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Lucky Sergeant Dances with Melania at Armed Forces Ball
UPI Celebration time at the inaugural balls ^ | January 21. 2017 | UPI

Posted on 01/22/2017 6:44:22 AM PST by poconopundit

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To: diggerwillow
The top row, from left to right, looks like Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM), Army Achievement Medal (AAM), Good Conduct Medal.

I can only recognize the left-most one on the bottom row ... that's the National Defense Service Medal.

21 posted on 01/22/2017 7:29:44 AM PST by BlueLancer ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
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To: diggerwillow

Left side: Combat Action Badge, Airborne and Air Assault Badges, Buff Strap, ARCOM, AAM, GCM, NDSM. RIght side it looks like foreign jump wings award. No Infantry cord, medic perhaps?


22 posted on 01/22/2017 7:29:49 AM PST by ElevenB
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To: Ciexyz

Mrs Pence’s gown was lovely. Beautiful color.


23 posted on 01/22/2017 7:30:01 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: elteemike

He wears both air assault and airborne insignia.


24 posted on 01/22/2017 7:31:34 AM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: ElevenB

Badge on top l/s could also be combat medical badge. I can’t make it out exactly. Same problem with his brass on the collar.


25 posted on 01/22/2017 7:37:52 AM PST by ElevenB
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To: Afterguard
It is so delightful to see a woman as First Lady again.

AGREE !!!! And it is so nice being able to say "Mr. President" again without wanting to vomit.

26 posted on 01/22/2017 7:43:43 AM PST by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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To: Macoozie
A simple military man can dance with the First Lady.

Well said indeed. It's just another way of saying that the government belongs to the people.

27 posted on 01/22/2017 7:44:31 AM PST by poconopundit (Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string. Emerson)
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To: dangerdoc

Funny!


28 posted on 01/22/2017 7:45:44 AM PST by poconopundit (Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string. Emerson)
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To: TheCipher; Afterguard
The mark of a fine woman has been known for centuries:
29 posted on 01/22/2017 7:54:06 AM PST by poconopundit (Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string. Emerson)
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To: poconopundit

Happy for him I’d have gotten flustered and stepped on her feet.


30 posted on 01/22/2017 7:55:34 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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To: Afterguard

I had to listen to imbecile co worker joking about Melania’s accent. The idiot brushes off the fact that she’s fluent in four languages.

I’m sure he was more impressed listening to the Mooch grunt out Ebonics.


31 posted on 01/22/2017 7:56:14 AM PST by hardspunned
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To: poconopundit

Boy to pull her close

Her hair by your cheek

Her breath on my neck

Boy.......she is so dad gum good looking and sweet

You can tell she is poise and woman in the old ways and the mom instinct is high

God love her

We got lucky


32 posted on 01/22/2017 8:01:03 AM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: poconopundit

He was on cloud 9. You could see he was almost pinching himself. He kept asking her to twirl. Nice salad on his chest though.


33 posted on 01/22/2017 8:04:49 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: wardaddy

“the mom instinct is high”

At one point, she pointed for Barron to put his water cup on a napkin, as he had set the cup down on the ledge where he was watching the parade. It was a classic Mom thing. I figured she’d asked for a napkin prior to that so that he displayed manners.

I also noticed that Ivanka turned around to take a swallow from a water bottle so that she faced away from onlookers in the parade route and from the crowd. Once again, manners.


34 posted on 01/22/2017 8:05:27 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: xrmusn

The Wave was laughing the whole time she was dancing with President Trump. He must have been flirting with her or something because she looked almost shocked a few times before breaking out in laughter. She was definitely having a good night.


35 posted on 01/22/2017 8:06:52 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: wardaddy

wardaddy, You are clearly a romantic boy, even as a daddy.

I can hear my own Navy vet (WW2) dad saying (were he alive today), “That, my son, is a classy dame.”


36 posted on 01/22/2017 8:07:13 AM PST by poconopundit (Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string. Emerson)
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To: combat_boots

Oh, and the man dancing with her....well, I was surprised his feet were on the ground.


37 posted on 01/22/2017 8:07:32 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Vinnie

I love the fact their son is in the military. Two very patriots families.


38 posted on 01/22/2017 8:21:14 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: ElevenB

I was mistaken...Upper left is NOT badge of Tomb Guard but Air Assault as you said...

Similar but not the same...Thanks for correcting...

These old eyes...


39 posted on 01/22/2017 8:35:43 AM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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To: Macoozie

Thank you for the absolutely fabulous reminder of the uniqueness of America without class distinction, where a “commoner” can dance with a President and his First Lady.

I love this country more than words can describe. It is such a blessing we are free from the stratification and class/caste systems common to most nations where you are limited professionally and socially to your stratified class.

The MSM is constantly trying to generate class warfare, but the real truth is that if you are stuck in one class in America, then you are not trying very hard to rise above it. This is how FOB immigrants can come penniless to America and run a fortune 500 company before they die, or perhaps their son or daughter achieves that goal.

Father in Heaven, how I love this country. Thank You for the undeserved blessings you continue to bestow on this ungrateful nation. I am grateful for them.


40 posted on 01/22/2017 8:38:40 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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