realize that
what we're doing over there is making a difference.
Even if it is one little girl at a time.

James Gates U.S. Navy.

Click here: A Tribute to our Flag
Happy Veteran's Day, America...

This is a great photo of an Air Force training squadron flying in a never-done-before "USA" formation over the control tower "Taj Mahal" (HQ building) of Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Anyone that loves photography will appreciate the precision of this photo. The jets are probably moving at around 400 mph and the photographer must be just right to get the shot at just the right instant. This is a hard formation to stay in. The ones in the "S" are just a little graduated degree behind the next one and staying that way to maintain the formation.

Awesome!

God Bless our Troops and hear their prayers, I pray.....

Holy Ground

Home Sweet Home Welcome....We appreciate YOU!