[Soaring Feather]

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[Izzy Dunne]

Twenty-seventh.

[Tamar1973]

Here you go. I'm here. LOL!

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, all. Back home again.

[Izzy Dunne]

More on the 14th Army WAC Band.

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[The Mayor]

February 20, 2007

Choices

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READ: Ruth 1:11-18

Wherever you go, I will go; and . . . your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. —Ruth 1:16

A friend once told me: "Joe, I’ve come to realize that my life is not made by the dreams that I dream but by the choices that I make."

Count on it: You will have plenty of choices in life. And usually they boil down to a choice between "What do I want?" and "What’s best for others?"

After their husbands died, Ruth and Orpah were faced with a strategic choice (Ruth 1:11). Their mother-in-law Naomi told them they should go home. She didn’t want them to feel any obligation to her, in spite of the fact that her loss was far greater. She had lost her own husband and both of her sons.

Orpah and Ruth could either go home and start a new life, or stay with Naomi to help her in a time of great need. They knew very well that the latter choice would probably mean living in a foreign land as widows for the rest of their lives, since few Jewish men would want to marry a foreign woman.

Ruth chose to serve the needs of Naomi rather than to serve herself. Orpah chose to leave Naomi for what she thought would be a better life. Ruth went on to play a significant role in Jewish history and became an ancestor of Jesus (Matt. 1:5).

Make the best choice. Choose to serve others.

When we’re involved in serving
And meeting others’ needs,
We’re imitating Jesus
In thoughts and words and deeds.  —Fitzhugh

Serve God by serving others.

Bible in One Year:   Leviticus 26-27; Mark 2

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[AZamericonnie]

This really a cool thread Feather. Thank you! Did I read it right that you got to be their escort? *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Honoring Our Heroes

3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
CMS
David (LUV W)
Defender2

Ev (MozartLover)
Future Snake Eater (RightOnline)
Jade Falcon
JemiansTerror
Jet Jaguar
Jonathan (AZbushgal)
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KB4W (arbee4bush)
Kevin (skimask)
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Kevin and David (vigilante2)
Laurita
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Nate (sneakers)
OneLoyalAmerican
Robert, Jeremy & Daynnis (SoldierDad)
The Sailor
tongue-tied
txradioguy
William (jackv)
>Allegra

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Our National Anthem

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[El Gran Salseron]

There was a female Air Force sergeant who sang during President RR's funeral. I wish I could find out who she is or how to find a video of her singing "America." What a voice she has. It made me wonder why she is in the Air Force and not on Broadway or doing opera.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ms feather, for today's Honoring Women Military Bands.

[SandRat]

Ok I'm in

[SandRat]

 

	The year 2002 is a very special year for a group of Canadian Women who are celebrating and remembering an exceptional time in their lives. They are the women veterans of the WWII Royal Canadian Navy.
Following are excerpts of articles from various publications regarding their history

Wrens Association of Toronto Anniversary Events ... Edmonton Reunion ... Question Period ... History

 
From The Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service and Their Successors - The First Sixty Years 1942-2002  - Calendar produced by Naval Lore - Presentations & Exhibits on Naval History. With permission.

The WRCNS (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service), more familiarly known as the WRENS was founded in 1942, challenging the traditional all male armed forces. Between 1942 and 1946 close to 7,000 volunteers enlisted in the WRCNS and served in 39 so-called 'non-combatant' occupations on Canadian and allied naval bases at home and abroad.

The WRENS trained at HMCS CONESTOGA, in Galt Ontario, and it was the only ship in the Royal Canadian Navy commanded by a women. Nearly 1000 WRENS served in Halifax, and 1000 more served in Washington DC, New York City and overseas in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Over 500 WRENS served in Newfoundland.

In 1943 Captain F.L. Houghton was S.N.C.O. (senior Canadian Naval Officer) London, located in King's House, at Number 10 Haymarket. In preparation for Operation Neptune his staff grew to almost 700, including a hundred members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, occupying seven buildings in various parts of the city. The WRENS were accommodated in a large house on England's Lane, off Haverstock Hill, about three miles from the office. For their 1943 Christmas party he wrote a song in their honour, which was put to music by Wren Madgwick. As far as is known the tune is irretrievably lost, but here for the record are the words:

The Belles of London

Here's to the Girls in Navy Blue,
The Wrens at England's Lane.
There one of the boughs of the mighty oak
That rules the raging main.

CHORUS:
Come, Hearts of Oak,
Your glasses fill
And drink a Toast
To Sailor Jill,
At England's Lane
On Haverstock Hill.

We know the nice girls all love Jack -
We sing it now and then;
But something else we know full well -
All Jack Tars love a Wren!

We're very fond of WAAF's and WAAC's,
And soldiers and Marines,
But what can beat a tiddley Wren
In Navy cap and jeans?

CHORUS:
Come, Hearts of Oak,
Your glasses fill
And drink a Toast
To Sailor Jill,
At England's Lane
On Haverstock Hill.

(From the memoirs of the late Rear-Admiral Frank Llewellyn Houghton, CBE, RCN, © as published in Salty Dips Vol. 8, published by the Ottawa Branch of the NOAC. And reprinted with permission from his son and daughter.)

The WRCNS ceased to exist in August 1946, but in 1951 parliament authorized the formation of a WREN section in the RCN(R). In 1955 a women's component of the RCN was authorized and fully integrated into the regular force. This was a first throughout the British Commonwealth. They served in the RCN until February 1, 1968, on which date, along with the rest of the Royal Canadian Navy, they fell victim to the Canadian Forces Reorganization Act.

[SandRat]

The first military all women band was the Women's Army Band organized at Fort Des Moines in 1942. It was led by then sergeant - MaryBelle Nissly - the job called for a warrant officer but there was no legal precedent to appoint her to that rank. As a result of special legislation, early in 1944 WAC Sergeant Nissly became the first woman in military history to win a warrant officer band leader appointment. WO Nissly left the Army in 1946 but returned to the service as a Captain in the Air Force in 1951 to organize the USAF WAF Band.

The 50 member concert unit performed all over the world playing everything from classics to rock and roll. Unique to the WAF band was the only woman coach horn soloist in the USA - Tech Sgt Marty Awkerman, a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory. For more on military women musicians see: Musicians

[MoochPooch]

Very inspiring.

I wonder if my mother, who had served in the Marines during WWII, had ever had the pleasure of meeting them.

[StarCMC]

Niiice thread! Thanks!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ms feather, for today's Canteen Blessing for the Troops.