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Largest re-enlistment ceremony ever (Flashback)
USMILNET ^ | 8/27/08 | BuoyJumper

Posted on 10/08/2008 12:02:32 PM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight

You've heard in our liberal media how our troops are discouraged, depressed and everyone wants to withdraw to come home or get out. Maybe that is why the liberal media failed to report in any substancial manner the largest troop reenlistment in U.S. Military history. It took place on the 4th of July, 2008 at the Al Faw Palace, Baghdad, Iraq. General Petraeus officiated over the ceremony in which 1,215 soldiers reenlisted.


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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: iraq
The Caissons Go Rolling Along
1 posted on 10/08/2008 12:02:32 PM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

God bless our troops!


2 posted on 10/08/2008 12:24:04 PM PDT by robomatik ((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

The entrenched media hates the US Military because they want the sheeple to believe that it is they the media that garuantees the sheeples freedom and liberty knowing full well it is the US Military
To that end they only print negative stories concerning the military, never good dtories...


3 posted on 10/08/2008 12:33:46 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Vote FOR AMERICA . Vote McCain / Palin)
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To: NowApproachingMidnight
Our Troops rock!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
4 posted on 10/08/2008 12:35:40 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

Gotta love that tax free re- enlistment bonus!!!!


5 posted on 10/08/2008 12:38:30 PM PDT by SeabeeDet01 (I don't want to hear the crying.Just show me the baby!)
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To: SECURE AMERICA

i do wonder if enlisyment would be affected by an obama win


6 posted on 10/08/2008 12:41:56 PM PDT by usshadley (Ever heard of The Church of the Immaculate 1st Trimester?..me neither)
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To: usshadley

Pray that all the military votes are counted....


7 posted on 10/08/2008 1:07:29 PM PDT by border bud
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To: border bud

Indeed.


8 posted on 10/08/2008 1:44:29 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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