FReeper Canteen ~ Part I: War in Ancient India ~ July 13, 2004

241 posted on 07/13/2004 10:12:58 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

242 posted on 07/13/2004 10:13:00 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

243 posted on 07/13/2004 10:13:03 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

244 posted on 07/13/2004 10:14:22 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

245 posted on 07/13/2004 10:14:30 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

246 posted on 07/13/2004 10:14:37 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

247 posted on 07/13/2004 10:15:00 AM PDT by USVet6792Retired (An Armed Society is a Polite Society)

248 posted on 07/13/2004 10:15:14 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

249 posted on 07/13/2004 10:15:17 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

250 posted on 07/13/2004 10:15:17 AM PDT by armyboy (Posting from Ft. Livingroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon I'll be depoyed at Camp Refrigerator)

To: USVet6792Retired

251 posted on 07/13/2004 10:15:34 AM PDT by USVet6792Retired (An Armed Society is a Polite Society)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Folks, I just finished downloading the July set of critical updates from Microsoft. Be sure to visit Windows Update and download them if you're running Windows.

252 posted on 07/13/2004 10:27:34 AM PDT by E.G.C.

Hi Auntie Fawnn. I'm just now getting around to catching back up and I had to tell you that this one is funny! And, his response to you was an admission! Now we know! LOL

253 posted on 07/13/2004 10:53:58 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Michael "Lies, Lies and Moore Lies" probably would like to be President of the country he hates.)

254 posted on 07/13/2004 10:57:10 AM PDT by windchime (Where in the world is Joseph C. Wilson?)

To: Kathy in Alaska

255 posted on 07/13/2004 10:58:16 AM PDT by windchime (Where in the world is Joseph C. Wilson?)

256 posted on 07/13/2004 11:13:33 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........summer camp........summer camp........summer camp........summer camp........summer camp)

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; tomkow6; Common Tator

"RightWinger Uprise!!"
(To be sung to the Eagles' "Tequila Sunrise!!")

RATS're Fearin' OUR Righteous Uprise...
'Cuz Slick Willie is gonna FRY...
Clinton's MINE!!

MUD is just a hired hand,
Working on the FReeps he plans to try...
McAuliffe's MINE!!

Folks, we're Right when we FReep RATS' clowns...
Justice Shall Be OURS Once Slick Goes Down...
He'll Be SQUEEEEEEALIN' LOUD!!

Slick isn't just another Lib'ral,
And MUD hazta FReep RATS' Lyin' SCUM!!
Slick, say "So long!!"

It'll be such a wondrous feelin'...
When we get Slick Re-Impeached!!
Truth can't be spin'd!!

Take another shot of courage,
Wonder why the RightWing never sung?!
Just know that The Righteous Shall Triumph!!
Slick's Chi-Com SCUM!!

It's another RightWinger Uprise,
This whole world won't be the same...
DemonRAT Shame!!

Ooo-ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo-ooo

FReegards...MUD

257 posted on 07/13/2004 11:37:32 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH the Butcher of Waco!!)

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; tomkow6; MoJo2001; Bethbg79; HiJinx; LaDivaLoca; beachn4fun; ...

YOU WILL NEED A WHOLE BOX OF KLEENEX!!

A very interesting read. I'm having trouble getting through it.

The casket of Marine Pfc. Chance Phelps is taken to the cemetery in a horse-drawn carriage driven by Robin Wiltshire on April 17, 2004 in Dubois, Wyo. Photo courtesy of Sarah Beth Barnett/Casper Star-Tribune

Taking Chance Home

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Chance Phelps, 19, died April 9, 2004, from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was buried in Dubois, Wyoming on April 17, 2004. The below story was written by Lt. Col. Mike Strobl, assigned to Manpower Management Officer Assignments at Marine Corps Base Quantico, who volunteered to be the escort officer for Pfc. Phelps during his journey home. Lt. Col. Strobl's mission as escort officer was to ensure Pfc. Phelps arrived home with dignity and honor and in a professional and timely manner.

Chance Phelps was wearing his Saint Christopher medal when he was killed on Good Friday. Eight days later, I handed the medallion to his mother. I didn’t know Chance before he died. Today, I miss him.

Over a year ago, I volunteered to escort the remains of Marines killed in Iraq should the need arise. The military provides a uniformed escort for all casualties to ensure they are delivered safely to the next of kin and are treated with dignity and respect along the way.

Thankfully, I hadn’t been called on to be an escort since Operation Iraqi Freedom began. The first few weeks of April, however, had been a tough month for the Marines. On the Monday after Easter I was reviewing Department of Defense press releases when I saw that a Private First Class Chance Phelps was killed in action outside of Baghdad. The press release listed his hometown-the same town I’m from. I notified our Battalion adjutant and told him that, should the duty to escort PFC Phelps fall to our Battalion, I would take him.

The rest of the story

258 posted on 07/13/2004 11:39:20 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)

To: Kathy in Alaska

259 posted on 07/13/2004 12:06:03 PM PDT by E.G.C.

260 posted on 07/13/2004 1:05:22 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)

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