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Retired D.C. National Guard Head Dies in DC Metro Subway Crash [Gen. Wherley]
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| June 23 2009
Posted on 06/23/2009 4:17:22 PM PDT by HokieMom
WASHINGTON - Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr., retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, and his wife, Ann, were among those killed in the collision of two Metro trains.
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especially during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. That time saw the changing of the D.C. National Guard from weekend warriors to Army troops performing the duties of enlisted soldiers in battle.
Wherley worked on deployment and returning ceremonies for Guard troops, funding for tuition for Guard members, and after school activities conducted by the D.C. National Guard.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: andrewsafb; dcmetro; dctraincrash; majgendavidfwherley; metro; nationalguard; traincrash; usaf; wherley; wmata
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WMAL radio local news during Mark Levin's radio broadcast said that General Wherley was involved in the decision to scramble jets around D.C. on September 11, 2001.
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:17:22 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
Retired Maj. Gen. David Wherley, former commander of the D.C. Army and Air National Guard, and his wife Ann, were among the victims.
Wherley commanded the 113th Wing at Andrews Air Force Base. The couple lived in the Hill East neighborhood and the general could often be seen walking to and from the armory.
He joined the Army reserve as a second lieutenant in 1969. After a brief tour of active duty, he joined the D.C. air guard. According to his National Guard biography, he was deputy operations group commander for fighters in Saudi Arabia. He had logged more than 5,000 hours of flying time and was a graduate of the Fighter Weapons Instructor Course for the F-4.
Wherley was the officer who scrambled fighters into Washington’s skies on the day of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
“Most of our members have lived in the D.C. area for much of their lives,” Wherley said in an interview a few days after the attacks. “To be patrolling and looking down on their homes, that has been an emotional moment.” - Bill Myers
Washington Examiner
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:21:25 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: STARWISE
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:33:18 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: STARWISE
Was there a problem with your post?
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:37:56 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: HokieMom
I repeated your source ... ;) Duplicate artcle, so no
need to leave it on.
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:39:12 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
To: STARWISE
Oh, ok. You did say that FOX News had reported this news also. One often doesn’t know when it’s his time to be called home, does he.
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:41:21 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: HokieMom; Doctor Raoul; trooprally; Just A Nobody; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; Kathy in Alaska; SandRat; ...
“Wherley commanded the 113th Wing at Andrews Air Force Base. The couple lived in the Hill East neighborhood and the general could often be seen walking to and from the armory.
He joined the Army reserve as a second lieutenant in 1969. After a brief tour of active duty, he joined the D.C. air guard.
***According to his National Guard biography, he was deputy operations group commander for fighters in Saudi Arabia. He had logged more than 5,000 hours of flying time and was a graduate of the Fighter Weapons Instructor Course for the F-4.***
Wherley was the officer who scrambled fighters into Washington’s skies on the day of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack”
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God rest the souls of Maj. and Mrs. Wherley.
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:41:36 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
To: STARWISE
How to say thank you for such valorous service?
My prayer is that they know how much they meant to Americans.
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:46:30 PM PDT
by
Carley
(OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
To: HokieMom
What a terrible useless death.
We do not know the hour or the day, do we.
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:49:34 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
To: silverleaf
We sure don’t. Some people may need to do business with God and get ready.
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posted on
06/23/2009 4:54:34 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: HokieMom
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posted on
06/23/2009 6:17:41 PM PDT
by
RDTF
("I'm pretty sure this is a 2 man job once the shooting starts")
To: Carley
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posted on
06/23/2009 6:33:12 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
To: STARWISE; All
REST IN PEACE
GENERAL WHERLEY
HEAD OF DC NATIONAL GUARD
TRAGICALLY LOST
YOU ARE OUR HERO
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AMAZING GRACE
[CLICK]
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posted on
06/23/2009 6:57:46 PM PDT
by
luvie
( "You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money." GWB 6-17-09 AMEN!!!!)
To: HokieMom
To: LUV W
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posted on
06/23/2009 7:08:26 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
To: HokieMom
Please FReepers, no conspiracy crap or “Obamacide” comments.
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posted on
06/23/2009 7:19:01 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
To: HokieMom
This sad news has an extra edge for me. The planes that
the Gen. ordered into the air on 9/11, made two, low
level passes over my location that day. Low and close,
just a few hundred yards off.
I had never been so proud and appreciative of our
Armed Forces as I was at those moments.
Thanks you General Wherley for your service.
Thanks to all of you serving out there...
Sincerely,
JJ61
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posted on
06/23/2009 7:34:47 PM PDT
by
JerseyJohn61
(Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
To: LUV W
that is very beautiful
To think that this man died so violently after living the life he lived is unthinkable and hard to understand.
RIP Sir.
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posted on
06/23/2009 8:17:02 PM PDT
by
RDTF
("I'm pretty sure this is a 2 man job once the shooting starts")
To: RDTF
It was an unlikely death for a hero of many fronts.
But...remember...General Patton died in an auto accident.
True he was still in the war zone, but it wasn’t the kind of
death that one would have predicted for him.
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posted on
06/23/2009 8:21:53 PM PDT
by
luvie
( "You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money." GWB 6-17-09 AMEN!!!!)
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