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What is the origin of your screen name?

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[laurenmarlowe]

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Chief Warrant Officer 3 Neil T. LaSala hugs his mother Joann just seconds after arriving here after a seven-month deployment to Iraq. LaSala is among 160 Marines with the 1st and 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Companies that made their homecoming March 13. LaSala is a 44-year-old target acquisition officer from Pasadena, Calif. The 1st and 3rd ANGLICO, I Marine Expeditionary Force are slated to return to Iraq in six months. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Floto)

Cpl. Jeffrey R. Bentley, a 30-year-old from Brooklyn, removes a cover from a broken radio to troubleshoot the communications system. Electronics specialists like Bentley, a communication technician with the Electronics Maintenance Platoon, CLR 15, keep the radios operating so the Marines on the roads of Iraq have this lifeline available. Every day in Iraq, the 1st Marine Logistics Group sends out combat logistics patrols that leave the relative safety of the base to deliver supplies to Marines throughout the Al Anbar Province. From the Marines who order and load the supplies onto 7-ton transportation trucks, to the mechanic that keeps the trucks running - many people play a key role to keep the supply train moving. Photo by: Sgt. Enrique S. Diaz

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Sgt. Robert R. Anderson, infantryman, digs for a suspected weapons cache in a village near Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, March 12th, 2006. Anderson, 25, a native of Gillespie, Ill., and the other soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, performed a multi-faceted mission during the daylong operation as they carried out weapons cache sweeps, investigated possible improvised explosive devices and conducted route clearance operations. The Illinois-based National Guard took a few moments throughout the day to assist Iraqi villagers in the area, handing out supplies and spending time with the local children. The soldiers were grateful it wasn’t business as usual and could do something a little light hearted. Whether it’s handing out candy or searching for IEDs, the soldiers are proud of what they are doing in Iraq, said Sgt. 1st Class Timothy J. Atteberry, platoon sergeant. “The individual, personal satisfaction of helping another human being really comes from these kinds of humanitarian-aid type missions,” said Atteberry, a 38-year-old native of Champagne, Ill.

The soldiers’ primary mission is to provide base security for the Marines and sailors of the forward-deployed 1st Marine Logistics Group. The 4,200 joint-service members of 1st MLG are part of the 25,000 Marines, airmen, solders and sailors of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force’s forward deployed element. The 1st MLG’s mission is to provide sustained logistics support to I MEF and Iraqi security forces operating in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. First MLG will also support the development of the Iraqi Security Forces' logistic capabilities in order to enable independent ISF led counter insurgency operations.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Completely self-explanatory.

Chief Petty Officer
NAS Kingsville
NAS Fallon
1965-1976

[ExGeeEye]

I are one?

It should appear as ExGeeEye :)

[NerdDad]

NerdDad comes from a Father's Day t-shirt the family gave me. As the song goes, I was a nerd long before nerdiness was cool. The family found a t-shirt that had a filled pocket-protector and "Nerd Dad" screenprinted on it.

My dear darling's screenname CDBear has multiple origins. She is a big teddy-bear collector. We are each other's teddy-bears. The "CD" are her initials. And finally, it is shorthand for "see da bear?", which is what she squeals anytime she sees a cute teddy-bear.

Finally, our oldest son -- the third FReeper in the family -- is Clarinet_King. In his final high school years he was exactly that.

[ExGeeEye]

(Sometimes it doesn't)

[Old Grumpy]

Mine is fairly self-explanatory. I haven't filled in my "about" page yet, but I intend to get to it one of these days, which may explain my grumpiness.

[stbdside]

Facing forward toward the bow of a ship, starboard side is your right side.

[Ricebug]

NKP 70-71

[Mobile Vulgus]

Mobile Vulgus is my name

It is Latin for the homeless masses or people without station and property. We would call them the great unwashed or the common man, today. I take the name as a slap to elitists everywhere, claiming the title of common man for myself (Though I DO own property! Ha, ha).

So, when I call myself Mobile Vulgus I am telling the elitists on the Left that I have power, power THEY don't want me to have. That I can move people to VOTE and ruin their day!

It's a big "vulgar" middle finger to the left!!

[NautiNurse]

[freepersup]

heads up...

eagles up (freepers)

freepersup...

a clarion call to do battle (take action)

[Brad’s Gramma]

Um. Can I get back to you on this?

:)

Running.

Hiding.



:)

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

My screen name comes from what John Buccigross on ESPN used to say after a really hard body check in the hockey highlights.

[Cobra64]

I like Carroll Shelby's 1964 AC Cobras. I built a replica (took me a year.)

[Fawnn]

My FReepname has actually been my online name since around 1996 -- and it came about because of the "Summer of the Three Bimbos." Anybody remember them?

Fawn Hall
Donna Rice
Jessica Hahn

The last two last names are a part of my byline. The bad news: Those two ARE the bimbos in that mix. The good news: Editors remembered my name that year!

I really like Ollie North, so when I had to choose a "nick" to use in IRC chat on the Undernet, I chose "Fern" because I wanted to represent the good girl in my name mix. (During a phone call with my daughter, I explained my logic and she said, "Ah mom. Wasn't Ollie North's secretary's first name 'Fawn'?" Duh! Remembering names has never been one of my strengths. So THEN I became "Fawn.")

On IRC chat on the Undernet, you can't reserve a nickname. It didn't take long to discover that there was already a "Fawn" online. AND that Fawn was visiting chat channels where people exchanged (use your imagination here) pictures. I naturally got tired of people messaging me and asking for my picture, so I added an "n." ;)

So now I'm Fawnn! (A coincidence that I didn't realize until later is that my first initial "p" added to my last name "hahn" (phahn) would be pronounced like "Fawnn."

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

After lurking for a while, I decided to sign up. At that time, pictures Hillary Clinton were appearing all over the web wearing purple ponchos. They looked like the purple blankets that the Heaven's Gate suicide cult had over their bodies. Same shade of purple. I thought it would be a good screen name. Was going to save the pics so I didn't have to explain it but a format change here got rid of the links.

[The Worthless Miracle]

Thank you for asking! I was watching some comedy/ parody of the exorcist, and Leslie Nielson's character made some refernce to "Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle". I thought it was really funny, I love leslie Nielson... No offense to any religion though...

[Domangart]

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGrandfather.

[freedumb2003]

I can't really say -- I wanted FreeDumb because it has a combination of liberty and humility. The non-suffexted version wasn't available (is Freedumb the zeroth even around?).

Why 2003, I can't say. As you can see I joined up in 2002. But I had an email ID with 2003 in it so I cross-applied it.

Pretty boring, huh?

[HaveGunWillTravel]

Self explanetary. Click pic.