Just wanted you to know that sailors still "cut up" when they are away from home as Christmas, much as you related in your vignette last week..
Rick Pelliciotti, Warrant Officer, 33, from Follanshee, W. Va., poses in a Santa Claus outfit in front of an S-3B Viking, decorated with a painting of Santa Claus, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation in the Gulf region Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002. With the threat of war with Iraq looming, the 5,000 sailors and airmen aboard this aircraft carrier celebrated Christmas a day early on Tuesday after receiving orders to conduct regular operations on Dec. 25. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
President Bush took time out from his family holiday to call many, many servicemen and women....
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) makes Christmas Eve phone calls to members of the armed forces, December 24, 2002 at Camp David. U.S. Bush made a round of calls to soldiers in hot spots and other posts around the world, thanking them for their service 'in defense of freedom.' (The White House via Reuters)