darkwing.....#200!!
Posted on 12/27/2004 7:55:56 PM PST by LaDivaLoca
darkwing.....#200!!
A soldier throws transistor radios to waiting Iraqis in the Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad.
Just past midnight on Christmas morning, U.S. Marines are led in prayer by a Marine chaplain in celebration at a mess hall at Hurricane Point Marine Base, Ramadi, Iraq.
Marine Lance Cpl. Adam Suave of Savage, Minn., dressed up as Santa Claus, and Lance Cpl. Brian Marren of Chicago dressed up as Rudolf, on Christmas day at Forward Operating Base Snake Pit in Ramadi, Iraq. Santa is carrying a pump action shotgun and Rudolf is carrying a Squad Automatic Weapon. Both Marines are with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.
Marine Lance Cpl. Adam Suave, left, takes aim with an M-16 and Lance Cpl. Brian Marren, second from left, fire on a practice target at FOB Snake Pit on Christmas Day. Santa and Rudolf joined the target practice after passing out a few gifts at the base.
Marine 1st Lt. Nate Chittick of Athens, Ga., with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, opens Christmas gifts from his mother that arrived on Christmas Day at FOB Snake Pit in Ramadi, Iraq.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker awards the Purple Heart to Sgt. Douglas McManama of Sandston, Va., at FOB Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday. McManama was injured during the suicide bomber attack on the dining facility Dec. 21.
Sgt. Angela Damon of Buckfield, Maine, sings Christmas carols during a midnight Christmas service at FOB Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday.
Worshipers sing during a candlelight Christmas service at FOB Marez in Mosel, Iraq, in the early morning hours of Saturday.
Iraqi National Guard members inspect a van that was destroyed in crossfire between Iraqi troops and insurgents in Baghdad on Friday.
U.S. Army Reserve Col. Anne Mancino cries as she hugs her 5-year-old daughter, Parker Mancino, moments before departing Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio for duty in Iraq. Mancino, a general surgeon from Little Rock, Ark., is deploying with the 228th Combat Support Hospital and will be operating in Tikrit and Mosul.
U.S. Staff Sgt. Gabriel Zettel, of Task Force Pirate, left, adjusts a Santa Claus cap on Heleema, an Afghan girl, during a cultural exchange with the Afghan people in Jagdalek, about 150 miles southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday.
Woohoo!! Good to see you back!
As soon as I saw that pic last night I KNEW you could make something really special out of it!! Thanks!
And that reminds me - I hope you don't mind, but I posted one of your poems yesterday - I really screwed up the graphics, but the poem was great as always....
Really?? Where - did I miss it???
Gimme a link...
I sure hope his mother sees this photo. You got me all choked up with these Radix.
Good afternoon you two!
Nah - I knew if you got here you'd remember!! HUGS backatcha!
Howdy!!
Ok you birdies, I am out AGAIN! to my mom's house. I hope to be back on this evening!! HUGS to all!
free dixie,sw
Hello, AZ! The Haunted Armory is a busy place these days, but I get to post, now and again.
Thanks ma...Star is a good teacher!!
You nut case!!
"Tommy Franks' book is a must read."
Funny you should say that. I just got an autographed copy for Christmas!
It will make good reading on my 14 Hour flight to Korea!
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