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Indy Pendance
| October 29, 2003
| Indy Pendance
Posted on 10/29/2003 7:04:55 AM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: SandRat; Indy Pendance; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Advice? No, Indy, no advice right now. You've done a fantastic job as a parent and your daughters are going to make you even prouder!
Well, maybe, yeah, I do have a little advice. Don't hesitate to ask us for help. My brand new daughter-in-law is an Army Medic, she trained at Ft. Sam Houston. If your medic-to-be wants to know about Ft. Sam, let us know and I'll see if my D-i-L is willing to talk to her.
As for pictures...hmmm...I think Tonk uses that photo, if it's the one I'm thinking of, in one of his collages on the USO Canteen FReeper Style. I'll go look for it and get back to you. If you want to check that out, the Canteen is one of the daily thread buttons on the FR homepage.
Be right back...
HJ
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posted on
10/30/2003 6:20:48 AM PST
by
HiJinx
(Pray for Gubamyster's 3-yr-old son, James, a near-drowning victim.)
To: Indy Pendance; Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; LaDivaLoca; bentfeather; Bethbg79; ...
Newbie' FReeper Military Parent Needs Assistance PING
Indy Pendance : Please tell your children I said
Thank You for your service to our country.
HiJinx : Thanks for the ping.
To: Indy Pendance
Wonderful children you have!
Prayers for their safety.
To: jwalsh07; Indy Pendance
Like I said I'm an old timer. NBC=Nuclear, biological and chemical
I'm not sure which they use any more.
Its NBC=Nuclear, biological and chemical, my son is a trainer in that area in the army.
Congratulations Indy on raising 2 wonderful patriotic children.
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posted on
10/30/2003 8:18:03 AM PST
by
TexKat
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I join in your prayers!
To: Indy Pendance; Diogenesis
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There are a lot of Iraq pics and maps on these threads. Some of the weather maps are out of date, and some are self-updating. The battle maps all look to be good. You'll need to click around a bit. Diogenesis posted a lot of "You Gotta See This!" threads during the Iraq war, and may be able to help you with links and specific pics. Thanks and best wishes to your children for their service.
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posted on
10/30/2003 8:25:19 AM PST
by
Sabertooth
(No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
To: Indy Pendance
I'm searching for something you might want. I know I have some pictures of the Major that was shot down in Dessert Storm if I can find them. Do you only want pictures of female soldiers?
God Bless your children and you for your support and teaching them the values required to keep our nation safe and free.
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posted on
10/30/2003 8:32:49 AM PST
by
Hondo1952
("I don't guess people's hearts got anything to do with a calendar." "Hondo Lane (Hondo):,")
To: jpthomas
That was one hellava masterful landing by Capt. Cambell! It will go down in the books along with the famous landings from WWII.
(hehe . . of course, planes coming back from bombing runs over Germany each day had comparable, if not worse damage on a regualar basis - we just don't remember stuff like that. And the average age of those pilots (your grandpappy) was 21 years old and less than six months of flight experience.)
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posted on
10/30/2003 8:47:16 AM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(Nurture terrorism in a neighborhood near you - donate to your local community mosque.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Bump for the young troops!
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posted on
10/30/2003 9:32:09 AM PST
by
blackie
To: Indy Pendance
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posted on
10/30/2003 10:08:09 AM PST
by
trussell
(PRAYER WORKS!!)
To: Indy Pendance
Bless your heart! Please convey my gratitude to your kids for their service.
Please let me take this opportunity to acquaint you with our Troop Prayer Threads. A number of Prayer Warriors here at FR have banded together to specifically support our troops and their families with prayer and encouragement. We pray together, remind each other of relevant scriptural passages, post links and stories which are relevant to our mission, and share some of our concerns and joys with each other. Please feel welcome to drop by any time!
Our most recent thread:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/994696/posts
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posted on
10/30/2003 10:23:13 AM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(Hold fast what thou hast received!)
To: mystery-ak; Indy Pendance
You're right about the lack of hotels, Indy. We have a house about 2 hours from there. If you should run into reservation problems we would be happy to host you! Congrats on raising to great kids (I'm sure the other one is too!!) Tell them thank you for me!!
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:15:36 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
To: Indy Pendance
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Maj. (Dr.) Lidia Ilcus loads her equipment in an ambulance. She is a flight doctor with the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron in Southwest Asia and joined the Air Force shortly after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Amber Kilpatrick and Ghassan Noor Aldin prepare to give a measles immunization to a young Iraqi boy. Kilpatrick is deployed to the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Local citizens of Kirkuk lined the streets to receive the immunizations. Airmen from the group, together with the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade medics, have immunized more than 4,500 children with the measles vaccine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jill Whitesell)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Staff Sgt. Julie Moretto show two members of Iraq's meteorological organization how to detect thunderstorms and lightning. Moretto is a 447th Air Expeditionary Group airman deployed to Baghdad from the 15th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rebecca R. Garland)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- First Lt. Julie Ayers, a 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons system officer, arrived in Southwest Asia with less than two years in the back seat of the F-15E Strike Eagle. Operation Iraqi Freedom has given her valuable experience. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- From left to right, 1st Lt. Julie Ayres and Capts. Mary Melfi and Tally Parham walk down the flightline at a forward-deployed air base in the Middle East on May 3. The three officers are assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and flew combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ayres and Melfi are F-15E Strike Eagle weapons system officers deployed from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Parham is an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron of the South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Air National Guard Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Derrick C. Goode)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Tech Sgt. Heinz Kiefer, a public health troop, reads a wet bulb thermometer test results to Master Sgt. Mindy Patrick, a bioenvironmental engineering troop, at Bashur Airfield in northern Iraq. The test helps determine heat stress levels. Both airmen are assigned to the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group's environmental medicine flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Capt. Kim, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot deployed with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, surveys the battle damage to her airplane. Kim's A-10 was hit over Baghdad during a close air support mission on April 7. (Courtesy photo)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Capt. Jennifer Wilson, a B-2 Spirit pilot, is the first female B-2 pilot to fly a combat mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Richard Freeland)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Lisa Jones loads air-to-ground missiles for an F-16 Fighting Falcon on the flightline at a forward-deployed location March 25. Jones is a precision-guided munitions crew member with the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron. She is deployed from the 18th Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Lt. Col. Carolyn Miller tests a blood sample in her laboratory located in a tent hospital that serves thousands of deployed servicemembers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Derrick Goode)
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:21:23 AM PST
by
TexKat
To: Indy Pendance; McGavin999
I don't really have anything to add to this thread, but I wanted to say thank you for raising two fine children. Be sure to tell them that the American people support and honor them. 6 posted on 10/29/2003 9:24 AM CST by McGavin999
McGavin said exactly what I feel, so I'm just going to
BUMP this thread.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:58:52 AM PST
by
Allegra
To: Indy Pendance
You Have FREEPMAIL...
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posted on
10/30/2003 12:39:48 PM PST
by
davidosborne
(www.davidosborne.net)
To: Indy Pendance
Wow, Chem. Corps. is not everyone's favorite Branch from what I have heard. Still, it is very important that our Troops are trained in these fields.
Please thank both of them for me.
-Radix
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:09:50 PM PST
by
Radix
(My Tag Line had a fight with your Tag Line... Look at which is left standing here!)
To: Indy Pendance
I was in the Army from '66 to '80. I served in Vietnam from late '67 until early '69. I had some time at Leonard Wood also. The experience will be of great benefit to your boys if they are open minded enough to take advantage of the lessons they will be exposed to. The experience will make them better men and will give them a maturity and sense of responsibility, pride and accomplishment that their civilian peers will lack.
My advice is to write to them often. Phone calls are not a substitute for getting letters at mail call and nothing has a more positive effect on a young soldier than letters from home. I say this based on my experience both as a young teenaged trainee, a soldier in the field and, later, as a Drill Sergeant.
One more thing: God Bless you and your boys and your whole family.
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posted on
10/30/2003 2:20:50 PM PST
by
Chuckster
("Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." George Bernard Shaw)
To: jwalsh07
Like I said I'm an old timer. NBC=Nuclear, biological and chemical
I'm not sure which they use any more.
Old timer? I'm an old timer! They called it CBR in the sixties. Changed to NBC sometime in the seventies. I think they still use NBC.
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posted on
10/30/2003 2:26:56 PM PST
by
Chuckster
("Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." George Bernard Shaw)
To: Consort
I was going to say...."She's a full Colonel?!" Still, Captain is very impressive. You must be very proud.
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posted on
10/30/2003 2:29:42 PM PST
by
Chuckster
("Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." George Bernard Shaw)
To: Chuckster
Oops! Should have read more carefully. Scratch "boys" and "men" and insert "kids" and "citizens". Works for soldiers of either sex.
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posted on
10/30/2003 2:37:33 PM PST
by
Chuckster
("Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." George Bernard Shaw)
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