[dutchess]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.

[dutchess]

Welcome to the Finest Pet day. Today please join us and learn more about our unsung heros....the war dogs who have served our country well.

[The Thin Man]

Hi dutchess and Gizmo! Love those war dogs, and wow, Chips was amazing.

"Heros"

Ummm......I think that should be "heroes." :-)

[Calpernia]

Good morning to the Finest! Off to pick my son up from preschool. Still behind. Be back.

The dog rescue and recovery dog camouflages easily. But this is one of the WTC dogs.

[Spruce]

Greetings,
Sorry for the prolonged absence as I've only had time to do a bit of "hit-and-run" posting lately :).

An update on my daughter. She is about halfway through basic now and not only doing well, but excelling! It never occurred to me but the 4 years she spent in marching band have been a real assset. Her TI's have been taking her aside and commending Holly on her performance and attitude.

She tells me that even though they only get 5 minutes to eat the food is excellent. But that didn't stop 2 of the kids from buying candy when they got some time to go to town for necessities. Bad news for the 2 candy smugglers, they were sent back to the beginning. Not smart.

As a wee bit of luck would have it, I recently finished some programming for Northwest Airlines. As part of my compensation they gave me 2 vouchers for round-trip airfare. So my son and I will be travelling to Texas in mid-October for the graduation free of charge!

So I am happy to report all is better than well.

[hdrider]

http://dposs.com/k9/history.htm

I spent two tours in Southeast Asia in '68-69 and miss my partners I left behind, EVERYDAY. One of my dogs saved five lives while giving his ultimate sacrifice. Beno was KIA in an ambush in '68 along the VietNam/Laos border.
The above link gives a history of the War Dogs in our Military Service. God bless them all. One day their handlers will cross the Rainbow Bridge and be united once again.