Wednesday, November 14, 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 @ Right 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 )
 
 

Cpl. Jordan M. Moehnle

 

Cpl. Jordan M. Moehnle 21 years old from Los Angeles, California Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 ("Darkhorse" Battalion)
 
 
 
 Cpl. Jordan M. Moehnle takes time out of leading his squad in a patrol through Fallujah's Nazaal district to spend some time interacting with local children.
 
 
Moehnle, who is on his second tour in Iraq, said the changes he has witnessed since he was last here in 2006 have been dramatic. "The city was like the Wild West, we'd put our heads and and drive down (the middle of Fallujah) and hope not to get shot," he said. "Since we've been here (this year), we can stop and shoot the breeze." You can read more 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. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your blog, you can go here.
 
 
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Hunts for Heroes in the News!

Billy sends a link to a news story done on Hunts for Heroes this past weekend.

http://www.khou.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/showVideo.php?vidId=191871

The Hunt for Heroes website is here


 

 

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Monday, November 12, 2007

"Mardi Gras to Go"-Soldiers Angels Style!

 

The tireless Greta of  Soldiers Angels Louisiana has, fittingly (it IS Louisiana,after all :) announced

Operation Overseas Mardi Gras 2008

Here's the press release:

United States of America (Press Release) November 12, 2007 -- The Louisiana website of Soldiers' Angels   http://soldiersangelsla.org/   has launched "Operation Overseas Mardi Gras 2008" today, Veteran's Day. We ask all those who enjoy the Mardi Gras to gather items for a "Mardi Gras to Go!" As groups organize packages and collect money to offset shipping costs, Soldiers' Angels http://soldiersangels.org  will provide addresses for overseas units wanting to participate and join in the Mardi Gras spirit!
 

And Greta has this to say in her   post   about it:

If you would like to help organize a “Mardi Gras” to go package (beads, signs, hats, cakes, whatever) contact Greta gretaperry@gmail.com

Packages would need to out no later than January 12th. Get your friends, co-workers whoever, gather up a bunch of stuff, try and raise money for shipping and we will supply the addresses!


This site  says:   Carnival celebration starts on January 6, the Twelfth Night (feast of Epiphany); and picks up speed until Midnight on Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday. (which will be Feb. 5,2008 )

 

Soldiers Angels Louisiana has a few photos from a Mardi Gras celebration by a deployed LouisianaNational Guard unit last year in the post about this

and go check out the website where the pictures were borrowed from, because there's Lots more pictures there!

 


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Sunday, November 11, 2007

For Veteran's Day

 

Yesterday, as my friend at Random Threads mentions  here (in a very good post), we Were going to go to DC for the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall, but for several reasons, we ended up not going.

However, I wanted to take a moment to remember all our Veteran's,

and also to particularly remember the Veteran's in my own family.

 

Grandad, who served in WW II in the Navy

(and I've written before about his service here)

Click here: Some of My Family History,Grandad in WW II (Updated)

 

My aunt Lynn, who served as an Army Nurse in Vietnam

(and I've also written about her service to our country)

Click here: For My Aunt...A Thank You to an Army Nurse Corps Vietnam Veteran

 

My Dad, Mark,who was a pilot in the Army from 1961-64.

 

And my fiancee,Tony, who served in the Army from 1984-88.

 

Tony's brother,Chris, also served in the Army (not sure of the dates) and here he is pictured with Tony and Dustin(who is now continuing the tradition of service to our country.)

Tony and Chris's brother, Mark, served in the Navy.

I was talking to Mom and Dad earlier, and was reminded of how Many Veterans we have in our family.  Dad's brother Ray served in the Navy in WW II,  his brother Bob served in the Marines in WW II, and his brother Tommy served in the Army in Korea.

And his brother Bill died in the Battle of the Bulge in WW II, serving in the Army.

Dad also has 3 nephews who are veterans...Michael served in the Air Force, Steve served in the Army, and Rick served in the Gulf War.

All in all, I think my family has a very rich history of service to our country, of which I'm very proud, and on this Veteran's Day, to them

and to all those who are Veterans

I just wanted to say   THANK YOU

 

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

More on "Band of Bloggers"

Sean at Doc in the Box has a roundup with links to some of the blogs (see my previous post) Thanks! Sean:)

Click here: Doc in the Box: Just finished Band of Bloggers

and I,like Sean, tried Googling, and also  Milblogging.com , to see if I could hunt down any more links. (I actually watched the show again last night at midnight, just to write down all the names they flashed during the show,LOL :)

I,of course, recognized Michael Fumento's name,that link was easy to find:

Click here: Michael Fumento.com - Weblog

 

and it looks like 'Charlie Maib" is a SPC who's in the Public Affairs Office?

Click here: Cav Country

 
 
JD Johannes name seemed to ring a bell, I found a link from Blackfive
 
 
egg on my face for not recognizing that one right away,LOL, and I found a direct link
 
 
 
Bobby Statum seems to be a photographer who is SGT Bobby Statum?
 
 
 
and between what Sean and I found, it seems the only links we couldn't hunt down or people we couldn't get a lead on were Matt Russo and Jeff Tanner. (If you have links,please email me:)
 
I recognized Spott Hover's name, I think I've featured before the link to "IED Hunter",hilarious:)
 
 
 
Because I'm somewhat 'anal-retentive',LOL, I'm going to list all the names I wrote down from the show, with appropriate links, to make it easy for you.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spott Hover (see "IED Hunter" link above)
 
 
 
Charlie Maib (see links above)
 
Jeff Tanner
 
Matt Russo
 
 
 
 
 
Update: And Sean tracked down what others are saying here
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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Friday, November 9, 2007

"Band of Bloggers"

Just finished watching   Band of Bloggers on the History Channel

 and it's worth watching!! 

( HAD to watch it, LOL, as my good friend Sean from  Doc in the Box  is in it!)  No, seriously, I Wanted to see it, and totally forgot to pimp it out ahead of time.

It's on all weekend,though, so there's still time for you to watch it!!  Here's the schedule:

Friday, November 09
08:00 PM
Saturday, November 10
12:00 AM
Monday, November 12
12:00 PM
Monday, November 12
06:00 PM

I thought the show was very well done, and dang, it sure 'took me back' to 'the early days' of milblogs.....which wasn't all that long ago, was it?

I can still remember the first time I came across Sean's blog, and how he encouraged me to become a member of  Soldiers Angels. (and who had a clue,then, that someday I'd meet him in person? certainly not me:)

And I can still remember crying as I read  Rusten Currie's posts about losing

COLWilliam W. Wood
CPT Michael MacKinnon
CPT Raymond Hill
SPC Shakere Guy

 
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By the way, seeing as how it's a show about Bloggers, wouldn't ya think somewhere on the History Channel they'd have links to the blogs that were featured in the show?  Just a thought. Although I applaud the 'old media' featuring the 'new media', I'm just thinking it could've been a little more 'wired'?
 
Anyway.....Try and check the show out!
 
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Soldiers Angels Web Surfing

My weekly 'meme' with a list of postings by and about  Soldiers Angels  in the blogosphere.

Not a definitive list, because there's tons of stuff out there, but what I thought was worth passing on.

Valour IT

The list is endless, of bloggers posting about the fundraising competition that continues through Nov.11, this was cute :)

Click here: Soldiers Angels New York: Not The Kittens!

 

The 'Head Angel' speaks on Powerline

 Click here: Power Line: A word from Patti Patton-Bader

 

and is featured on The Radio Patriot

Click here: The Radio Patriot: MEET PATTI PATTON BADER
THE GENERAL'S GRAND NIECE

 

And Congratulations! are in order for Patti

Click here: Random Thoughts: Congratulations Patti!

(and although she's not a Soldiers Angel, another online friend who is a true 'Angel' is ALSO a winner...Congratulations! too, to Paulette :)

Click here: Yahoo! 360° - My Rambling Mind - It's Official

 

More Christmas Stuff!

Soldiers Angels Louisiana (which by the way is also the ' Featured Blog of the Week ' this upcoming week here on my blog)  posts about the upcoming Holiday

Click here: Soldiers’ Angels Louisiana » Thinking Holidays & About our Heroes?

 

Great update on a Soldiers Angels project here!

Click here: View from the 8th Floor: Could you?

 

and someone who lost her fiancee in Iraq, is thinking of others

Click here: Cool, Calm & Collected...: Christmas Card List:

 

A Mention of Soldiers Angels

by a very  good ('new- to -me') deployed blogger

Click here: 6 Months in Kabul: Soldiers' Angels

 

I Have No Words

The Johnson family, mentioned before here , sadly lost their last surviving child.  Soldiers Angels VA Team has a posting up (scroll down)

Click here: Soldiers' Angels VA Team: Johnson Family needs our Prayers

 if you pray? please  keep them in your prayers. It's simply unimaginable.

 

 

 

 

 

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