There's somethin' happenin' here...it ain't Right...Vile Left RATS Rule by Fear!!
ATF men in a tank over there, slaughterin' kids whilst they knelt in prayer!!
It's high time we INDICT T-Mac...PUNK Dem's Clown!!
DNC Chairman...who killed Ron Brown?!!
There's bad men doin' Wrong...They'll win The Fight, unless the Right is Strong!!
Bold people must speak OUR minds...we're gettin' too much resistance from OUR side!!
It's time we ROUT Lib'rals, TRASH DemClowns!!
Right time fer Justice to make a Rebound!!
Clinton feels he can't be beat...Med'yuh Poltroons, they're Effete!!
Forgivin' wrongs, Press parrots Slick's LIES!! Mosta DemRATS say, "Slick Willie's OUR GUY!!"
It's time we STOP DemRATS...Stop DemClowns!!
Big Guv'ment's shakin' OUR Country down!!
Rev-o-lutions start slow...but Limbaugh's Legions shall grow!!
Evil Wins when the Good are afraid!! Step outta line...the time's come fer Truth to hold sway!!
We shall INDICT T-Mac...Stop Left's Clown!!
All ya good FReepers, come help us out!!
We gotta STOP Clinton...Crush Slick's Crown!!
Ev'rybody help what's goin' down!!
We're gonna STOP Lib'rals...STOP DemClowns!!
Destroy Lib'ralism...let's do it NOW!!
(12/29/2001...Happy Birthday, MamaMUD!!)
Terrance P.(unk) McAuliffe is Complicit with ALL the EX-Traitor-in-Chief's Campaign Finance Abuse Felonies and TREASON!!! Here's how we mnake the slimey bastard pay...
It's High Time the Right INDICTED DNC Chairman Terry "Punk" McAuliffe, IMHO, of course!!
Slick Willie is a Liar/Felon/Rapist/Mass-Murderer/WarCriminal/Traitor/Tyrant...but he had a whole lotta help from the Left. The Vast LeftWing Medyuh Whore'd will Defend the Indefensible--again--at their own peril!!
When we INDICT DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe, the BrainDead Lib'ral Dem'RAT Masses won't have a clue that we are actually beginning The Discovery Stage for Slick Willie's INDICTMENT...but the well-informed RightWing shall know, because we'll make it happen!!
FReepers, it's time to flex our muscles and show the Left who controls the GOP!! And it ain't McStain's RINOs!!!
Let's ROCK...MUD
1 posted on 12/29/2001 4:35 AM EST by Mudboy Slim
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TO THE TROOPS:
God bless each and every one of you. Thank you for your faithfulness to your oath, and thank you for your patriotic service. We who wait are so proud of you all that words would never come close to expressing it. Just know that we all pray for your speedy return, and hope you come home victorious. Bless you ALL!!
Love and prayers, 
DISCLAIMER: I don't really look like this--except to my husband!)
A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we (Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war. He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the support of France.
I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's rescue in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold war, their ingratitude and jealousy was due to surface at some point in the near future anyway.
That is why France is a third-rate military power with a socialist economy and a bunch of wimps for soldiers. I additionally told him that America, being a nation of deeds and action, not words, would do whatever it had to do, and France's support was only for show anyway. Just like in ALL NATO exercises, the US would shoulder 85% of the burden, as evidenced by the fact that the French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the other way around.
He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he would like to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King and beat his ass in front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East, thus demonstrating that even the smallest American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman.
He called me a barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Mary Beth Johnson LtCol, USMC
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Today in Anchorage, Alaska:
Sunrise 9:37am
Sunset 3:56pm
Hi 42F
Lo 30F
Mostly cloudy and mild
Actual yesterday in Anchorage:
Hi 55F Record hi
Lo 35F
State Hi 62F Sitka
State Lo 3F Northway
Simple Thanksgiving eve fare at the Canteen today...thus giving the chefs time to create a feast for tomorrow - and the anticipation, fresh air, memories of Thanksgivings past and the smell of turkey roasting make Thanksgiving dinner the best-tasting meal of the year. So go out and play a game of touch football and breath in the crisp, fall air. (^:
Cheeseburgers, club sandwiches w/ fries and/or
Salad...
Hot fudge
brownie
sundae
Off to bake the pies for tomorrow.
Happy Thanksgiving Eve to the Canteen crew, Freepers and especially to our troops....for whom we are truly grateful.
Amen.
Gravy train
11/27/02 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- Col. Steve Cameron, commander of the 412th Test Wing here, pours gravy for a diner at the wing's annual Turkey Day festivities. Hundreds of volunteers took time out to bake and serve the traditional Thanksgiving meal to more than 1,000 airmen and base people. (Photo by Phil Kocurek)
Marines from Weapons Company Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), drag their opponents across the line during a tug-of-war aboard the USS Nassau (LHA-4) during a Steel Beach Picnic for the Marines and Sailors. Photo by: Sgt. Zachary A. Bathon
Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and the Nassau (LHA-4) set sail on a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) for some deep sea- fishing during Steel Beach Picnic Festivities. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Alexander Whitney
Sgt. Deonte Cole, a Chicago, Il native shoots for the inside during a basketball tournament held aboard the USS Nassau (LHA-4) between Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Sailors of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group during a Steel Beach Picnic. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Alexander Whitney ">
HN Dominick Breedlove, a Houston, TX native, and member of the Battalion Landing Team, 2d Bn., 2d Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), passes the ball for an assist during a basketball tournament held aboard the USS Nassau (LHA-4) between Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU (SOC) and Sailors of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group during a Steel Beach Picnic. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Alexander Whitney
Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Sailors from the USS Nassau (LHA-4) enjoy their time swimming in the welldeck of the ship during a Steel Beach Picnic. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Alexander Whitney
Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Sailors from the USS Nassau (LHA-4) enjoy their time swimming in the welldeck of the ship during a Steel Beach Picnic. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Alexander Whitney
Pentagon survivor takes part in Operation Enduring Freedom
Submitted by: MCB Camp Butler
Story Identification Number: 20021126191720
Story by Sgt. John Sayas
KARSHI KHANABAD, Uzbekistan -- Sgt. Charles E. Diamond had thoughts of getting out of the Marine Corps after four years of honorable service to his country following his tour of duty at the Pentagon more than a year ago. Diamond had been put on terminal leave as he reached the end of his enlistment following the terrorist attacks, but later changed his mind because of it.
Diamond planned on working with the Marines at embassies around the world, but all that and his duty as a Marine changed suddenly following the tragic events on Sept. 11, 2001.
"As I was on terminal leave, it felt like I was running away from things by getting out," said the Los Angeles native who now resides in Fairfax, Va. "Within fifteen days, I was back in the Marine Corps."
As part of his reenlistment, Diamond requested to be assigned with a deployable unit who would be a part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Six months later as a sergeant, he was shipped to Okinawa to be part of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron-1 and later Marine Air Control Group-18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, where he would be assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron-4 deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom.
Diamond, who is currently serving here as an administrator with Air Traffic Control Detachment A, MACS-4, had always wanted to be a Marine. His father, Charles, served four years in the Marine Corps as a radio operator with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton and then as a Marine Security Guard in Senegal, Africa, and Ottawa, Canada, from 1973-77. Diamond?s grandfather also served in the Army during World War II.
"I was around Marines all my life and I saw their high standards," he said. "To me, they were always the best of the best in the military and never did I ever want to join any other service. It was always the Marine Corps."
As a young boy, Diamond was constantly around Marines as his father served at embassies around the world as a regional security officer, which gained his interest more as he grew.
He attended boot camp in 1997 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif., and was later assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., for three years as an administrator. During his tour with the infantry unit, Diamond saw the world while being promoted to corporal. He took part in many exercises and trained with who he always thought was the best military service in the world in places like Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Spain, Italy, Malta, Romania, Greece, Jordan and Korea. To him and many other Marines, it was training, however, in reality a serious business.
"As Marines, we train the way we are going to fight," stated Diamond.
Diamond was then transferred to the Pentagon in Aug. 2000 and worked closely with the Commandant of the Marine Corps and his staff throughout the next year. Just days away from exiting the Corps on terminal leave, Diamond was conducting his duties as administrator of the Office of the Director of the Marine Corps Staff when something very unusual happened.
"I was the opening duty that morning, showing up at 0430 to pull messages and had to make sure the offices of the director were up and running," Diamond explained. "I had to ensure that at 0700, the Marine staff would be able to show up and get to work."
Two hours later, news about the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center had been passed. Diamond and fellow Marines had made their way to the commandant's conference room to see what was going on when suddenly the building shook violently, then a loud explosion followed shortly after.
"We didn't know what was happening at that moment," Diamond said. "The last thing we thought was terrorism. As myself and others were yelling to others to get out, it all started to hit home and I realized that something had happened, but still didn't know what."
As he and his fellow Marines exited the building, it was then that they realized what had just happened. The extent of the damage was revealed as smoke came bellowing out from the damaged Pentagon.
"I had never seen so much smoke before in my life. People were screaming and crying and the wounded were on the ground," he said. "We got across the street and heard that another plane was coming and it was then that we realized it was a plane that had hit the Pentagon."
An Army colonel who needed assistance with evacuating the wounded in a van and transported to Ft. Belvior hospital approached Diamond. As traffic began to be too heavy, Diamond had traded places with the colonel and ran in front of the van trying to clear traffic. They arrived at the hospital two hours later.
Unfortunately, the day didn't end anytime soon. The dead and wounded were still being excavated from the wreckage and Diamond returned to the Pentagon to assist with anything possible despite all the confusion. He later credited his fellow Marines for keeping his spirits high and hopes alive.
"It was hard to believe that this was happening," Diamond said. "The Marine enlisted and officers that I served with that day in my mind are the top in the Marine Corps because they acted like no one else I ever met."
More than a year after that unforgettable day, Diamond has once again answered the call of duty, but this time serving with his fellow Marines in a war against terrorism.
"I get to be out here representing my family and all Americans," he said. "My Marines know that what happened on Sept. 11 changed our lives. I really don't need to talk with them about it. They know how motivated I am about what we are doing and so are they."