Posted on 03/12/2003 5:53:13 AM PST by GailA
Edited on 05/07/2004 9:20:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
JOHN PARTIPILO / STAFF Sgt. Zed Shipley of Bristol, Tenn., uses camouflage to help him blend into the desert for his job as a sniper in an elite reconnaissance platoon in the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
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Where: Millington, TN (Hwy 51 N, 20 miles outside of Memphis, TN)
Day: March 22, 2003
Time: 12 Noon -- 1:30 PM
Keynote speaker: Ret. Col. Tony Lopez
FOOD, DRINKS, MUSIC, FLAGS, come help us Support Our Troops.
Self-reliance is a natural asset which is nurtured and allowed to flourish in the South, as well as in Texas. When you are self-reliant, you build confidence in yourself, and such confidence makes you "unflappable" in the face of a challenge.
Michael
I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands.He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded from months of battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war.
He stands though, with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath. He looks at us now in anger and disgust and tells us this...
I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your children graduate too illiterate to read it.
I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains.
I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you remain silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business.
I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and it has stolen democracy from the people.
It's the soldier not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the press.
It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech.
It's the soldier not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!!
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen."
Prayer Wheel:
When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan, Kuwait AND all over this world.
bttt.
Country boys do know how to shoot, and keep their cool. Although my son was raised mostly in Atlanta, his country-boy, Tennessean role-models taught him to shoot, and he got 40 out of 40 in the riflery test in elite training. I am glad that he is not a sniper, though. What a tough and lonely job!
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