[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Bravo.

[stevie_d_64]

“...from the plains to the Gulf of Mexico, from Sea to Shining Sea!”

[Semper911]

We get them from the United States of America, of course.

[Gamecock]

I suspect we get them in the same place we got them 2 days ago when this article was first posted.

[LetMarch]

Thank you for your good report on those that have served and are serving in our military. They certainly deserve good reports!

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever thongs are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;.............”
Philippians 4:8a,b,c,

[JRandomFreeper]

It's hard to do. I was 43, over the age, but take into account the previous service (18 years previous), they knock years off for that, but they don't count training from back then, go figure.

And then there was the deaf thing. Bad loss in the 700-3000 hz band. -2.3 db. It took Freepers helping me write waiver letters and a waiver from USAFR Command for me to get back in.

Wound up costing me a marriage. Jim had to change my screen name, because my original lead back to my physical address, and opsec was important then.

It was worth it.

/johnny

[Doogle]

...special people indeed.

[IYAS9YAS]

He recalls treating a Marine corporal in Afghanistan who got shot in the upper arm. Krissoff operated on him and cleaned up the wound, then told him he’d have to recuperate back in the States. “He wouldn’t hear of it,” Krissoff chuckles. The corporal stayed at Camp Bastion a while and rejoined his unit. Krissoff heard he got shot a second time and went right back to his unit in Marja again.

I'm reading a book on Iwo Jima right now. In one chapter, it told of a young Marine who went missing from his hospital ship (AWOL, essentially). He jumped ship and headed back to the lines with his unit. He wound up getting killed in action shortly thereafter.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I can do this one a whole lot better.

http://is.gd/hPl6X

Determination. Some people really have it.

Tucson - A 41 year old woman with seven children, 5’8” tall, 292 lbs, loses 100 pounds so she can join the Army. She can now run a mile in 10 minutes and 18 seconds.

Hooah!

[MaggieCarta]

Thanks, neverdem!

[ru4liberty]

This is a keeper, neverdem. Thanks so much for posting ti.

BTW, I too have conducted searches here on FR that failed to produce the proper results results. I have learned not to trust the search engine on the board. But hey! We can take heart that there are FReepers who have the time to police the board for us. They add so much to the discussion, don’t they? ;)

[mad_as_he$$]

ping