USO Canteen FReeper Style~Ancient Egyptian Military: Fortresses, Siege Warfare~July 22, 2003

MilitaryHistory.com at the Internet | July 22, 2003 | LaDivaLoca

[beachn4fun]

great start!

[SouthernHawk]

As much as I have been sending your way, it is good to know something FINALLY got there! LOL

[beachn4fun]

or taking dirt nap too

I love your sense of humor!

[beachn4fun]

ah, then I wasn't mistaken ;->

[beachn4fun]

Howdy EG. What's u up 2?

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you.

[beachn4fun]

Howdy wolfi. glad to see you got your cup of joe today. I'm a little behind schedule. Catching up on work and reading about the possibility that our awesome military may have struck gold out there in Iraq. The two Hussein boyz!

[E.G.C.]

Well, We're following some breaking new out of Iraq with the possible assisination of Saddam's son but other than that, not much happening.

[wolficatZ]

I just heard; Great news,I sure hope so. Staying tuned!

[SouthernHawk]

Nope! (but from now on I will have to try and think of ALL the possible interpretations for the graphics that I use! LOL!

How's This?

[aomagrat]

Today's classic warship, USS South Carolina

South Carolina, a 1165-ton (burden) iron screw steamship built at Boston, Massachusetts in 1860, was purchased by the Navy in May 1861 for Civil War service. She was commissioned later in that month as USS South Carolina and assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron. While serving along the Texas coast during the next few months, she captured or destroyed more than a dozen would-be blockade runners, mainly sailing vessels. She also engaged Confederate shore batteries at Galveston, Texas, on 3 August. South Carolina took three other schooners and a sloop off Louisiana in October-December 1861 and, on 19 February 1862, assisted in the pursuit and capture of the steamer Magnolia.

Following repairs in March-June 1862, South Carolina joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which operated along the coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. While on that station her accomplishments included the capture or destruction of several more blockade runners, among them the steamship Alliance, which was seized on 12 April 1864 after running aground.

In March 1865 South Carolina began conversion to a store ship, recommissioning in that role in June. For more than a year she transported supplies in the Western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. USS South Carolina was decommissioned in August 1866. Sold in October of that year, she soon resumed commercial employment under the name Juniata. In 1893 the old ship was converted to a barge and, on 17 February 1902, sank while under tow.

[HiJinx]

Good Morning, Canteeners. Boy, it sure took a lot of effort to come in to work this morning. Good friends of ours invited us to go RV'ing with them last weekend...and we did! What a way to spend a weekend...no phones, no pagers, no TV (by choice), but oh the luxury! The RV park we stayed at had an outdoor pool, a jacuzzi, a card room, a library, and two PCs wired for surfing! We enjoyed a very quiet time playing cards, talking, making plans to go to Hawaii next year, and watching the trains. My buddy is really into trains, that's what drove us to set up next to the main line running through southern Arizona. We watched the Amtrak go through, it was only an hour and 45 minutes late. Seems that the commercial rail lines don't go out of their way to clear the rails for Amtrak. Oh well, that's life...

This is the RV we were in, a Roadtrek 190 on a Dodge Ram 2500 chassis. It handles like a dream and has all the comforts of home. Very nice.

About 10 miles to the east of the RV park lay the Dragoon Mountains and Texas Canyon with its wierdly stacked HooDoos. This rock formation dominates this area, where you will also find the Cochise Stronghold. Cochise is reputed to have been a master strategist and leader who was never conquered in battle. Cochise died peacefully on the newly formed Chiricahua reservation in 1874. His son, Taza succeeded him as chief. Upon his death, he was secretly buried somewhere in or near his impregnable fortress. The exact location has never been revealed or determined.

All three nights we watched as thunderheads built up around us, lightning flashing in bold stokes to hit the earth or in sheets across the ever darkening skies. In every direction we watched the clouds swell until they could no longer hold the rain, and then dark grey curtains were drawn across the view, blocking out the mountains behind them and leaving only the rush of water earthward to nourish the parched land.

[SouthernHawk]

Hey HiJinx, you'd better stay inside! I'm not afraid of a little lightning, but that looks serious!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just then there was a huge lightening flash followed by the roll of thunder and a loud voice from the heavens rang out, "REPAINT, REPAINT AND THIN NO MORE."

LOL!! Thank you for thinking of me! The drizzles have stopped, but there does seem to be hope for later in the week.

[SouthernHawk]

We have a pretty hard time NOT thinking about you! LOL

Best of luck with you weather (and don't skimp on the paint for the church!).

[SouthernHawk]

you=YOUR

[SouthernHawk]

*DING*, You've got mail!

[HiJinx]

I guess I'm just a sucker for a good light show. My boys and I love to sit outside and watch God's handiwork. We're sorta smart about how we do it...none of us is holding golf clubs while watching!

Seriously, we stay away from tall structures, we figure out the flash-to-bang time to see how far away the lightning is, and if it gets to be too close we head indoors. Momma HJ raised us a bit on the wild side, but she didn't raise any fools!

[txradioguy]

Sorry to have to start the day on a down note. A moment of silence and a raised glass in rememberance of 1st Lieutenant Jonathan D. Rozier, 25. Bravo Company 2nd Battalion 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, ist Armored Division, Ft. Riley,Kansas. Winner of the Bronze Star w/ "V" Device for Valor for combat actions while attatched to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was a fellow Texan, soldier, a father and a husband.

John


Thunderbolts Say Goodbye To One Of Their Own

Spc. John S. Wollaston
Staff Writer



BAGHDAD IRAQ – The Forward Operating Base for the 2nd Battalion 70th Armor Regiment has been, as of late, a place of happy times with the awarding of medals for their performance during Operation Iraqi Freedom and a place of transition with the departure of Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Ingram and the arrival of Lieutenant Colonel Leopoldo Quintas. Now, a new emotion has been added to the menu for the 2-70th, sorrow at the loss of a fellow soldier.


Memorial services were held Tuesday morning at the Battalion headquarters for 1st Lieutenant Jonathan D. Rozier. Rozier was killed last Saturday in the Abu Garib market section of Baghdad when a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while his platoon was conducting a routine traffic control point. Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team and the 1st Armored Division gathered to say goodbye and remember a friend and fellow soldier. Rozier, a native of Katy, Texas and a recent graduate of Texas A&M University, had been with Bravo Company a little over a year and promoted to 1st Lt. Shortly before his death.


“When I think of a Texas Aggie, I think of the stereotypical Texas Aggie,” Said Rozier’s Battalion Commander, Lt. Col Leopoldo Quintas. “Loud and boisterous, someone who was headstrong. Well, I’d have to say Jon was the exception to that rule. He was quiet and unassuming. He led his soldiers both in peacetime and with distinction in war. He served side by side with them. He assumed their risks and dangers, and he endured their hardships, every step, every kilometer of the way.”


It was Rozier’s platoon of tanks from Bravo Company that was first across the berm that separates Kuwait and Iraq in the early hours of March 20th signaling the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). For his actions during the ground combat phase of OIF, 1st Lt. Rozier had recently been awarded the Bronze Star with “V” Device for Valor by Major General David Petraeus, Commander of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) with whom 2-70th spent the majority of their time with during combat operations.


“Jon died doing what a platoon leader should do.” Said his company commander Captain D. Bradley Laauwe. “He was on the ground with his soldiers, setting the example and leading from the front. You can’t ask anymore of a leader than to be out front with his soldiers.”


Capt. Laauwe then read a portion of a poem read at every Aggie muster for those who have fallen. “Softly call to muster, let comrades answer here. Their spirits hover ‘round, as if to us bring cheer. Mark them present forever in your hearts, we’ll meet again some other day. For there is no death but life eternal, for old friends such as they.”


Shortly after the conclusion of the ceremony, 3rd Brigade Commander, Colonel Russ Gold said the people who killed 1st Lt. Rozier would be found and brought to justice. “We are not fighting soldiers, because soldiers have honor,” Gold said of the attackers. “We are engaged with criminals, who are immoral, have no honor, and contribute nothing to society but hatred and discontent. They are murderers, and only understand one thing, brute force, and that is just what they are going to get. I will use every resource available to find and capture the individuals responsible for this heinous crime”.

The ceremony concluded with a roll call, the playing of taps and friends and fellow soldiers coming forward to pay their last respects. 1st Lieutenant Jonathan D. Rozier, 25, is survived by his wife Jessica and his 8-month-old son Justin.

[SouthernHawk]

....raised us a bit on the wild side....

Sounds good, being wild doesn't have to mean being stupid!!! LOL!

"God's Handiwork" can make you feel pretty humble and pretty small. You just can't beat the best!