[AZamericonnie]

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[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Evening! :-) *hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note that tonight’s thread was authored by laurenmarlowe. Please thank her.
She is right now watching the fireworks on the USS Yorktown with her kids.

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Happy Independence Day from…
Patriots Point, South Carolina! ~

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[AZamericonnie]

Thank you ladies for this evenings road trip! *hugs*

[philly-d-kidder]

Happy 4th of July 2011 Thank you Troops for your Sacrifice and your Families TOO! God Bless The USA! Kathy have a Great one..

[Kathy in Alaska]

Honoring Our Heroes

1LT Carol USA, Nurse Corp (Vineyard)
2LT Rebecca USA (Daughter of U S Army EOD)
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
86th Fighter Weapons Squadron "Combat Hammer" (saminfl)
AbnSarge USA
Adam USAF (Grumpybutt)
Allegra
Anoreth USCG (daughter of Tax-chick)
aviator USAF
BIGLOOK USN
Brett USN (CindyDawg)
Brother and Son-in-Law (kalee)
Cannoneer No. 4
CAPT Bryan USA (Diver Dave)
CAPT Future Snake Eater USA (RightOnline)
CAPT Jason Clendenin (friend of Frou)
Chris USA (amom)
Chuck USA (RightOnline)
COL Mike (gpapa)
CMS USA
ConorMacNessa USN USMC
David USAF (LUV W)
Defender2
Deven USA (Shimmer)
Diver Dave USN
Drumbo USN
Ethan USMC (georgiabelle)
forgotenknight13 USA (grandson of Monkey Face)
Fred (DocRock)
GulfWar1Vet USA
HiJinx USA
IS2 Brianne USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
IS2 Heather USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
Jade Falcon USN
James USA (Grumpybutt)
JemiansTerror USA (Jemian)
Jet Jaguar USAF
Joel (NEMDF)
Jonathan USMC (AZbushgal)
Josh USN (doug from upland)
Karen USA (fatima's granddaughter)
Kenneth (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
Kevin USMC (skimask)
Kevin and David USA (vigilante2)
Laurita USA
LCpl Carter USMC
LCpl Joe USMC (Don’tMessWithTexas)
Lindsay (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
LT David (Coldwater Creek)
LTjg Gerald USN (Vineyard)
M1911A1 USMC (M0sby)
M1Tanker
Major Jennifer USA (Diver Dave)
Major joma89 USAF
MEG33's Navy Grandson
Michael USAR (RightOnline)
Mike1Sg USA (mystery-ak)
Milo828 USA (mystery-ak)
MSgt Eddie USAF ( Son of ThomasPaine2000, CMSgt USAF, Ret)
MSGT Glen Ignasiak USAF (nephew of AirForceMom)
Nate USN (sneakers)
Old Sarge USA
OneLoyalAmerican USCG
PFC Jake USMC (son of Enough_Deceit)
Philetus USA
PROCON USA
Pvt Alex USA (son of Enough_Deceit)
Rick USAF (Doogle)
Robert, Jeremy, Daynnis USA (SoldierDad)
SandRat USA
Sat-Com Chris USA (son of KC Burke)
SGT Chris USA (son of Vineyard)
SGT Ev USA (Mozie)
SGT Gray USA (colorcountry’s son)
SGT Robert USMC (MarineMom613)
SGT Sean Reed (preed)
Son USCG (GodBlessUSA)
SPC Drew USA (brother-in-law Stonewall Jackson)
SPC Mike USA (AbnSarge)
SPC William Akin USA (Step-son of BlueLancer)
SPC4 Adam USA (nephew of Repeal The 17th)
SPC4 Dan USA (son of swmobuffalo)
SSG Brian USA (repubmom)
SSG Dustin USA (SIL of U S Army EOD)
SSG Dusty USA (MountainDad)
SSG Mitchel USA (tina07)
SSG Spencer USA (grame)
SSGT Adam USA (Diver Dave)
SSGT Don May Jr USMC (debm29palms)
SSGT John Linde USA (JFoxbear)
SSGT The Black Knight USAF
Stevan USA (Grumpybutt)
Terrence USN (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
The Sailor
TMSuchman USMC
tongue-tied USN/USA
Tonkin USN/USCG
TSGT Jason M Kibler USAF (son of AirForceMom)
SFC txradioguy USA
USAFSecurityForces (son of visualops & TheStickman)
Valerie USAF (Shimmer)
Victor and Tony D USMC (weldgophardline)
Vineyard USN
William USA (jackv)
WOs Bob and Michelle USA (nephew, and his wife, of BnBlFlag)

 

[SandRat]

Glorious Day.

[higgmeister]

Happy Birthday Y’all!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Families, for your service to our country.

Thanks, unique, for the perfect woohoo.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[RC2]

Maybe this would fit here and should be sent to the President and Congress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxDwBYjL3Fc&feature=player_embedded

[Stonewall Jackson]

The USS Laffey is one of the most storied destroyers in US history. Named in honor of an earlier vessel that had been sunk off Guadalcanal after going toe-to-toe with a battleship ten times her size (both ships were named in honor of a Union seaman who earned the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Yazoo City during the Civil War), the Laffey saw service in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters of fighting.

On D-Day, Laffey was part of the Allied invasion fleet, providing artillery support for the troops ashore and anti-submarine protection for the ships bringing in the men and supplies. During an attack on a German artillery position near Cherbourg on June 25, Laffey was hit by a German 11-inch shell, but fortunately the shell had been sabotaged by Czech slave laborers and did not explode.

Transferred to the Pacific after repairs, Laffey took part in the fighting off the Philippines and Iwo Jima, but her greatest moment was off Okinawa on April 16. Fifty Japanese aircraft launched the largest kamikaze attack on a single ship with their target being the Laffey. Twenty-seven aircraft managed to get through the CAP, hitting the Laffey with four bombs, six kamikaze strikes, another kamikaze that bounced off and exploded alongside, and numerous straffings, but she survived. Of the 336 men onboard, 32 were killed and another 71 were wounded, but they managed to bring their ship home.

Repaired and returned to service, Laffey served in the Korean War before being assigned to the Sixth Fleet in the Med for the remainder of her career before being retired in 1968.

[PROCON]

Happy Independence Day Ladies and thanks for tonight's Canteen!

Zach and I are just hanging here tonight and doing our own fireworks, just too many late hours this weekend and I have to work tomorrow..:=(

[luvie]

As per instructions from Procon! :)

...everyone!
God bless America!
God bless our troops!

[luvie]

Beautiful thread, Galz! Happy 4th!

Did you have fireworks aboard the Welcome, Lauren? :)

[BIGLOOK]

Mahalo nui loa for the Road Trip to Patriot's Point tonight.....so fitting!

Haven't seen CV 10 or an A-7 in decades, nice to know they have a home.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy. How are the fireworks?

[B4Ranch]

July 4, 2011

These Colors Ride To The Sound Of The Guns!

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

He Calls Me Friend
July 5, 2011

Someone has defined friendship as “knowing the heart of another and sharing one’s heart with another.” We share our hearts with those we trust, and trust those who care about us. We confide in our friends because we have confidence that they will use the information to help us, not harm us. They in turn confide in us for the same reason.

We often refer to Jesus as our friend because we know that He wants what is best for us. We confide in Him because we trust Him. But have you ever considered that Jesus confides in His people?

Jesus began calling His disciples friends rather than servants because He had entrusted them with everything He had heard from His Father (John 15:15). Jesus trusted the disciples to use the information for the good of His Father’s kingdom.

Although we know that Jesus is our friend, can we say that we are His friends? Do we listen to Him? Or do we only want Him to listen to us? Do we want to know what’s on His heart? Or do we only want to tell Him what’s on ours? To be a friend of Jesus, we need to listen to what He wants us to know and then use the information to bring others into friendship with Him.

Sweet thought! We have a Friend above,
Our weary, faltering steps to guide,
Who follows with His eye of love
The precious child for whom He died. —Anon.

Christ’s friendship calls for our faithfulness. So that our lives exalt His name. —D. De Haan

Nothing speaks more clearly of God’s love than the cross.

Read: John 15:9-17

All things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you . . . that you should go and bear fruit. —John 15:15-16

Bible in a year:
Job 30-31; Acts 13:26-52

[fredhead]

I served 20 years in the Navy, 10 of them stationed aboard carriers (Nimitz, JFK, Ike). A few years ago on a business trip to Charleston, I toured the Yorktown. I was impressed to say the least. But it was the creepiest place I’ve ever been. Walking below decks (on a weekday afternoon wneh there were few tourists) there was no sound. No people, no crew, no machinery running. Just my own footsteps and the ghosts of the men who died on board.