Posted on 12/02/2006 10:23:51 PM PST by jdm
Edited on 12/02/2006 10:28:07 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Standing ovation for you and thank you for your service!
Mark
Damn good post, and something that needed to be said. Well done, sir!
Boss Hogg?
We used to call the Murthas "REMFs"
I can't even see him getting along with his own party. Virginia will rue the day....
Ignorance is bliss amongst any population.
I live in Virginia Beach. I see alot of hate from even the employees,
of the Government. Most all of them are civilian employees.
Did I mention the wives of some of our finest?, Yep, I know many of them too.
They still believe that voting for WEBB will bring their husbands back.
Now guess who hates their boss the most.
/God Bless
MaxMax.
Well said and right on target. You are correct in every detail! This needs to be stated much more often !!
"... Senator Warner is starting to act kinda weird... "
nothing "starting" about it ... Warner's has been a treacherous ba$tard for years. Don't you remember his vote against Bork? Or his recruiting Coleman to run so North would lose? Warner makes Webb look good imo.
Before the election...if you listed the top ten politicans who needed anger management classes...Hillary would have been number one, and I'd put McCain around number five. But Webb easily captures the number one spot and McCain is only half as bad as Webb. It should be an interesting 6-year run. All you have to do is collect his anger episodes and air them via YouTube in six years...and his re-election campaign falters totally. He will be his own worst enemy.
Thank you for your service..and your post!
Thank you for stating the absolute truth. I spent 11 years on active duty in the Air Force. I wouldn't give you two bits for most of the officers I ever met. They were a bunch of politically correct suck-ups intent on building their career on the backs of the enlisted people. In 11 years, I only met two officers who showed any sense of honor, duty, and putting the mission first. One of them was a crusty four-star general who started out as a PFC in WWII. The other was a 1st LT who was devoutly Christian and believed that duty to his country was an extension to his duty to the Almighty.
There are so many potential John Kerrys in uniform even now. In ten years, we're going to have all these politicos who are "WOT vets" who sat in a back office somewhere in the green zone for a 90 day rotation and got a medal for it. Just wait 'til we get the future Hillaries running for office who were female LTs in Iraq.
Look into the history of LBJ's silver star.
It's a total fraud. Something about being a passenger on a plane that was attacked.
It was ridiculous.
Awesome rant! Bravo! :)
Well said brother. I saw many 90 day wonders in A-stan who never went outside the wire, except maybe to strap hang on a convoy from Bagram to Kabul, hoping someone fires a shot so they can become a "combat veteran" Hell I knew a female JAG officerwho never left the base and was awarded a Bronze Star when she left.
"Kiss my ass Webb, your probably just like most of the officers I know that
either self decorated themselves or were given preferential treatment for
awards."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Webb
Military career
After graduating from Annapolis, Webb was commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in the Vietnam War as a first
lieutenant rifle platoon leader in Company D in the 1st Battalion of the 5th
Marine Regiment, as part of the Fleet Marine Force. Webb earned a Navy
Cross, the second highest decoration in the Navy and Marine Corps for
heroism in Vietnam. Webb also earned the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and
two Purple Hearts.
Webb received the Navy Cross for actions on July 10, 1969. The citation
read:
"The Navy Cross is presented to James H. Webb, Jr., First Lieutenant, U.S.
Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Platoon Commander
with Company D, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division
(Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in connection with combat operations
against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On 10 July 1969, while
participating in a company-sized search and destroy operation deep in
hostile territory, First Lieutenant Webb's platoon discovered a
well-camouflaged bunker complex which appeared to be unoccupied. Deploying
his men into defensive positions, First Lieutenant Webb was advancing to the
first bunker when three enemy soldiers armed with hand grenades jumped out.
Reacting instantly, he grabbed the closest man and, brandishing his .45
caliber pistol at the others, apprehended all three of the soldiers.
Accompanied by one of his men, he then approached the second bunker and
called for the enemy to surrender. When the hostile soldiers failed to
answer him and threw a grenade which detonated dangerously close to him,
First Lieutenant Webb detonated a claymore mine in the bunker aperture,
accounting for two enemy casualties and disclosing the entrance to a tunnel.
Despite the smoke and debris from the explosion and the possibility of enemy
soldiers hiding in the tunnel, he then conducted a thorough search which
yielded several items of equipment and numerous documents containing
valuable intelligence data. Continuing the assault, he approached a third
bunker and was preparing to fire into it when the enemy threw another
grenade. Observing the grenade land dangerously close to his companion,
First Lieutenant Webb simultaneously fired his weapon at the enemy, pushed
the Marine away from the grenade, and shielded him from the explosion with
his own body. Although sustaining painful fragmentation wounds from the
explosion, he managed to throw a grenade into the aperture and completely
destroy the remaining bunker. By his courage, aggressive leadership, and
selfless devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Webb upheld the highest
traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service."
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