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FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ MAR 14 2004
Chaplain Jay Padgett from Mosul, Iraq

Posted on 03/13/2004 8:21:28 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

 
 
Welcome to
The FReeper Canteen
 
Today's Spiritual Journey takes us to the

234th Signal Battalion Iowa National Guard




Chaplain Padgett was assigned to the unit in the
Kentucky National Guard that FReeper Old Sarge is.
When the 234th Signal Battalion
of the Iowa National Guard was sent to Iraq
he was assigned to them because they had no Chaplain.
He was due home this month but has been extended until Aug 2004.


 

Chaplain Padgett’s Comments for 12 March 2004

Last Saturday, March 6, I went with 40 Alpha and Charlie Company soldiers to a village about 30 minutes south of Mosul. Our military convoy included nine vehicles, my assistant, an interpreter, two print journalists and one broadcast journalist from the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment from the Task Force Olympia Public Affairs Office and 63 boxes of donations and supplies.

The Buwayr Village is named for a nearby well that is no longer in use. The sheik was not at home, but his son graciously welcomed us. According to Ahmed Ali Akob, the sheik’s cousin, the land, owned and inhabited by 100 villagers and lots of animals, is used mostly for growing barley and wheat and was purchased from the Ottoman government nearly 300 years ago. As we entered the village, the mud huts that made up the majority of homes instantly intrigued me. I asked how long these structures would typically last and was surprised by the answer: 30 to 40 years.

Captain Dan Smith (Alpha company commander), Sergeant First Class Doug Johnson, Specialist Zach Thein and myself were invited to have tea with seven men of the village. They had left their sandals and shoes at the front door; we wore our combat boots and were assured that we were not being disrespectful. There was no furniture in the front room except for a small couch and two chairs that were pushed against a wall. We sat on a large beautiful Persian rug that covered nearly all the floor space. For comfort, vibrant colorful pillows lined the walls in which we could rest and recline.

Overhead, just below the ceiling and lining the four walls, hung photographs - all were men. Most were black and white photos of ancestral leaders, including the sheik’s grandfather, all looked to me very stereotypically Arabic - with either mustaches or beards and wearing traditional head coverings.

As I gazed around the room looking at the portraits, I couldn’t help but think that I was sitting in a place of honor. Maybe I was reading too much into the experience. Specialist Thein brought clarity to the moment by asking, “Would you have ever thought in a million years that we would sitting in a place like this drinking tea?” The answer was no, I couldn’t have even imagined an experience like this last year.

One of the younger men poured hot tea into small clear glass cups and distributed them with the help of the others. We chatted, with the help of our interpreter Mohammed; they shared with us about the history of the area and voiced village concerns related to issues such as water and electricity. Finally, Captain Smith and I agreed that our legs were going to sleep and gratefully the session ended and we went outside. There were two soldiers from the Public Affairs office waiting to speak to the Akob; ironically, he had just left a room full of men to be interviewed and video taped by two female journalists. He told them he was very appreciative of our service and emphasized the village was friends of the U.S.

Before we left, I had my picture taken with him. He grabbed my hand and held it; it was a nice personal touch that I appreciated. The visit to the Buwayr Village to meet and interact with its leaders and children worth was the trip to Iraq. And now, a week later after the successful humanitarian mission to the Buwayr Village, I think of the eleven men in the room: seven representing the village, four representing the 234th Signal Battalion; seven representing Iraq, four representing the United States of America. But most importantly, there were eleven men representing cooperation and hope. I am grateful to my God and Nation that I had the opportunity to be one of the eleven.

For God and Country, Chaplain Jay Padgett from Mosul, Iraq - Psalm 23:4



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To: Radix
You're probably already ahead of me. ;)
101 posted on 03/14/2004 6:47:44 AM PST by Fawnn (Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person)
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To: Radix

Radix!!! #100!!!

102 posted on 03/14/2004 6:49:49 AM PST by Fawnn (Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Please remove me from your ping list. thank you for the thought.
103 posted on 03/14/2004 6:52:37 AM PST by rock58seg (Character and integrity do count. BUSH/CHENEY 04)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
On This Day in History


Birthdates which occurred on March 14:
1681 Georg Philipp Telemann Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer
1692 Peter Musschenbroek Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)
1782 Thomas Hart Benton (Representative), "Old Bullion"
1800 James Bogardus US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings)
1804 Johann Strauss the Elder Viennese violinist/composer (Radetzky March)
1808 Catharinus Putnam Buckingham Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1816 Montgomery Dent Corse Alexandria VA, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1820 Victor Emmanuel II King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78)
1823 Roswell Sabine Ripley Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1833 John Sappington Marmaduke Major General (Confederate Army)
1835 Giovanni V Schiaparelli Italian astronomer (Mars)
1844 King Umberto I of Italy (1878-1900)
1854 Thomas Riley Marshall (D) 28th Vice President (1913-21)
1864 [John] Casey Jones RR engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones)
1879 Albert Einstein Ulm Germany, (E=mc²/Theory of Relativity, Nobel 1921)
1903 Molla Mustafa Barzani Iran, Kurd leader (KDP)
1912 Les Brown Reinerton PA, orchestra leader (& his band of renown)
1919 Max Shulman novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap)
1920 Hank Ketcham cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
1923 Diane Arbus photographer/innovator
1928 Frank Borman Gary IN, astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8)/CEO-Eastern Airlines
1933 Michael Caine [Maurice J Micklewhite] Bermondsey London England, actor (Blame it on Rio, Alfie, Educating Rita, The man how would be king)
1933 Quincy Jones Jr Chicago IL, jazz & R&B producer/composer/singer (We Are The World)
1934 Eugene A Cernan Chicago IL, Captain USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17)
1934 Shirley Scott swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine)
1942 Jerry Jeff Walker Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles)
1945 Michael Martin Murphey Dallas TX, country singer (Wildfire)
1945 Walter Parazaider Chicago IL, rock saxophonist (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
1947 Billy Crystal Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, Saturday Night Live, City Slickers)
1952 David Byrne guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House)
1952 J Fred Muggs chimp (Today show)
1956 Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova Russia, cosmonaut
1962 Kirby Puckett centerfielder (Minnesota Twins)


Deaths which occurred on March 14:
1490 Charles I Duke of Savoy, dies at 21
1573 Claude II of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered Admiral Coligny, dies
1682 Jacob I van Ruysdael physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53
1883 Karl Marx German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
1932 George Eastman US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at 77
1973 Murat B "Chic" Young US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
1975 Susan Hayward actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56
1976 Busby Berkeley US choreographer/director (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
1986 Marlin Perkins TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80
1991 Jerome "Doc" Pomus lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
1992 Ralph James actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies at 67
1992 Steven Brian Pennell 1st execution in Delaware in 45 years, at 34
1995 William A Fowler US nuclear/astro-physicist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83


Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 HILTON ROBERT L.---BALTIMORE MD.
1966 KLUTE KARL EDWIN--RICHMOND IN.
1966 PLEIMAN JAMES E.---RUSSIA OH.
[REMAINS RETURNED 03/23/89]
1968 HAMM JAMES E.---LONGMONT CO.
1972 HARDY ARTHUR HANS---ISPWICH MA.
[REMAINS RETURNED 09/20/83]

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


On this day...
1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor
1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League
1629 England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)
1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen
1734 Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne
1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)
1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
1800 Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII
1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York)
1845 -5.3ºF (-20.7ºC) in Groningen
1862 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern
1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
1885 Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Mikado" premieres in London
1888 2nd largest snowfall in New York NY history (21")
1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics
1900 US currency goes on gold standard
1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian FL
1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt
1913 John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
1914 Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty
1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
1916 Battle of Verdun: German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, San Francisco
1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP
1923 President Warren G Harding became 1st President filing income tax report and pay taxes
1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation
1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US government, publishes 1st issue
1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen & Jack Benny meet on radio
1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-Nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge
1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen TX
1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
1941 Xavier Cugat & his Orchestraestra record "Babalu"
1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
1951 During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul
1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party
1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior MN (CBS) begins
1958 RIAA (Recording Industry Association of American)is created and certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)
1958 South Africa government disallows ANC
1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
1962 Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals
1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death for Lee Harvey Oswald murder
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
1967 JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
1992 Researchers said a substance occurring naturally in broccoli helps the body fight off cancer-causing chemicals.
(Me and George Bush still don't eat it)
1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov & N Thagard


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

Memphis TN : Cotton Carnival (held for 5 days)(Tuesday)
New Mexico : Arbor Day (Friday)
US : Daffodil Days Begins
US : Straw Hat Week Begins
US : National Pi Day (3.14...get it?)
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month


Religious Observances
RC : Third Sunday of Lent


Religious History
1559 French-born Swiss reformer John Calvin wrote in a letter: 'If your labors, where you now are, are sterile, and if here an abundant harvest awaits them, which is the most forcible tie? the one by which God draws you hither, or the one that detains you there?'
1908 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was chartered in Waco, Texas. Originally named Baylor Theological Seminary, the school campus relocated in 1910 to Fort Worth.
1912 Death of Albert L. Peace, 68. One of the noted Scottish organists of his day, Peace composed many cantatas, organ pieces and hymn tunes __ including the enduring ST. MARGARET, to which the Church today sings George Matheson's "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go."
1937 English Bible expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'Neither the nearness nor the remoteness of Christ's return is a rule to regulate us in the ordering of our temporal affairs. Spiritual preparedness is the great matter.'
1961 The New Testament of the New English Bible was simultaneously published by both the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses. (The complete Old & New Testament of the NEB was published in 1970.)

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


Thought for the day :
"The whole point of Christianity is that everyone in the world, from Charles Manson to Mother Teresa, deserves to go to hell."


Word of the day...
kawashock (kah wah SHAHK) n.
Pulling into the last remaining parking spot only to discover a motorcycle there.


New State Slogans...
Tennessee: The Educashun State


Amazing Fact #632...
The average US male will spend 2,965 hours shaving during his lifetime.
104 posted on 03/14/2004 7:03:10 AM PST by Valin (Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
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To: LindaSOG
Beautiful, Goddess.
Thanks to you and Doug (and Hugh)...

105 posted on 03/14/2004 7:11:23 AM PST by HiJinx (Patriotism will prevail if we do.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Guest Military Chaplain ~ Bump!
106 posted on 03/14/2004 7:27:44 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Coffee and pastry with my Oregon Brother; Tonk!
107 posted on 03/14/2004 7:28:51 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: StarCMC
Medal Of Honor Citations ~ You Will Not Be Forgotten ~ Bump!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

108 posted on 03/14/2004 7:30:32 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Coffee with Kathy ~ Bump!
109 posted on 03/14/2004 7:31:15 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Mornin' angels with Kathy ~ Bump!
110 posted on 03/14/2004 7:32:01 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good morning Canteen crew! Good morning troops! God bless you all! Today and everyday:May God bless your families.

Everyone at my home is praying for your safe return!

FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA-AMAZING GRACE- GOSPEL


111 posted on 03/14/2004 8:03:27 AM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Every heart beats true for the red ,white and blue!)
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To: Fawnn; MoJo2001; tomkow6; Radix; HiJinx; Kathy in Alaska; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Old Sarge; ...
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!!!!

HAPPY LORD'S DAY TO YOU ALL!!!

THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE!

LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT!

So!

Jean Kerry want's to have a series of debates with President Bush?

After his "slip_of_the_toungue-I_forgot_the_mic_was_on" moment?

He really insulted me with that insensative and untrue remark.

I'm a proud Republican and a GOD fearing CHRISTIAN WOMAN!

Hear that Jean F(For Frenchman) Kerry?

Now on that note!

Null and Void told me to consider the source of that inane remark by a man who would abandon our country to the "mercy"of those terrorists and destroy our military as well as our way of life if elected president.

Hey! I think I managed to "Hannitize" a woman I know in my fraternity of Secular Franciscans.

I had help from another Conservative Republican though! HEE! HEE!

But if I am to get at least three people each to vote for the Republican candidates for all offices up for grabs this election year. then I have two more folks to "Hannitize"!

(Hmm! Maybe I could Hannitize a certian Dem bus-driver!)LOL!

But back to that insensative remark about Republicans being a bunch of crooks and liars!

BALDERDASH!

As human beings, we are all flawed to some degree. weather Democrat or Republican;Black or White;Christian or Jew or Muslim!

If we were ALL perfect there would be no wars or terrorists.

Jean Kerry is unfairly labeling a certain group of people in one lump. Now I ask you, is this any way for a would-be leader of a nation to be?

NEVER!

He's starting to remind me of Saddam Hussien!

Like Hussian, Kerry has no love for America or the American people.

Just like Saddam Hussian had no love for Iraq or the Iraqi people!

It scares me to death to think there are people out there who would willingly elect a man like Jean Kerry to the highest office in the land.

The tragedy of it would be that not only will the Dems regret thier choice, but WE ALL will pay dearly for this!

PLEASE DEAR GOD! LET PRESIDENT BUSH WIN IN NOVEMBER!

Not only for my sake but for the sake of the future of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and our FREE REPUBLIC!

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ALL HARM BOTH PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL and POLITICAL

MAY HIS ENEMIES BE FEW AND HIS FRIENDS BE MANY!

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR BRAVE TROOPS AND GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND COURAGE AND BRING THEM SAFELY HOME

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT JIM ROBINSON AND ALL WHO POST AND LURK ON FREE REPUBLIC!

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT AMERICA AND HER ALLIES

WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SPAIN.

:/RANT AND PRAYER OVER! :O)

112 posted on 03/14/2004 8:27:25 AM PST by Pippin (Why is Jean Kerry wanting to be president of a country he despises?)
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To: Pippin
Good Morning Pippin!
113 posted on 03/14/2004 8:35:19 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Thank You Troops, Past and Present)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good Morning Tonkin!
114 posted on 03/14/2004 8:36:43 AM PST by Pippin (Why is Jean Kerry wanting to be president of a country he despises?)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; All
Support Out Troops!


Nextel Cup - Golden Corral 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

FOX - Sunday - 1pm EST - 10am PST


115 posted on 03/14/2004 8:41:07 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... Thrash the demRats in November!!! ... Beat BoXer!!!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Catching up on last night's thread, Kat, I didn't realize that Marty Robbins sang, "A White Sports Coat"!
I thought that was Bobby Darin.
It's been a long time. Thanks!

Here's a medley of what I consider his best (besides, "El Paso", of course):

Marty Robbins Best

This is ear candy, but it's a big file.
If you can't load it, let me know which Marty you like, and I'll post it separately.

116 posted on 03/14/2004 8:42:43 AM PST by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: txradioguy
"Last story from Iraq."

WOO HOO!
Thank You for all the stories you have provided us with.
117 posted on 03/14/2004 8:45:08 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Thank You Troops, Past and Present)
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To: All
Support OUR TRoops!!!


OOOPs!! ;-\
118 posted on 03/14/2004 8:46:44 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... Thrash the demRats in November!!! ... Beat BoXer!!!)
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To: StarCMC; All
Good morning Canteen members breaking news off Hareetz wire bomb blast just nail Coastial Town of Ahairan Israel at this hour earlier report they thought it was Teamster accident it wasn't sucidie bomber dude kill 6 people so far

Also Sunday UK OBserver reporting at this hour that Brits going put undercover marshael on some Brit trains

And another report off Tass news Russian election agency claim that Vlad getting more than 50 percent of the vote
Dude is in for another four years

OR UNLESS he proclaim himself Tsar

I don't doubt it
119 posted on 03/14/2004 8:49:42 AM PST by SevenofNine ("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: Valin
"The average US male will spend 2,965 hours shaving during his lifetime."

I've saved half that time!
I've always had a goatee.
120 posted on 03/14/2004 9:06:44 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Thank You Troops, Past and Present)
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