[dansangel]

[dansangel]

Welcome Finest FRiends. Please join us for a celebration of our National Anthem as well as those of nearly 200 other sovereign nations.

[JohnHuang2]

G'morning, my friend -- awesome work!

[knighthawk]

Morning all!

Hope you are doing fine!

[firebrand]

I love our national anthem. The last 2 lines of the 1st stanza always give me the chills, as that long-dead soldier asks us from the grave if we are still free. Thanks for a beautiful thread.

[The Thin Man]

Hmmm.....very interesting, dansy. Yesterday Billie posts the words to the National Anthem (with typo), obviously knowing that it would be your topic today. A blatant attempt to take the luster out of your presentation. No doubt you are greatly distressed by this. I know I am.....

Will this in-fighting and backstabbing amongst the hostesses ever cease?

:-)

[dixie sass]

I do so pledge.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

040303-N-5319A-001 Arabian Gulf (March 3, 2004) – Tiger Woods meets Commander Carrier Group Eight (CCG-8) Rear Adm. Denby H. Starling II, on the flag bridge aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Tiger Woods accompanied by his fiancé Elin Nordegren, PGA player Mark O'Meara, and caddies Steve Williams and Greg Rita visited the Norfolk, Va. based carrier in the Arabian Gulf before participating in the European PGA Tour's Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday, March 4. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho. (RELEASED)

[I've loved Tiger Woods ever since he declined to meet President Klinton after winning The Masters. He chose to hang out with some friends and play nine holes of golf that day instead.]

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

021029-N-1955P-046 Pula, Croatia (Oct. 29, 2002) – An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the “Jolly Rogers” of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103) leads a formation with three U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons Three Four (VFA-34), Eight One (VFA-81), and Eight Three (VFA-83) and two Croatian MiG-21 fighter aircraft. U.S. Navy squadrons assigned to Carrier Air Wing One Seven (CVW-17) aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) have sent a detachment to Croatia in order to participate in the exercise “Joint Wings 2002”. U.S. Navy photo by Capt. Dana Potts. (RELEASED)

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

040222-N-0401E-026 Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait (Feb. 22, 2004) – Crewmembers aboard a patrol craft assigned to Coast Guard Port Security Unit Three Zero Seven (PSU 307) monitor activities around Kuwait Naval Base. Supplies are being ferried ashore via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) deployed from the amphibious assault ships USS Boxer (LHD 4), and USS Bataan (LHD 5), during on-going troop rotations supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. PSU 307 works with Navy Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit Two Zero Six (MIUW 206) to provide harbor security. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Wes Eplen. (RELEASED)