[Billie]

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' Billie.
Beautiful Pledge this morning.

[Billie]

Let's wear red today, because it's Red Friday. Support our troops. Wear RED on Fridays!!!

[DollyCali]

Good Monrning Ms.Billie..I have a red bathing suit on (will do some yard work & mowing early & have a red top/white shorts for later (actually a repeat of what I had on Wed for Bill's party). I had something else set out & when I saw your ping, the light bulb went off. The pledge is very attractive, I agree. Will be in & out today. Is your company still with you? I have some coming in this weekend also

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Maj. Greg Hicks, commander, explosive ordnance disposal control team, examines a potential mine on a boomerang trail on Hill 3070. The troops were on the mountain outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 19, 2005, to check out a future training area and to recover remains from a Feb. 3, 2005, Kam Air crash that killed 104. Combined Joint Task Force 76 photo by Sgt. Adrian Schulte

Contrary to popular media belief, the USA is not arrogantly forcing unwilling allied countries to bend to our policies. They are working with us to combat terrorism/piracy. Fighting those evil forces benefits EVERYBODY:

050618-N-3904I-029 Dakar, Senegal (June 18, 2005) - Senegal Army Soldiers static-line parachute jump from a U.S. Air Force MC-130 Talon over Dakar, Senegal, during Exercise Flintlock '05. Flintlock is a series of military exercises conducted throughout the Trans-Saharan region of Africa, concentrating on ground, air operations, land navigation, human rights training and collaboration between militaries. Other countries participating in the exercise is Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Chad. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood (RELEASED)

050621-N-4104L-040 Sattahip, Thailand (June 21, 2005) - A Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors aboard his ship was the colors detail, right, stationed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) prepares to lower the Ensign. The two ships are participating together in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2005. Phutthayotfa Chulalok was formerly the U.S. Navy Knox-class frigate USS Ouellet (FF 1077), which was decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Thailand in 1996. CARAT Thailand is a the second part of an annual series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance the interoperability of the respective sea services. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Melinda Larson (RELEASED)

050526-N-5663H-018 South China Sea (May 26, 2005) -- Philippine Navy SEALS have weapons drawn as they search compartments on board the U.S. Navy dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise. VBSS training is being conducted as part of Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) 2005. SEACAT is a weeklong, at sea anti-terrorism exercise in the Philippine and South China Seas. This was the first boarding by the Philippine Navy in the four-year history of SEACAT. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class David J. Ham (RELEASED)

[Diver Dave]

Happy Birthday, Billie!!!

[firewalk]

Hope you have a very Happy Birthday

[Colonial Warrior]

Appreciate all that you do!! Always taking care of soldiers and their family members...honoring our troops both past and present...celebrating the memories of warriors lost...and doing you part in keeping the morale of others high!!

Hooah!!