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Good morning Yatch man.

The LT is back in the world, safe, and all is good here. It is a good day!

"The LT is back in the world, safe, and all is good here. It is a good day!"

Thank You God for the safe return of 2LT Radix jr from Iraq

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Feel alone or forgotten.
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AMEN

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Good morning Canteen FReepers.

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on August 10:
1810 Camilio Benso di Cavour Italy, PM
1865 Alexander Glazunov St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)
1869 Lawrence Binyon Vienna Austria, writer (Symbolic Wounds)
1874 Herbert Clark Hoover West Branch, Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933)
1874 James (Tod) Sloan jockey, created monkey crouch riding style
1889 Irene Steer England, 4 X 100m relay swimmers (Olympic-gold-1912)
1893 Douglas Stuart Moore Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard)
1893 Viscount Dunrossil Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia (1959-61)
1899 Jack Haley Boston Mass, actor (Ford Star Revue)
1900 Arthur Porritt NZ, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924)
1900 Norma Shearer Canada, actress (Divorcee, Idiot's Delight)
1909 Leo Fender, inventor of the first mass-produced electric guitar.
1909 Mohammed V King of Morocco (1953, 1955-61)
1910 Angus Campbell US, psychologist (Elections & Political Order)
1912 Richard Reeves NYC, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel)
1913 Noah Beery Jr NYC, actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot)
1913 Steven Nagy bowler, 1st to bowl 300 on TV (1954)
1914 Jeff Corey NYC, actor (Getting Straight, Superman & Mole Men)
1920 Red Holzman NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers)
1923 Rhonda Fleming Hollywood Calif, actress (Spellbound)
1924 Martha Hyer actress (Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly)
1928 Eddie Fisher Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain)
1928 Jimmy Dean Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
1933 Bill Nieder shot putter, (Olympic-gold-1960)
1933 Rocky Colavito Bronx, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game)
1939 Kate O'Mara Leicaster England, actress (Caress Morell-Dynasty)
1940 Bobby Hatfield Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody)
1941 Anita Lonsbrough England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Oly-gold-1960)
1942 Betsy Johnson fashion designer (1971 Winnie Award)
1943 Ronnie Spector [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Baby)
1947 Ian Anderson Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle)
1948 Pal Gerevich Hungary, fencer (Olympic-bronze-1972, 80)
1948 Patti Austin singer (The Real Me)
1952 Ashley Putnam NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978)
1959 Mark Price bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged)
1959 Rosanna Arquette NYC, actress (Desperately Seeking Susan)
1961 Beatrice Alda daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Lisa-Four Seasons)
1961 John Farriss rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1962 Dan Donovan rocker (Bad)

Deaths which occurred on August 10:
30 BC Cleopatra VII, Ptolemae queen, beloved by Caesar, dies
0794 Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charlemagne, dies at 30
1867 Ira Frederick Aldridge US Negro tragedian, dies (birth date unkn)
1930 William H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies
1945 Robert Goddard father of American rocketry, dies
1962 Ted Husing sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60
1963 Estes Kefauver (D-Sen-Tn), dies at 60
1974 Ilona Massey actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64
1974 Pedro Regas actor (Pat Paulsen's « Comedy Hour), dies at 92
1976 Ray "Crash" Corrigan cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
1977 Vince Barnett actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75
1979 Dick Foran actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69
1985 Kenny Backer comedian, dies of a heart attack at 72
1987 Clara Peller actress (Where's the Beef), dies at 86
1988 Adela Rogers St John journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94
1988 Arias Arnulfo 3 time president of Panama, dies at 86

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 MAILHES LAWRENCE SCOTT HOT SPRINGS AR.
1969 MICKELSEN WILLIAM E. JR. MINNEAPOLIS MN.
1970 CROWLEY JOHN E. WILLIAMSON NY.
[REMAINS ID'D 04/22/00]
1971 BATES PAUL J. JR. MESA AZ.
1971 DOLAN THOMAS A. BALTIMORE MD.
1972 SANSONE JAMES J. NORWOOD MA.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
0070 "2nd Temple" of Jerusalem is set aflame
654 St Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
955 Otto organizes his nobles and defeats the invading Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in Germany.
1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth
1557 French troops are defeated by Emmanuel Philibert's Spanish army at St. Quentin, France.
1680 In N Mex, Pop‚ leads rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spaniads
1743 Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage
1792 Mobs in Paris attack the palace of Louis XVI
1809 Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1821 Missouri admitted as 24th US state
1827 Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
1831 Former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery
1831 William Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, is the first to use the term "Old Glory" in connection with the American flag, when he gives that name to a large flag aboard his ship, the Charles Daggett.
1833 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200
1835 Mob of whites & oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH
1846 Congress charters the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution
1856 Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri
1866 Transatlantic cable laid - Former Pres Buchanan communicates over it to Queen Victoria
1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)
1887 Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois)
1888 NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record
1893 Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act
1900 1st Davis Cup Tennis Tournament (Mass) US beats England
1901 Chic White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
1904 Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur
1907 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally
1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords
1913 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
1919 Ukranian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukrane
1921 FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
1938 119ø F (48ø C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)
1944 Boston Brave Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to beat Reds 2-0
1944 Race riots in Athens Alabama
1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged
1948 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY)
1948 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
1949 Natl Military Establishment renamed Dept of Defense
1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space
1961 England applies for membership in the European Common Market
1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km
1966 1st lunar orbiter launched by US
1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again
1973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station
1975 David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon
1977 Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer
1979 Wings release "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request"
1980 Allen, the most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx
1980 Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Championship for 5th time
1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
1981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's NL record 3,630 hits
1981 The Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes
1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million
1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
1986 Billy Martin day, Yanks retire #1
1987 Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successful
1988 President Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II.
1988 UN estimates Asia's population hit 3 billion
1990 US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
1991 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Ecuador : Independence Day (1809)
Missouri : Admission Day (1821)
Italy : Palio Del Golfo (2nd Sunday) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Zambia : Youth Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Elvis International Tribute Week Begins
National Lazy Day
Daughter's Day
Don't Wait...Celebrate Week Begins

Religious Observances
Ang, RC, Luth : Feast of St Laurence, deacon/martyr at Rome

Religious History
1742 English revivalist George Whitefield observed in a letter: 'It is a very uncommon thing to be rooted and grounded in the love of Jesus. I find persons may have the idea, but are far from having the real substance.'
1760 Philip Embury (1728-1773) arrived in New York the first Methodist clergyman to come over from England.in America.
1841 Birth of Mary A. Lathbury, American Sunday School leader and poet. Daughter of a Methodist preacher, two of Lathbury's poems later became popular hymns: "Break Thou the Bread of Life" and "Day is Dying in the West."
1855 Birth of Frederick J. Foakes-Jackson, Anglican theologian. His numerous publications centered around church history. His best-remembered work is "The Beginnings of Christianity, Part I: The Acts of the Apostles" (5 volumes, 1919-33).
1948 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall."

You might be a guitarist if...(Happy birthday Leo)
your wife tells you she dented the fender, and you run to the guitar room to check on your strat.

Murphys Law of the day...(Nurses Laws)
Doctors only ask your name when the patient isn't doing well.

Cliff Clavin says, it's a little known fact that...
An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

SALUTE!

Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!!

Woohoo!! It's time for Chapel. Um, I'll be back in a bit. I've gotta get ready for Liberty! Hehehe!

Good Morning

Always Remembering our troops in prayer

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I posted this earlier on another thread but this is where it belongs. Media bias is getting out of hand. Those of you who have family and friends on the 'front lines' encourage them to write what they can about what 'really' happening, then sans names post it here or somewhere on FR so people can learn the truth. We may need some site on FR just for "Letters and truth from Iraq" Jim Rob...you listening? God Bless our men and women in uniform!

He tells it like it is.

Subject: FWD: Iraq Report 18 July 2003

From one of the Grunts on the scene.

Iraq Report Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003

TO ALL : This is a response to a message that said rules of engagement (ROE ) were causing Army deaths and did not apply to the Marines. No, it's not true. The ROE are dictated by CJTF-7, not individual commanders, and the rules are the same for Army and Marines. We are each required to be armed at all times.

The two magazine rule is that you must have at least two magazines on your person at all times, this helps when you're engaging the enemy. Most people carry at least three pistol mags and seven rifle mags respectively.

Both Army and Marine units openly display their weapons. They both shoot when threatened also. Several attacks have been thwarted by Army and Marine personnel shooting first. We're also much better shots than the enemy. They tend to spray and pray, while we tend to just shoot them.

The Army has more attacks because their AOR encompasses Baghdad and the surrounding areas where the bulk of the attacks have taken place. I've noticed the press does a poor job in reporting military response to these ambushes.

The usual 'real' military report reads: " Five IZ (Iraqis) fired AK-47s and RPGs at patrol (or convoy), soldiers (or marines) returned fire resulting in 3 KIA, and 1 WIA, 1 escaped. Enemy RPGs missed, AK fire ineffective, no US casualties."

We do take some casualties, but we are very effective at counter-firing at the ambushes. Our aggressiveness has proven very effective.

The enemy is primarily made up of insurgents from Iran and Syria who hire Iraqis to attack coalition soldiers, not disgruntled Iraqis who are mad that their electricity is not on all day yet. They provide them with AKs and RPGs and send them on their way with a promise of cash after the attack.

They have even give motorcycles to kids which they are allowed to keep if they ride by a coalition check point and drop a grenade. After one such attack, we found out how easy it was to shoot people off motorcycles. You can hear them from a long way off and shoot them long before they get within grenade dropping distance.

We have good leaders, and they're responding aggressively and well to the attacks, they emphasize that everyone must engage the enemy whenever they show themselves. The kids here are excited to do their job, and they do it well, with the proper weapons and lots of ammo. We go out with M2 50 cals and MK-19 automatic grenade launchers mounted on our vehicles. We carry SAWs, M-203s, M-16s, and M9s. We also carry several different types of grenades and use everything as needed.

We read press articles on the net that have no resemblance to reality every day. The press lies, they make things up, and they misrepresent things to forward their own interests. It would be funny, except that so many people [around the World] believe them.

Take care, XX Babylon, Iraq