Posted on 08/01/2004 7:59:41 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks. I don't get here nearly as often as I would like. And I must admit, this particular thread has been enormously entertaining.
Bad Radix....where is the hankie alert? Homecomings make my monitor get blurry. Thanks for the pictures of our troops at work. Please God, let loved ones see loved ones.
I told you he was a sore loser, dude.
Thanks, Fedora, for stopping in with your movie selection.
The OLD one...it's black&white, but it's so much more frightening than the new one...which is merely gore-loaded. 
It even frightens the jaded teens.
I also love Westward the Women with Robert Taylor.
Welcome to the Canteen, Ladysmith.
Thanks, ArcLight, for stopping in with your movie pick.
Glad you enjoyed.
There were two other writers listed in the credits, and I'm guessing that Ellison had little to do with the final script, but that Writer's Guild rules resulted in his name being in the credits-whether he wanted it or not. It was around this time that he started using his "Cordwainer Bird" pseudonym whenever one of his teleplays was butchered.
(In a thick, Eastern European accent.)
Hmmph! I did not even win one round.
You're welcome, and thank you for the kind words!
Marine from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment help to repair a town in Afganistan. The Marines, alongside local and American contractors, installed electricity, billeting, head facilities, and numerous other improvements to insure that the base would be able to house follow on units for years to come. Photo by: Capt. Brendan G. Heatherman, Assistant Operations Officer 3rd Battallion, 6th Marine Regiment
3/6 Marines rebuild, provide security for Afghanistan town
Submitted by: Marine Forces Pacific
Story Identification #: 2004730181727
Story by Capt. Brendan G. Heatherman
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (July 26, 2004) -- The town of Surobi isn’t much different than any other village in Afghanistan. Roughly forty-five miles east of Kabul, the town pours down from a mountain into a riverbed where villagers bathe, wash clothes, and seek relief from the relentless summer heat.
The bazaar along the hectic main road through town is typically packed with colorfully painted trucks, half-starved livestock, and shoppers with children making their way through their daily routine. Shopkeepers peddle their trinkets, linens, and Pepsi Colas to truck drivers and taxi cabs making their way from Kabul to Jalalabad and back, toiling along the brutal, unimproved road.
Elsewhere in town, scores of children flock to poorly maintained and equipped schools, the sick seek help from the town doctor, who is regrettably ill-equipped, and women carry their babies on the side-roads.
It’s a difficult life for the people, compounded by the fact that evil men of the old regime lurk in the hills surrounding the town, terrorizing the people who strive for nothing more than progress.
The terrorists burn schools and threaten potential voters. The people live with the realistic threat of the Taliban and Hizb-I-Islami terrorists within an arms reach of their families. It’s not much different from any other town in Afghanistan, with one exception…the presence of the men of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
Forward Operating Base Surobi lies just northwest of the town, nestled securely at the base of the Naghlo Dam, the major supplier of power for not only Surobi, but also the capitol city of Kabul.
“Our mission here is to provide security for the district and provide civil, military and humanitarian assistance to the people,” said Capt. Conlon Carabine, Headquarters and Service Company commander and camp commandant for the base.
“Our presence here has been extremely helpful to the people and to the district police and highway patrol,” he added.
Gen. Dauod, Surobi district police chief agrees. “The Marines have helped rebuild our town and keep the Taliban from threatening the area,” he said. “I consider them friends.”
The mission introduces a new concept to the Marines, one that they will need a period of time adjusting to.
The concept is to disrupt enemy operations in the district using the combined arms effect of combat and humanitarian operations, two seemingly exclusive methods used simultaneously.
The base overlooks a swift-flowing river sweeping out from the dam, high mountains, and rusted, hulking relics from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from several decades ago. The base itself is a former retreat for the wealthy in the area and was once served as headquarters for Gilbuddin Hikmatyar, the leader and founder of Hizb-I-Islami, one of the major terrorist organizations in the country. The Marine contingent arrived in the town in May, relieved a detachment from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, who had been in the area for more than a month.
ArcLight.....#650!!
Just hearing the country mentioned makes the heart beat faster. Then comes the closer look. How's our Piper doing today?
Hey there, t....how's Crystal doing today? Feeling better with time?
You've met Sydney Berger? Cool!
Other cult actors who went to succesful careers as drama teachers: Adam Roarke (Psych-Out, Hells Angels on Wheels, The Stunt Man, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry) Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead) Derrel Maury (Massacre at Central High) and Jocelyn Jones (The Tourist Trap, The Great Texas Dynamite Chase)
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