well, blogging has been light of late over here, but that doesn't mean nothing has been going on.
Since this past weekend, I was spending some more time over at my family blog
posting about my husband having A Close Call
and then we posted the Pictures and found out that yes, it Was A Tornado
and then I just Had to spread the news that my brother had Created a New Term !
My weekly surf of the web for news by, and about Soldiers Angels
Pictures!
starting out with a wonderful picture posted at Soldiers Angels Germany that was included with a blanket sent to a wounded hero "Thank you for all you do to protect our freedom."
1st. Lt. Thomas M. Marti 27 years old from Ward, Arkansas
C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division October 14, 2007
An Eagle Scout, Thomas M. Martin took on cleaning up an old red train caboose as a service project. "He remodeled it to make it where people could go inside. If you saw it before and looked in it after he was through - it was daylight and dark", said his former principal, Robert Martin, who is no relation. "Tom was involved in Key Club, German Club and band, making All-Region Band his sophomore year", said Robert Martin. "He was a wonderful young man. Those that knew him knew he was funny and outgoing."
Lt. Martin died in Al Busayifi, Iraq of wounds sustained from small-arms fire when insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations. He enlisted in the Army in 1998 after graduating high school and served in Korea before accepting an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 2005. "He was very polite and respectful. I can't think of him ever overreacting; he had a wonderful, good-natured personality", said Pat Hagge, a family friend. "It's a terrible tragedy; he was a great young man." Lt. Thomas Martin is survived by his parents, Edmund and Candis.
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
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Our local newspaper had this story this morning
Kite Receives Silver Star for Actions in Iraq by Jeff Mellott
Sgt. 1st Class Chad Kite, who hails from Elkton,VA and is a 1998 graduate of Spotswood High School in our area, was awarded the Silver Star on July 16 at Ft. Lewis Washington.
You can read more about the award ceremony and see a picture of SFC. Kite HERE
Various places I've been surfing this morning (instead of organizing my storage room in the basement)
Two pleas for help.......
Boston Maggie had this posted the other day, and updates follow
Supporting a Friend I Haven't Met Yet
and Aunty Brat sends out this Soldiers Angels Alert
Please spread the word about both of those needs,if you would!
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Did you know there's now "Milblogs TV"? Check out the first episode at The Mudville Gazette http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/030575.html and then check the sidebar for links to other postings.
Continuing over at Mudville, the husband and I have been watching the HBO miniseries
and the second review that The Mudville Gazette links to is worth the read http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/030583.html
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I made Milblogging.com :) JP has the write-up about our meet-up here
Milblogger Meets up with Friends
(and links back to me, so you may get dizzy,lol,going in a circle. Once again, what a Great time we had, meeting up with he and his family! :)
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Lastly, Michelle Malkin is just one of the many who blogged about the death yesterday of Randy Pausch Randy Pausch, R.I.P.
and if you've not yet taken the time to view "The Last Lecture", it's posted (along with other videos) on Prof. Pausch's homepage HERE
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
My weekly 'surf' of the web, for news by and about Soldiers Angels
Last week was light surfing, LOTS of great links to pass on This week!
First up, two 'new-to-me' Angels, yay! always happy to come across new Angel sites :)
Over here at What's Up with the Marsh Fam , 'Momma' Marsh blogs about joining Soldiers Angels
and then coming across this post on Steph's Crop-Life Documented led me to this website Scrapping for Soldiers
Two! 'Meet and Greets'!
Penny Sandford blogged about the Mississippi one in A Mississippi Hero with two and four legs
and then Stacy at Keep My Soldier Safe, a/k/a G.R.I.T.S. blogged more on the same event at WOUNDED WARRIORS ARRIVED IN MISSISSIPPI
and in Texas, Texas Soldiers Angels posted about the Austin Area Angels have Meet and Greet
and there's also been some Houston VA Hospital Bingo going on in Texas :)
Soldiers Angels of Alabama told about a Local family welcomes one of their own Welcome Home! to Will and all the 'Waterdawgs'!
The Soldiers Angels Ladies of Liberty had the 62nd QM CO Commander- DeShaunda Reports in
This was a 'cool' story on the GoDanRiver.com website Church helps soldiers stay cool
Soldiers Angels-Medical Support blogged Chaplain Bell Puts in "The Fix" at Bagram E/R
And Willie at A German-American Friendship Bracelet had
19.07.2008 news and stories around Soldiers` Angels
and
19.07.2008 wounded heroes news and stories
Life in the Northeast posted last Sunday for us to Remember...
and lastly, the Fayetteville, NC Observer posted about what was done by the widow of a fallen soldier, Sgt. Adam D. Quinn , with the tree that she was given by the Soldiers Angels Living Legends Team in this story
Tree honors husband, father By Meghan Cooke
That's the conclusion of the Soldiers Angels Web Surfing for this past week.
Happy birthday to....Sue!
Happy Birthday to....Ben!
Happy birthday to....Dustin!
Hope you each have a wonderful day!
