A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-10-04....Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!

Mama_Bear

[DollyCali]

What a couple of good looking Marines!

Oh?? I didn't notice.... *wink*

[Mama_Bear]

Oh?? I didn't notice.... *wink*

LOL. Yeah, right. *wink* *wink*

[Dubya]

Good read. Turn up your sound.

Women Veterans

[Mama_Bear]

In short, he said, the Marines will remain "most ready (to respond) when the nation is least ready."

That was a good read, Dubya. Is it any wonder that Marines are a proud group of men and women? They have every right to be!

[Mama_Bear]

Women Veterans

Excellent! Gosh, I've had tears in my eyes all day.

[jkphoto]

Just thought that I would let you know that DD just came in and had his Marine Corps belt buckle along with his pins on his collar that he always wears. He went to the birthday breakfast at the Tulare Salvation Army this morning and said that there was over 100 there to celebrate.

[Diver Dave]

Just thought that I would let you know that DD just came in ...

No I didn't. I've been busy up here getting ready for Veteran's Day festivities here in Modesto.

Parade at 1015 hrs and "Honor the Heroes" program at 1200. An AF Band will be presenting music, speeches by a couple of Generals, flag folding, wreath laying, 21 gun salute, and a full-size replica of the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Cool temps dictate wearing my Pea Coat.

[dixie sass]

Shadow is a she and weighs in at 3.9 pounds! Blonde and ditzy and smart as a whip! She's 10 weeks old and already is sitting on command most of the time. She knows that her leash means she is going out the front door and for a walk. The back door is without the leash and trying to become a lawn mower. She is a sweetie.

I don't think it's an allery to her, just the dog sage and other pollentents in the air right now (I hope)

[Mama_Bear]

No I didn't. I've been busy up here getting ready for Veteran's Day festivities here in Modesto.

LOL. I don't know exactly who he is talking about, but I didn't think it was you (but you are the only DD I know, I think).

I'm sure you will enjoy the parade and ceremony tomorrow. I don't think we are having a parade here, maybe in Visalia.

If you get any photographs, we'd love to see them. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Shadow is a she and weighs in at 3.9 pounds! Blonde and ditzy and smart as a whip! She's 10 weeks old

Oh, she's a tiny little thing! I don't know why I thought she was a "he". 50-50 chance, and I will always get it wrong. LOL

There is nothing like having a new puppy in the house! They will keep you hopping, that's for sure.

[dixie sass]

She sure does. She is supposed to be a cross between a Llapso Apso and Scottish Terrier - she definitely takes after the Terror, er, I mean Terrier side!

It's like having two year old around the house!

When I get a camera from the drug store, I'll take some pictures and and get them put on disk so that I can try to put one on here.

I am definitely a cat person though!!!

[dixie sass]

I don't care what he smokes, he is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!

[dixie sass]

Oh yeah, the Post did a good job!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

041109-N-8704K-004 Arabian Gulf (Nov. 9, 2004) - An F-14B Tomcat, assigned to the “Jolly Rogers” of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103), launches from the flight deck of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) aircraft aboard Kennedy are supporting ground troops in Fallujah, Iraq, under Operation Al Fajr (New Dawn). Kennedy and embarked CVW-17 are currently on deployment in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten (RELEASED)

041106-N-9490W-016 Key West, Fla. (Nov. 6, 2004) - The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the "Blue Angels," fly in a pyramid formation at the "Blue Angels in Paradise" Air Show held on board Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., Nov. 6-7. This year’s show was the first time the Blue Angels performed at Key West in over 16 years. The Blue Angels fly the F/A-18A Hornet as they perform approximately 30 maneuvers during the aerial demonstration, which runs approximately an hour and 15 minutes. U.S. Navy photo by Michelle Wisniewski (RELEASED)

041106-N-4779D-038 Key West, Fla. (Nov. 6, 2004) - At an altitude of 10,000 feet, a member of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Parachute Team jumps from a UH-3H Sea King helicopter assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West Search and Rescue. The USSOCOM Parachute Team performed their aerial act at NAS Key West's "Blue Angels in Paradise" Air Show, held Nov. 6-7. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Trice Denny (RELEASED)

[Dubya]

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2004 -- Iraqi and U.S. military commanders in Fallujah,
Iraq, said today they are pleased with operations in the city, but more remains
to be done.

Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abdul Qadar Mohammed Jassem Mohan and U.S. Marine Corps Lt.
Gen. John Sattler said at a news conference that U.S. and Iraqi troops are
rooting out insurgents and foreign terrorists in the city.

Sattler would not say the attack into the city has broken the back of the
resistance. But he did say he believes the enemy forces "are not able to
communicate, to work out any coordination and are now in small pockets, blind
moving throughout the city."

"And we will continue to hunt them down and destroy them," he added.

Sattler, the commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said Iraqi and
U.S. forces are reducing those pockets. "They were moving into each and every
building on their own, clearing those buildings, finding the weapons, disposing
of the weapons and capturing or killing those insurgents who stayed behind,"
Sattler said. He and Mohan had just come from the battleground when they
briefed media in the Pentagon via a video link.

Mohan remembered the 49 Iraqi soldiers murdered by insurgents last month. "For
this, the Iraqi armed forces, they don't want a revenge, but they want to get
rid of insurgents, the evil, the murderer," he said through a interpreter.

Sattler said the Iraqi troops are doing well. Mohan said the troops are eager
to be trained and equipped and "to take over for our friends, the Multinational
Force. We wanted the Iraqi armed forces, the security forces to say what the
Iraqi dream is all about. We wish the people of Iraq to live in peace and like
any other nation and not to be killed in the street. What we are doing as
soldiers is a small price for our country."

Sattler said U.S. Marines and soldiers will continue to pursue the "terrorists
who have stolen Fallujah from the Fallujan people. And in support of our
brothers in the Iraqi armed forces, we will not stop till our mission has been
completed."

The generals said the coalition is accelerating the operation in Fallujah.

The coalition strategy in Fallujah was to seal off the town. "As we moved into
the town, some of the fighters did, in fact, resist," Sattler said.

But the coalition forces backed enemy forces into pockets, and forces that
attempted to cross from one pocket to another were killed or captured as they
moved back and forth. "So, as we swept through, we feel very comfortable that
none of them moved back through towards the north or escaped out to the
flanks," Sattler said.

He said the fighting was very close and very violent, "and the warriors across
all coalition forces and the Iraqi forces have displayed great courage and have
stopped the enemy in small numbers or in larger numbers as they attacked."

Sattler said the troops' mission is the liberation of the entire city of
Fallujah. The U.S. and Iraqi troops will ensure there are no safe havens for
terrorists and insurgents in the city. Once the city is in coalition hands, the
Iraqi interim government will re-establish the rule of law in the city. The
coalition will then follow on with reconstruction funds.

[The Mayor]

Thank you Dubya!

My step father served in Korea..

[The Mayor]

AMEN!

[The Mayor]

Amen!

Yes you can save the pic, I stole it from some website, hehe!

[Mears]

I'm the cousin of a Marine,the sister of a Marine,and the mother of a Marine.

My first child was born on November 10.

Semper Fi!!!!!

[The Mayor]

Excellent Dubya!

You have been one busy guy today!
Thanks for all your great posts!