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For some troops, a holiday-dinner-in-a-box
Yahoo News ^ | Dec 23 , 2013 | Olivier Knox

Posted on 12/24/2013 10:16:21 AM PST by LeoWindhorse

For the American servicemen and –women on the front lines – those who will be spending the winter at remote outposts or on patrol in places like Afghanistan – “home for the holidays” is just a dream. That’s why a special military lab has stepped up to give them a little taste of home: A holiday dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet-potato casserole, and green beans. Hot sauce? That too.

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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; meals; merrychristmas; mre; natick; naticksoldiersystems; thankyou; troops
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God bless them all and a MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our troops . And ' Thank You '

Be safe ....

1 posted on 12/24/2013 10:16:21 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3104955/posts


2 posted on 12/24/2013 10:19:46 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: LeoWindhorse

Obama went golfing. Maybe he could send them a tee or something.


3 posted on 12/24/2013 10:35:07 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: LeoWindhorse
"For some troops, a holiday-dinner-in-a-box"

Gee, and which "holiday" would that be? Even a day before Christmas, when there's no doubt which "holiday" they could be talking about, Yayhoo News still can't bring itself to call it Christmas. What a pathetic bunch of atheist losers.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

4 posted on 12/24/2013 10:39:15 AM PST by wku man (It's almost deer season, got your DEERGOGGLES on yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexrnFq2fXY)
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To: LeoWindhorse
"included a little 1 oz Tabasco bottle. It was the only glass packaging in the MRE – and it posed obvious challenging. “But it was really the only packaging that Tabasco sauce wouldn’t eat through,"

HA.........They get HOT Sauce ! In my day we had to grow red peppers in our skivy shorts. --just kidding :: God bless our troops

5 posted on 12/24/2013 10:46:55 AM PST by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Merry Christmas to our troops - one and all - and to everyone else!

Matthew 1:18-25

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,

25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.

Luke 1:26-35

26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”

29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.

30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.

32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”

34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”

35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

Luke 2:4-20

4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,;

5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.

6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.

7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

14 “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.”

16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.

17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.

18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

John 1:1-18

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ “

16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.


6 posted on 12/24/2013 10:47:39 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: LeoWindhorse

As their corrupt commander in Chief is sipping Margarita on a tropical island...Hard to believe they can get anyone anymore to risk their lives for the wealthy ruling class corrupt government leadership.


7 posted on 12/24/2013 11:06:03 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: All

God bless our Armed Forces

Merry Christmas


8 posted on 12/24/2013 11:25:59 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (Einstein was right)
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To: LeoWindhorse

What is Rep Ryan having?


9 posted on 12/24/2013 11:39:04 AM PST by Gamecock (Celebrating 20,000 posts of dubious quality.)
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To: All

I remember a Christmas or two where I was lucky enough to trade a can of C-ration “Beef in spiced sauce” for a can of “Turkey Loaf”.
Made things so festive.


10 posted on 12/24/2013 11:45:05 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: LeoWindhorse

Hot sauce? That too.....I have a silver chain and Tabasco top that I used to screw a small bottle of Tabasco on. Sent to me in VN by some kind soul that heard I NEEDED Tobasco. I wonder if they still make the chain/top and small bottles? I was popular on patrol until the little bottle was getting low.


11 posted on 12/24/2013 11:58:22 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: dragnet2

Muzzies ain’t supposed to drink alcohol.


12 posted on 12/24/2013 12:00:52 PM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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Muzzies ain’t supposed to drink alcohol.

They are granted special dispensation and allowed to drink alcohol and consort with whores if they are in infidel lands, working secretly to destroy that infidel society and kill people.

And 0bama is definitely doing that.

13 posted on 12/24/2013 12:42:05 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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consort with whores

I assumre you were referring to the RATs and RINOs?

14 posted on 12/24/2013 12:43:26 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: LegendHasIt

When Saudi Businessmen fly into the US, the first places they head to right off the plane are the local strip clubs.


15 posted on 12/24/2013 12:44:13 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: LegendHasIt

In 67 we had turkey loaf in the mess hall at Chu Lai
but I got to pose with a turkey leg and all the trimmings
for a photo to be sent home to the hometown paper.

Hahahahah.


16 posted on 12/24/2013 12:44:42 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Heh, I wasn’t referring to that at the time, but sure, that works too


17 posted on 12/24/2013 12:49:40 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: dfwgator

Yep. and the 9/11 hijackers did that the night of 9/10, which was what prompted my post.


18 posted on 12/24/2013 12:51:27 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: tet68

Heh. PR Flacks, Huh?
Man I hated them.


19 posted on 12/24/2013 12:54:13 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: dfwgator

And a couple of decades ago, there was a Saudi (minor) Prince and a few of his minions that lived in an exclusive apartment building where I was head of security for a while. They had call girls up nightly, and booze delivered by messenger, sometimes 2-3 times a night.


20 posted on 12/24/2013 1:04:12 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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