[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Michael and Josh Sparling have stood duty with the DC Chapter outside WRAMC and on that Cold Day in January when the Commies had the unmitgated gaul to spit on Josh and spray paint the the US Capitol steps in front of retreating Capitol Police.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Been a**holes and elbows all day. Just spotted this so I thought I’d post and ping the DC Chapter list so they can read about a DC Chapter FRiend and the good work he’s doing for our brave troops.

[BufordP]

Thanks for the ping, JVB! Mike and his son are great Americans!

[RDTF]

thanks for the ping! God bless them!

[patton]

I wish I could do this.

[basil]

I had the great good fortune to meet both Josh and his dad during one of my trips to DC. I have never met 2 finer people. I wish them well, and I know the DC freepers will sorely miss them.

Thanks for all you do representing all of us!

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for the flag. Michael and Josh are great patriots. God bless them.

[tgslTakoma]

Mike and Josh Sparling are both heroes, with hearts of gold. They saw what needed to be done, and they didn't wait around for someone else to do something. Josh joined the Army to defend us from an enemy bent on destroying our country and civilization; and his dad joined the army of "angels" who watch over and guide the wounded troops and their families through the healing process and the Army's bureaucratic maze. Mike Sparling is an angel who wears a black cowboy hat.

:-)

We are so Blessed to have so many good and dedicated men and women looking out for us and each other.

Thank you, JVb, for pinging me to this thread.

[angelsonmyside]

Thanks for the ping but a tissue alert might have helped my keyboard ;-)

Josh’s Dad is a Hero too, now we see where this fine Soldier got it.

[Sensei Ern]

Josh and Mike are also starting a charity that helps wounded soldiers with the stuff they need that falls between the gaps on federal provisions. That is, getting wheelchairs for those who need them, but some pencil pusher decided the government wouldn’t supply it.

[Albion Wilde]

Wonderful post, JVB; thank you! Glad the WashTimes is giving credit to someone who has done so much for so many.

Another good deed Mike Sparling does is that he organized cookouts all last summer for the families on the back lawn, and plans are percolating for this year as well. The wounded whose families and children are in long-term recovery could go outside and socialize and eat grilled meat and fixings rather than the messhall dinner, and the children could run around on the lawn instead of being confined to the room or the indoor hallways.

Mike also distributes many of the “any soldier” gift donations to those who really need them, are too wounded to visit the donation area, and/or have no family with them at WRAMC. Especially when publicity by Sean Hannity and others resulted in thousands of gifts sent to his son Josh, Josh and Mike shared those gifts far and wide among the other wounded, with Mike doing the organizing and delivery as Josh was bedridden.

Mike is a remarkable person in every way, a father of (if I recall correctly) seven grown children, with several in the military.

[DollyCali]

thanks for the thread & ping JVb... some people are just “good” aren’t they?