Posted on 09/30/2019 2:03:02 PM PDT by RummyChick
In a touching moment on Monday, Donald Trump embraced a wounded and wheel-chair bound veteran from Afghanistan who sang 'God Bless America' at a ceremony to honor the new incoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The rare display of affection from the president came after U.S. Army Captain Luis Avila sang the patriotic hymn in a ceremony filled with a 21-gun salute, a fife and drum corp, military bands, and other pomp and circumstance.
It was an emotional moment for those present, which included Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford.
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0bama would have done the same thing with a Taliban fighter singing some muzzie song.
How wonderful. And memorable.
Evil orange man alert!
‘Rare display of affection’....?????
Where have they been......President Trump gets hugged and hugs all the time!
The kind of thing that your blood boil when you think of the way the Rats and their MSM allies are trying destroy our President.
he sang the song at the National Memorial Day concert two years ago...they talked about how music therapy helps him..notice the improvement in his singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQc1i7eYMw
Easy now, you’re talking about the most beautiful sound in he world to Obama...
Man, he’s got a lot of fruit salad for an 03. Is he ex-enlisted?
“The kind of thing that your blood boil when you think of the way the Rats and their MSM allies are trying destroy our President.”
Ditto.
Conversely, when our POTUS’ shows his true heart for our military people, it makes lefty’s blood boil.
My eyes are leaking! That sweet and sensitive man we have as President
God, please protect and guide President Donald Trump, his family, and his advisors.
Please, I ask in the name of Jesus, that those who would destroy our Republic be exposed and punished according to their misdeeds, including politicians of either party, the media, apostate clergy, sex traffickers, Hollywood, and the false Religion, Islam.
That is my prayer, but Thy Will be done.
Five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq will get you that "fruit salad".......I prefer to refer them as well earned medals rather than fruit salad.......but that's just me.
As a side note, what does "ex-enlisted" mean?
Amen. Thank you!
Pres. Trump cares more about this country and about people in it and general than most of the Democrats and a lot of Republicans in the government and they are out to oust him. I think we need a bunch of ConCons to revive the government of the people.
He also is a recipient of largess from Mr. Gary Sinise.
Ex-EM generally means someone who enlisted served and sometime in that service went through OCS (Officer Candidate School).
I don’t have the ribbons this gentleman does but also served almost 6 years as an EM/NCO and then went to OCS.
In the Navy, we referred to an officer up from the ranks as a Mustang. Whether you call it ex-enlisted or former enlisted, seems clear enough for informal conversation.
I have a very good friend whose son enlisted in the Army and after his first year of service, applied for West Point thru his CO and was accepted.
Outstanding. He has a bright future before him.
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