Obama in Jacksonville tells troops ... (mandatory rent-a-crowd)

Jacksonville News ^ | 10/27/2009 | Timothy J. Gibbons

[markomalley]

When Gunnery Sgt. Marcus Hyman was told he’d get to sit down with Barack Obama on Monday, the Marine knew what he wanted to find out: What’s the president’s plan for Afghanistan?

Obama didn’t go into great detail answering Hyman, the young man said after their chat, but the future of the faltering war was clearly on the president’s mind during his afternoon visit to Jacksonville Naval Air Station.

(snip)

Not everyone in the audience was as excited — some sailors said they were upset about being ordered to come — but for many, the speech was a unique opportunity.

[markomalley]

A little bit of fair-and-balance in an otherwise swooning article.

I can't believe that Gibbons actually included this statement:

some sailors said they were upset about being ordered to come

Reminds me of when I was at Aviano and was in the same situation when one of the Clintons decided to "support the troops." Always disgusted me being forced to be part of a campaign backdrop.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

Gunny Hyman; I wonder if his first name is Buster?

[Jet Jaguar]

Obama, where is your National Security Policy? Goldwater/Nichols act requires you to publish a strategy. We have been waiting too long.

[massgopguy]

Eight more today. and I don’t mean holes of golf.

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

How many people reading this know what a Navy Corpsman is?

:)

Obama doesn’t.

[Wu]

Good one!

[Seniram US]

One-half sailor and one-half Marine who has no fear while he moves about the field to mend the wounds during the fight and stays to the end never taking flight so he can get back for the next Saturday night and choose whether to wear Navy white or his Dress Blues.

[sticker]

Is this Green Cove Springs NAS, when I was young my father used to do reserve training there during the summer? AND NO they weren’t using fabric covered biplanes.

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

:)

Obama called them corpse men his teleprompter does not know Navy rates or jargons.

[TankerKC]

Obama was well received...by a 10 year old and an RAAF officer.

Seriously, what 10 year old says meeting Obama is like, “...discovering a new species...”

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

Your link broke. Trying it again

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-10-26/story/obama_in_jacksonville_tells_troops_he_won%E2%80%99t_rush_afghanistan_decision

[maine yankee]

His teleprompter doesn’t have a ‘dd-214’ either.

[Bulldawg Fan]

Representing a political party that contains siginificant elements who hate the military, who want us to lose wars and who’s dislike for everything the military stands for, Emperor Obama is a shallow, weak and distressing commander in chief. I too would be very unhappy about being forced to be there. How about we fill the hanger with reporters so the whole crowd could drool and fawn over Obama?

[danamco]

I didn’t see any of the sailors clamoring to shake his hands like they did with a proven Commander-in-Chief GWB when he hooked up with the military personnel. NO smiles or excitement!!!

[HIDEK6]

“This is the first time we get to hear a black president speak at this base,” said Rhonda Brown, a civilian who works with reservists. “It’s historic.”

Please ... Make ... It ... Stop!

[rlmorel]

Rhonda Brown, eh? Well, I know his color is more important to some people than his leaving their fellow servicemen and women flapping in the wind.

I’ll bet “Rhonda” might feel differently if SHE or one of her loved ones was on the ground in Afghanistan while that lousy POS is carousing on the golf course.

[ync1994]

O.M.G. You have got to be kidding me? Does he not mind showing how totally ignorant he is?? That’s hilarious: “corpse men”. !!! Blame it on the teleprompter.

[Night Hides Not]

O.M.G. You have got to be kidding me? Does he not mind showing how totally ignorant he is?? That’s hilarious: “corpse men”. !!! Blame it on the teleprompter.

If this is true, it will be all over Fox tonight.

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

Obama pronounces Navy Corpsman, Navy ‘Corpse’ men

Here it is

Video

At 7:32

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

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

It is true see post # 19.

[Lou L]

"corpse men"

What an otherwise rambling, and incoherent speech.

[jslade]

Wow! The moron actually did say “corpseman”. What an embarassement.

[444Flyer]

"On October 23,1983 two suicide truck bombers attacked the Marine Barracks in Beirut. 241 American troops were killed during that attack. Among the dead were 15 Navy Corpsmen.

These “Devil Docs”were not killed in the heat of battle. Their stories don’t ring out in the history books with accounts of them crawling under live fire to save a fellow Marine. Their deaths were not in vain.

They died doing their duty as Navy Corpsmen.

Going about their daily rounds,checking on their men.

Perhaps even sitting on a bunk listening to a fellow Marine and talking of home.

None of them will be considered for a “MEDAL OF HONOR” and their names will not go down in the history books but they all died as heroes. They were doing what all FMF Corpsmen do. They were doing their job. Abiding by the oath that we all took in Corpsman School.

I SOLEMNLY PLEDGE MYSELF BEFORE GOD AND THESE WITNESSES TO PRACTICE FAITHFULLY ALL OF MY DUTIES AS A MEMBER OF THE HOSPITAL CORPS.

These men all died as “Heroes”in my opinion and gave their lives doing their duty.

They will not be forgotten."

http://www.corpsman.com/2009/10/do-you-remember-beirut-october-23rd-1983-corpsman-com-does/

[Night Hides Not]

It is true see post # 19.

How right you are.

I could only stomach about 3 minutes of his remarks. Obama was clearly uncomfortable/out of his element with this audience.

[444Flyer]

“...Reaching up to his own bleeding wounds, the Marine wrote on the back of the Corpsman’s bullet riddled shirt,

“WHERE ANGELS AND MARINES FEAR TO TREAD, THERE YOU’LL FIND A CORPSMAN DEAD.”

This was that dying Marine’s final tribute to his shipmate’s supreme sacrifice in fulfilling his oath, “TO AID THE WOUNDED, IN THEIR MOMENT OF NEED.”

http://montney.com/marine/corpsman.htm

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

Play the whole thing once on mute and do other things and then go back and slide it to about 7:32.

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

bravo zulu.

[444Flyer]

Ping to #19.

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

I understand Obama has never served in the military but isn’t it common sense to non-Navy that it is pronounced Core Man? Atleast a CIC’s basic protocol of understanding?

[tioga]

you are right..........he said CORPSE .........nothing like telling us what he really wants.

[DocRock]

bookmark

[mojitojoe]

I hope you’re joking.

[Garvin]

I was in Aviano with the Marine Prowlers during “Operation Deny Flight”

[444Flyer]

Have you heard one member of the press call him out on this egregious slip?!

[mojitojoe]

[ync1994]

Come to think of it, maybe Obama pronounces the USMC as the Marine “Corpse”. That’s how Gomer Pyle pronounced it. :) he, he

[Raider Sam]

That would be the dead soldiers who vote democrat, correct?

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

No joke. See post # 19.

[Tunehead54]

No way?!!!

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

See post # 19.

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

LOL

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

Only one place on the entire net talking about this and they refer to us.

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message909412/pg1

[Tunehead54]

Thanks - it allowed me to go to about 7:20 and skip all the rest of the crap! Corpsemen! Yeesh! Stupid teleprompter will likely get a phonetics upgrade! What a complete idiot! ;-)

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

Upon further thought the teleprompter did it’s job.

[Saoirise]

He should read this: http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/johnsonjrmichaelvann.html

or look at this:

[444Flyer]

That’s a Doc for you.

(J.S. would have loved that drawing.

And he’d be steaming hot mad over this if he were still with us.

We got your baby Brothers backs J...)

[jersey117]

Obama was clearly uncomfortable/out of his element with this audience.

Clearly

[444Flyer]

Ping. You have to see #19.

[jersey117]

I understand Obama has never served in the military but isn’t it common sense to non-Navy that it is pronounced Core Man?

I'm assuming he's heard of the Peace Corpse.

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

Yeah he encourages all to join Peace Corpse

http://www.peacecorps.gov/