FLAPPING FLAGS, FAITHFUL FREEPERS: Week #95 at WALTER REED, 2/9/07

DC Chapter | 2/09/07 | Albion Wilde, with photos by Plea Deal

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I hope is warms up

Seems your finger be frozen matey. Not much chance of a thaw today.

[A.Hun]

God bless you all and our troops. Thank you.

[PGalt]

Another great report. Thanks. FR's finest supporting America's finest BUMP!

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks for your comments and bumps, folks!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Marine_Uncle]

One may even think about adding the Polish and Spanish Flags amoung a number of other candidates. Some may tend to forget the Spanish had the third highest number of troops in Iraq whole actually where in place to fight before they pulled out, and the Poles have stayed the course. At any rate, a big salute to all the coalition partners that have in many ways contributed to the rebuilding of Iraq.

[ziggy_dlo]

God Bless our Country and our brave military.

[Sensei Ern]

I love the photo of me. Not because it is of me, but because you can clearly see my "REAL MEN LOVE JESUS" helmet sticker.
(Most motorcycles don't have bumbers.)

[Albion Wilde]

One may even think about adding the Polish and Spanish Flags...

Indeed, donations for flags are a great idea (FReepmail before sending), altho in addition to budget limits we do have limited woman/manpower for putting them up and making the poles. Here's the current Coalition list, according to Wikipedia:

Coalition Troops as of January 2007:

United Kingdom - 7,200 troops in Iraq as of January 2007
Republic of Korea - 2,300 troops in Iraq
Australia - Approximately 1,400 military personnel in and around Iraq
Poland - 900 in the 'First Warsaw Division
Romania - 890 troops operated under British command
Denmark - 515 troops under UK command
El Salvador - 380 troops from the 'Cuscatlan Battalion' under Polish command
Georgia - 300 commandos under US command North of Baghdad
Bulgaria - Bulgaria withdrew its original contribution to MNF in 2005
Azerbaijan - 150 troops under US command in the far North of Iraq
Mongolia - 131 men under Polish command
Albania - 120 non-combat troops under US command near Mosul
Latvia - 125 troops under Polish command
Czech Republic - 96 police trainers under British command
Lithuania - 50 troops under Polish command
Armenia – 46 soldiers under Polish command
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 36 men to destroy explosives and mines as of June 2005
Estonia - 35 infantry troops under US command
Macedonia - 33 special forces soldiers under US command
Kazakhstan - 29 military engineers under Polish command
Hungary - Withdrew its 300 non-combat troops in 2004; redeployed 17 officers to help NATO's training mission.
Moldova - 12 de-mining specialists and medics.
Slovenia - In early 2006, Slovenia deployed 4 officers to aid the NATO mission

United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI)

Georgia - 550 soldiers (separate from 300 Coalition troops).
Fiji - 168 Fijian troops protecting UN buildings/staff in and around Green Zone as of August 2006.
Romania - 130 men (separate from 890 Coalition troops).
Denmark - 35 troops (separate from 515 Coalition soldiers).

Withdrawals:

Slovakia
Canada
Japan
Italy
Portugal
Netherlands
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Nicaragua
Spain
Honduras
Dominican Republic
Norway
Philippines
Thailand
Singapore
Hungary
New Zealand
Tonga
Iceland

[Alamo-Girl]

Buuump!

[trooprally]

AB = AW

Sorry, thinking further out than I was typing.

[Mr] T

[zoomie81]

Great report and photos. See ya there soon

[Olney-Keith]

In the report, you say that if the pinkos demonstrated outside the white house we would never have rallied outside WR, and our wounded heroes would never see how thankful America is for their service. HOW TRUE!! I never thought of it that way.

As disgusting as the pinkos are, that is what brought people like myself to WR. The cold toes and aching knees are all worth while when you see the bus or hear one of the wounded heroes say thank you.

[ConservatismNow]

I talked to a few Azerbaijanis when I was in Iraq. Good guys and very professional. They were even multilingual. I met one who spoke 8 languages. We spoke poor Russian to each other. lol

[AmericanMade1776]

Thanks for the Invite, and I have spent quite a bit of time in D.C. in my travels, it is a great place to visit.

[potlatch]

"Well, it's better than the point of view of those people down the street," said one of them.

Lol, they said it well!! Good job Albion and all who participated!! Thanks for pinging.

[Apple Blossom]

Once again, a great report. Just bumping through....

[firebrand]

BUMP!!!

[firebrand]

A freeper is getting married that day. What nerve! LOL

Hope it doesn't keep too many people away.

[Trteamer]

Awesome! I'm right there with you all in spirit.