Posted on 11/12/2004 11:27:25 AM PST by Wolfstar
This thread honors the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, and reminds us of why we here at home can go about our daily business in peace. Street-to-street is the toughest type of warfare. Air cover is being flown by pilots from the USS John F. Kennedy, as well as the U.S. Air Force from bases in the area.
to late-arriving posters/lurkers...
you do need to visit post 153 of this thread for a moment of reflection...
The innocent victims...
The good guys coming to their rescue...U.S. Marines and Iraqi Security Forces.
A new pride is also being instilled in the Iraqi forces fighting alongside our Marines. A pride upon which a new nation will be built.
Soldiers from the Iraqi special forces' Shawanis Brigade raise the Iraqi flag in front of the office of Falluja's mayor, on November 10, 2004. U.S.-led troops battling to take control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance Friday and the United States said it would not stop until all insurgents in the Iraqi city had been wiped out. Picture taken November 10, 2004. (EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/USMC)
A wounded Iraqi child...let's hope his future is one of freedom and peace.
VOA, whenever I wonder if the Arabs are worth the cost of saving them, I have to remember it's really about saving us.
May the father of this brave marine, and the families of all the fallen know that their loved one's did not die in vain. May they be surrounded with comforting friends and hear the voices of those who honor their memories, and may God grant them peace.
I for one do not need to see this photo as I am aware of it daily, but thank you for posting it, anyway. I think of them every day as I watch the reports on the news and I ask anyone who wants to, to join me in a prayer: Lord, you are in control of all things. We thank You that you have blessed America, and look to You as we fight against those who are determined to keep Iraq in turmoil. Cause their numbers to quickly diminish, Lord for their plans are evil, and they despise peace and freedom. Grant our forces and those in charge all wisdom as they fight against this reckless enemy. Protect our military and grant them an overwhelming victory in Fallujah and all over Iraq. Amen
"Yes, there are even Navy Corpsmen that have been temp assigned to jobs such as snipers. I read about one that did at the main OIF section on the Marine Corps web site.
YOU WROTE:
Pure unadulterated BS (unless you can provide a link).
GO TO FOLLOWING ARTICLE AT Marine Corps. News
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/045E59833787AA2985256F370043480D?opendocument
If you cannot get the article to pop up, send me email and I will give you sequence of instructions to located the article. I first go to the MC OIF site, then in this case, had to wade back to October 17 range articles where it talks about
"Petty Officer 2nd Class Dwayne McBryde, the platoon corpsman for scout sniper platoon, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, is more than just a medical aide for his sniper teammates. He spent 10 years as a machine gunner for the Marine Corps, and then eights years as a civilian paramedic before reenlisting in the Navy."
Further on in the article..........
McBryde spent six months with Company A, 1/23, RCT-7, where his reputation as a knowledgeable corpsman led to his reassignment to the scout sniper platoon. He has been with the snipers ever since.
"I have attended all of their training to ensure I know how to do all of the things that they do, like spotting, range estimation and marksmanship skills, so that I could blend in with them."
Torture and intimidate civilians, and put weapons of war in areas where innocent children can be used as fronts for the thugs' evil schemes.
And that's why they'll lose.
"He was assigned to the sniper platoon as the corpsman - they did not make him a sniper."
Roger. After a close re-read.......
Great cartoon.
Great caption for that pic!!
U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Richard Natonski stands at the bridge in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, where the bodies of two American contractors killed by militants (by seditionists, domestic and otherwise) were strung up in March, sparking the earlier U.S. siege, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004.
(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Happy,
Any new stories on the situation in the Netherlands with the Muslims there?
I understand some of what you are saying, but there is one thing I must say in response to your post- there are men I have met throughout my life that I would not want beside me in a rope pulling contest, much less in battle, physical endurance and stamina be damned. And there are women that I would pick over those men any day.
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