FReeper Canteen ~ Canteen Summer Music Dedication Rolls On ~ 25 June 2005

To: Kathy in Alaska

OMG! I'm sorry.....but that was hilarious!! LMAO!

1,481 posted on 06/25/2005 4:36:42 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)

Washington Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Bradford Mingle, in the blue cap, was serving in the Joint Visitors Bureau's Protective Services Detail in Afghanistan on Father's Day while his daughter, Washington Army Guard Spc. Jessica Mingle was serving in Iraq. Mingle's wife Karen and son Leonard are also Army Guard Soldiers in, respectively, Washington and Pennsylvania. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Bob Haskell

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bradford Mingle

Guard Family Fights War on Terror

By U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bob Haskell National Guard Bureau

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 24, 2005 — He was in Afghanistan. His daughter was in Iraq. His son was in Pennsylvania. His wife was holding down the family home in the state of Washington. It was not your typical Father's Day for Washington Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Bradford Mingle.

There was, however, an important tie that binds this Mingle family of four from Puyallup, Wash. They are all soldiers in the Army National Guard, and they are all committed to the global war on terrorism.

So Bradford Mingle had many reasons to be proud of his far-flung family and the organization they were serving at home and in two combat zones on the third Sunday in June.

“We all believe in what we're doing,” said Mingle a few days before fathers throughout America observed their day with special breakfasts or barbecues.

“I like the Guard. We all do,” Mingle explained. “The Guard's an important piece of the puzzle. Without us, the Army couldn't do its job.”

The Mingles are doing a variety of jobs. Bradford has been part of the Joint Visitors Bureau's Protective Services Detail during the two months he has served in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. That detail provides security for important visitors such as Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau. The job includes escorting the VIPs in convoys of unmarked vehicles through the teeming city's streets in uniform or accompanying them on flights across the country in civilian clothes.

Mingle's daughter, Spc. Jessica Mingle, 20, is a Washington Army Guard Soldier attached to the Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad. She has been in Iraq for about as long as her father has been in Afghanistan.

His son, Sgt. Leonard Mingle, 22, is a member of the Pennsylvania Army Guard's 28th Infantry Division.

The rest of the story

1,482 posted on 06/25/2005 4:37:41 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

You got that right! We all want to be Joe Cool! LOL!...and my spelling, don't get me started! Spell check is my friend!

1,483 posted on 06/25/2005 4:37:44 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)

1,484 posted on 06/25/2005 4:38:43 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)

Really? So; are your stutter AND your dyslexia better this evening??

Are the young boys gone by now?

1,485 posted on 06/25/2005 4:40:19 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)

Sand....are you home? All the young scouts returned to families? Highlight of camp?

1,486 posted on 06/25/2005 4:45:03 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

Mine too; when I remember not to get in a rush and forget to use it, then it's a whole new language. LOL!

1,487 posted on 06/25/2005 4:45:07 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

1,488 posted on 06/25/2005 4:45:25 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)

To: StarCMC; Drumbo

Drumbo.....#1400!!
Star and Jake.....#1450!!

1,489 posted on 06/25/2005 4:45:56 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

Yep took the meds (Milwaukee Holy Water) so the stutter and dyslexia in the fingers is gone so long as I don't over mediacate.

Yep, we broke camp and all went home at 2pm. I'm tired!

1,490 posted on 06/25/2005 4:47:21 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

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1,491 posted on 06/25/2005 4:48:46 PM PDT by StarCMC (Econ Grad. We will not forget. You're dooooooooooooomed!)

The highlight of the show was the USAF Thunderbirds.

1,492 posted on 06/25/2005 4:49:03 PM PDT by Cool Multiservice Soldier (Newer screen name. but same attitude, same service, same political incorrectness since 1999.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Too late. My neck is as red as a coke can.

1,493 posted on 06/25/2005 4:49:56 PM PDT by Cool Multiservice Soldier (Newer screen name. but same attitude, same service, same political incorrectness since 1999.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

God bless that family for their devotion to our country!

THEY ARE HEROES EVERY ONE!

1,494 posted on 06/25/2005 4:50:09 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Jake was a big help! LOL!!!

Actually, I didn't even know I did it. I kept refreshing the page waiting for the next post and could figure out why it wasn't showing up! LOL!!!!!

1,495 posted on 06/25/2005 4:50:15 PM PDT by StarCMC (Econ Grad. We will not forget. You're dooooooooooooomed!)

Guess we can call it FReep SPeek!!!! LOL!

1,496 posted on 06/25/2005 4:50:53 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)

To: Cool Multiservice Soldier; Bethbg79; MS.BEHAVIN; bentfeather; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; StarCMC; ...

MAKING FRIENDS — U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cindy Huerta teaches a local child how to "high five" during a humanitarian mission near Ali Base, Iraq, on June 18, 2005. Huerat is assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, which distributed a large truckload of clothing, toys, food and water to six needy families. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel

1,497 posted on 06/25/2005 4:51:08 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

1,498 posted on 06/25/2005 4:51:20 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)

To: Cool Multiservice Soldier

ZOOOOOM!!! I LOVE airshows!! I'm hoping we'll get to see the one at Labor Day here. We'll miss the July 4th downtown one. But the one at Labor Day is really close to our house and I always sneak down and watch the Blue Angels practice. :o)

1,499 posted on 06/25/2005 4:52:14 PM PDT by StarCMC (Econ Grad. We will not forget. You're dooooooooooooomed!)

I hope you're resting now heheee

SO; no stutter or dyslexia, what was it you were saying anyway?

1,500 posted on 06/25/2005 4:53:49 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)

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