FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ August 22 2004

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	World's fastest Beagle Deacon may have been the world's fastest Beagle. While lightly tugging at the leash one would never guess the amount of stored energy in one dog. He was faster than a rabbit. Bright brown eyes, angelic upward gaze, slight quiver in his flanks, all silently pleading to be unleashed. Zoom! The click from the release of his collar from the leash was forever accompanied by a burst of energy that jetted Deke six blocks before he slowed to smell the first telephone pole. You know at least one Deacon - the person who leads an exemplary life while in the presence of people to be impressed. But when the leash is unsnapped, whether away from home or when no one is looking, the primal instinct to run wild wins a short argument with a dwarf conscience. The Deacons of this world have placed their honor, marriage and their God in a box. Instead of uniform dependable daily behavior there is conformity only while on the leash. Remove the restraints and undisciplined risk taking rules. Compartmentalization of values, activities, and allegiances leads to disaster, divorce and depression. God did not create us to run wild. Balance and discipline are twin pillars supporting a happy peaceful life. All aspects of life - words, thoughts, attitudes and actions - must be brought into subjection for a healthy relationship with ourselves, others and with our Creator. Want to quit running? You can't reform yourself. Try all the remedies, pills, and Self Help 101 courses and you'll still fail. Help is only available in One who is more powerful than we are. Call on God to give you stability and peace. He is a patient Master.

[darkwing104]

Mine

[darkwing104]

(Looks like I'm attracting some attention! LOL)

How clever! The old phony URL trick....:-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Angel Boy! Good afternoon, Patriotic Pattie!

[Spotsy]

Darkwing #100

[Kathy in Alaska]

darkwing.....#100!!

[Radix]

A U.S. Army soldier lifts up rocket launcher while guarding a cordon of the southern Iraq city of Najaf's old town, August 22, 2004. U.S.

One of the more popular items in Iraqi pawn shops are the old fashioned desert cigarette lighters.

 

A U.S. Army tank commander patrols in Najaf, Iraq, as troops moved forward into a position closer to the Imam Ali Shrine Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004.

What Shrine? All I can find is a bunch of tenements surrounded by potholes!

 

A U.S. Army soldier breaks a window with his rifle during a gun battle with insurgents after moving forward into a position closer to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004.

You coppers will never take us alive!

 

Army Bradley armored vehicle maneuvers during a firefight with Iraqi Shi'ite militia near the edge of Najaf's old town August 22, 2004. U.S. tanks advanced to within 800 yards of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday after talks on surrendering control of the shrine at the center of an 18-day siege ran into trouble.

After many years of cable company monopolies in Iraq, satellite television companies are making serious inroads much to the glee of urban planners.

 

A militiaman loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr stands in front of a picture of his leader at the Iman Ali shrine in Najaf. The militiaman is holding a US military drone.

The Boy Scouts of Iraq recently held their radio airplane hobby convention.

Seven Mahdi militiamen were killed early on Saturday morning in fighting between American troops and Mahdi rebels.

As we begin our day of physical conditioning at the Iraq US Army  Diet and Training center we will have you do all physical activities without the use of your hands.

 

Marines stood guard over some of the 29 captives taken during the night raid in Kufa.

The World Series of Where's Waldo is underway in Iraq!

 

A U.S. Army Abrams tank re-deploys during a firefight with Iraqi Shi'ite militia near the edge of Najaf's old town, August 22, 2004. U.S. tanks advanced to within 800 yards of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday after talks on surrendering control of the shrine at the center of an 18-day siege ran into trouble.

This is not a siege. This is merely an example of what it is like to be surrounded by enemy forces with no way out for the bad guys and by  coincidence no  food or supplies are allowed to get in.

Army chaplain Capt. Warren Haggray, speaks to an unidentified assistant next to a cross set at camp Hotel in the northern area of the besieged city of Najaf, Iraq Sunday Aug. 15, 2004. As American troops learn to cope with life _ and death _ on a faraway battlefield, a hallowed tradition of military chaplains copes with them, offering prayers, comfort and crucially, spiritual advice that helps keep the U.S. military machine running. 'One of the things that I teach my soldiers from the Bible is that there's a time for war and there's a time for peace,' says Army chaplain Capt. Warren Haggray. 'And there are times that you just have to get out there and fight.'

How come the Associated Press has never learned that there is a time to take pictures, and there is a time to keep the captions objective, apolitical, succinct, and not full of  anti-American propaganda which they do every single day ad infinitum?

 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Fawnn]

dark-"danger is my middle name"-wing104!!! #100!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Radix. More good pictures, and captions. The AP will never learn. I will have you know that I thought about a cigarette lighter even before I read the caption. LOL! I can always "see" the captions you add, AFTER, I read them. This is a first to think along the same lines. Hehehe. Today's fav: You coppers will never take us alive!

Please God, let loved ones see loved one. Thanks, Radix.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duh!! Where is my brain today. Lack of sleep could be a problem. LOL!
Thank you, Fawnn, for this woohoo, several weeks ago. I forgot.

[Spotsy]

Some left-wing media outlets have delighted in reporting some of the anti-American sentiments of the Iraqi Olympic Soccer Team.

Regardless of what these athletes may say, I am confident that deep down, they are grateful that they no longer have to fear Uday Hussein giving them road rash followed by a bath in raw sewage when they failed to perform to his satisfaction. This was just one of Uday's favorite methods of torturing the athletes.

Thank you US Armed Forces for liberating the Iraqi people,
for eliminating the dangerous regime of Saddam Hussein,
and for giving Team Iraq the chance to really compete in the Olympics.



IRAQ, ONE WIN FROM GOLD

Emad Mohammed's 12-yard bicycle kick in the 64th minute gave Iraq a 1-0 victory over Australia in the men's soccer quarterfinals Saturday, putting Iraq in position to compete for only its second Olympic medal in the nation's history.

[Fawnn]

LOL!!! I forgot, too. ;)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Ladies from the Pago Pago Department of Public Safety, American Samoa, hold up a sign expressing their feelings for the Soldiers of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry to return home safely from their deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Fifteen soldiers, all policemen or firemen in the department, were honored in a public ceremony. The Army Reserve Soldiers are dressed in while t-shirts and blue traditional lava lavas. Paul Adams

Soldiers of B Co., 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry, pray during a communion service offered during their pre-deployment preparations Aug. 16 at the unit’s Army Reserve Center on Pago Pago, American Samoa. By Paul Adams August 20, 2004

Samoan Reservists answer the call to duty

By Paul Adams

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (Army News Service, Aug. 20, 2004) -- With the rugged mountainous terrain and coastline dotted with numerous inlets and bays as a backdrop, approximately 250 soldiers of America’s only Army Reserve ground combat unit, answered the call to duty with a solemn three-and-one-half hour prayer service marking their mobilization Aug. 16 on the Asian-Pacific tropical island of Pago Pago, American Samoa.

In a display of whole island community support, nearly 3000 citizens from local villages, along with friends and family members gathered in the maintenance bay of the soon to be completed new Army Reserve Center to honor the Army Reserve Soldiers of Company’s B and C, 100th Battalion 442nd Infantry Regiment.

The newly activated Army Reserve Soldiers will join other Soldiers within the battalion from Saipan and Guam at Schofield Barracks for additional training. The battalion will deploy about 575 Soldiers for mobilization training pn the mainland and be eventually shipped overseas to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment will support Hawaii’s Army National Guard’s 29th Separate Infantry Brigade while deployed.

In addition to hymns sung by five island high school choirs, the Soldiers heard remarks from a host of military and civilian VIPs to include the American Samoa Governor Togiola T. Tulafono. Tulafono told the Soldiers he was going to introduce bills into the legislature to protect the soldiers’ civilian jobs when they return from duty and to improve pay benefits.

The rest of the story

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Meekie. Thanks for my cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. Nice and soothing. Another bright, sunny day.

[laurenmarlowe]

Thanks Kathy, God Bless All Our Troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Did you get your lawn all mowed?

[darkwing104]

dark-"danger is my middle name"-wing104!!! #100!!!!

Thank you

[Kathy in Alaska]

Amy Bennecoff, 10, of Kutztown leads a heifer to the animal washing area at the Kutztown Fair. (Ed Landrock/The Morning Call) August 20, 2004

[Kathy in Alaska]

So, how does the sleep deprivation excuse work for you? LOL!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hey Kathy, I hope you had a good weekend! Grass is cut, but the rest of the outdoor chores are just going to have to wait. Thanks for asking.