The First MAIL CALL!Supporting the Troops

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Thursday Travels around the 'Net

Short trip,lol, but we go all the way to Iraq along the way.

Speaking of trips, I am horribly late in passing this on:

Hero to Hero is already halfway into their yearly road trip (you can see the first post about it Here Click here: The countdown begins ... ) and I just can't say enough good about these folks :)

Their main website is here Hero to Hero US What they do is collect shirts from First Responders and police, and send them to the troops.

Seeing as how I have a son who is in the Sheriff's dept here,lol, maybe next year I can get my act together in time before they start, to see if our local police and fire departments might want to get involved.

At any rate, don't miss the rest of the blogging about their National Tour road trip.....these folks are awesome!!

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The 40th Edition of CarnivAOL came out this past Tuesday

Click here: The 40th Edition of CarnivAOL!!!!

and I got to it late, but there's some good submissions there. It was hosted by Sharon at Golf and Other Stuff... , and if you check out her blog further, she has a really great blog!

I had a blast when I hosted the CarnivAOL myself not too long ago, and now that it's a 'traveling show', I highly recommend it for you to consider hosting it yourself....it's not only a good way to get more exposure for your own AOL journal, it also introduces you to other really cool AOL journalers :)

Paul is still looking for guest hosts, and if you're an AOL journaler? Please go read what he has to say

Click here: Breaking News: CarnivAOL #40 published!

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In late-breaking Memorial day posts? I came across this blog, where this gentleman did a series of posts about American Heroes heading up to Memorial Day. What a wonderful idea! Figuring it's never too late to pass something like this on, I send you to his Memorial Day post, and if you look to his sidebar on the right of that post, it lists all the Heroes he featured Click here: The Bill T Blog: Memorial Day 2007

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Yankeemom has a great post up about the trip Soldiers Angels took to Walter Reed after the Milblog Conference Click here: Yankeemom

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And now, for Iraq news?

One of my favorite deployed milbloggers is

coming home,Yay!!

Click here: Half a World Away: Good News, More Souvenirs

AND going to be published Click here: Half a World Away: Hard to Believe, but I'm Getting Published

(I didn't even know the book was coming out)

Click here: Amazon.com: Doonesbury.coms The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afganistan: Books: G. B. Trudeau

and lastly.....he needs money. NO,lol, NOT for himself...but, as if he won't have enough to do with redeploying, And preparing to run in the Chicago Marathon....he's also registered 'Team Sack" as he calls it, in a race he found out about from the Fisher House web site.

Now, he wants to raise $1,000.00 in the next 18 weeks. You can read about it here

Click here: Half a World Away: Please Give Me Money

I have seen the power of the Internet together with the giving hearts of so many great folks time and time again in the past, and I don't know...I'm just thinking that spreading the word about this can probably end up helping Sack raise WAY more than $1,000.00.

What do you think?

So, please feel free to copy and paste, and spread the word. Post it on your blog, and/or email your friends (heck, email your enemies,too,lol:)

One of America's finest, who's just given over a year of service in a war, is wanting to still give More. I think that all you fine folks who read this, and I ,can help him out:)

Thank you, for any help you can give in spreading the word!!

Go,Team Sack!! :)

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

WEDNESDAY HERO

Welcome to this week's installment where all the member bloggers of Wednesday Hero collectively honor many of the real hero's found in this country who's names and bio's have been provided to us for these humble tributes by blogroll creator Indian Chris @ Righ t Wing and Right Minded.

Many of them are those that have paid the ultimate price for our country protecting it both here and abroad from the many threats we face from our enemies wishing us and them harm, some are not. In either case they are the real American heroes of today and we now both salute and offer our prayers. To join us if you wish to please start by reading the post below.(Introduction courtesy of Chicago Ray )

This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By Kathy

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie 41 years old from Ann-Arbor, Michigan

Specialist Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie is a Iraqi American U.S. Army linguist soldier, from Ann-Arbor, Michigan who was kidnapped on October 23, 2006 in Baghdad and has not been seen since.

al-Taayie joined the Army in 2004 to help not only his country, the United States, but also his birthplace of Iraq and was deployed in 2005.

On October 23, 2006 he was visiting his wife in the Karrada Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad when he and his cousin were kidnapped by a group calling themselves Ahel al-Beit Brigades. His cousin was released shortly after.

On November 2, 2006 al-Taayie's uncle received a ransom demand of $250,000 for his return. Along with the ransom came a grainy video that showed a man beaten up who was identified as al-Taayie. No more has been heard from al-Taayie or his captures.

For more information on Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie you can go here

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. To find out more about Wednesday Hero, you can go here.

Tags: Wednesday Hero, US Army, POW, MIA, Military, War on Terror

Sites I want to pass on

My work schedule the past few days has sort of knocked the blogging out of whack for me,lol, but I wanted to pass on a few sites I've bookmarked recently to pass on.

First off, nothing to do with supporting the troops, but this was just a very interesting take on an interesting meme that I found over at The Wandering Author.

The meme was "If the blogosphere were coming to an end 24 hours from now, what would your final post be?"

and I think what the Wandering Author came up with in response to that will give you food for thought.

Click here: the Unending Journey of the Wandering Author

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Next, Anysoldier.com has a forum up now, thought you might want to check it out

Click here: Forum.AnySoldier.com - Forums

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Memorial Day was spent quietly here, I was coming off of night shift and trying to catch up on sleep, and I actually went the entire day without going near the computer (I know, unbelievable,huh,Mom? :)

But there were still some posts regarding Memorial Day that I wanted to pass on for you to check out.

Mom sent me this in an email Click here: 50,000

Wait-Not Yet has another beautiful set of photos up Click here: Memorial Day - Remember

(and actually, her whole photo blog is a treat:)

MaryAnn of Soldiers Angels Germany, had a photo up with a link to a photo essay

Click here: Soldiers' Angels Germany: Remember

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I received an email about a site to "Adopt A Troop in Prayer"

Click here: http://www.presidentialprayerteam.net/adopt_our_troops_in_prayer.php

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And,lastly, the Big News in the world of Soldiers Angels is This Book

"May No Soldier Go Unloved" Book 1

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That's all for now, I hope everyone has a great week.

God Bless Our Troops, and God Bless Their Families.

(P.S. Oh, and Paulette from My Rambling Mind is back posting again!)

Click here: Yahoo! 360° - My Rambling Mind

She is an absolutely stellar blogger and troop supporter, and I've really missed hearing what she had to say. So, welcome back! Paulette :)

Sunday, May 27, 2007

WEDNESDAY HERO POST FOR MEMORIAL DAY

A special thanks to Greta and Silke of Hooah Wife for their help. To every man and woman who has served and is serving in the United States military, thank you for everything that you do and have done. And every man and woman who's given their life for the cause of freedom will never be forgotten.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. To find out more about Wednesday Hero, you can go here.

Tags: Wednesday Hero

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Memorial Day

My work schedule has kept me from blogging too much the past few days. But I did want to take a moment to pass on a link that was sent to me by a veteran.

http://www.llerrah.com:80/sacrifices.htm

and also to remember the three young men from our area who gave their lives in service to our country in the War on Terror.

Lance Cpl. Jourdan L. Grez

Lance Cpl. Daniel Scott R. Bubb

Lance Cpl. Jason C. Redifer

and, also, while not from our immediate area, the young Lance Corporal whose funeral we had the honor and privilege to attend while standing with the Patriot Guard Riders

Lance Cpl. Daniel T. Morris

To all their families....we are holding you close in our thoughts and prayers this weekend. And we will not forget their sacrifice.

And to the families of those fallen in previous wars, we have not forgotten the price that your loved ones paid, and we honor and remember all the fallen this Memorial day.