[ConorMacNessa]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note: The author of the Hall of Heroes is StarCMC. Please thank her for today’s thread.

Please join us and meet MOH Recipient

Platoon Sergeant Finnis D. McCleery.

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[MS.BEHAVIN]

IN!

[ConorMacNessa]

[Radix]

Monday already?

[MarineBrat]

Top Ten, woohoo!

[SandRat]

In late.

[jimfree]

Nice read. Those are movie script heroics. John Wayne or the like might have done this sort of thing in film. Sgt McCleery knew he was likely to be cut down any second but advanced to give his troops the best chance for survival and mission success. Thanks for posting it Kathy.

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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.

Prayers going up.

[MEG33]

I am in awe of the bravery of Platoon Sergeant McCleery. I am so grateful for this hero.

Thank you for honoring him.

[The Mayor]

May 5, 2008

The Debt Of Leadership

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READ: Psalm 86

Save Your servant who trusts in You! —Psalm 86:2

Examine the words of Psalm 86, and you might forget that you are reading the musings of a good leader. King David prayed, “O Lord, hear me; for I am poor and needy” (v.1). Then the king of Israel refers to himself as a “servant” and pleads for mercy. Think of it! This was the man God had chosen to lead His people, pleading for God’s help. Wow!

As we think about the role of leaders—whether centuries ago or today—it’s vital that we review what leadership means. According to businessman and author Max De Pree, whose leadership moved his company near the top of the Fortune 500: “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader.” Those two words, servant and debtor, describe David’s view of himself as he asked God for help during his time of leadership.

All of us who are in a leadership position—whether leading a family, a church, a classroom, or a business—need the humble words of Psalm 86 as our guide. The “poor and needy” (v.1) servant-leader who trusts God is the one who, in the end, can say as David did, “You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me” (v.17).

Controlling other people’s lives
Is not a godly leader’s trait;
But serving other people’s needs
Is what the Lord considers great. —Sper

The only leaders qualified to lead are those who have learned to serve.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 28–29; Proverbs 12:15-28

[MoochPooch]

Hi, Kathy. Another hero! Wonderful!

(Guten Chodesh. It’s now the month of Iyar.)

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, Kathy! Good evening, everyone!

So guess where I went today . . .
(hint: ------------------------------------------------------V)

[luvie]

Another wonderful, brave hero to honor.

Thanks for reminding us of all of them and giving us a chance to know more about them. They are the bedrock of this country!

God bless ALL our troops, past, present and future!

[laurenmarlowe]

Photo by Spc. Samuel J. Phillips, MNC-I PAO May 03, 2008 Spc. Peter Lee, gunner, Task Force Dragon, uses the bore light targeting system to accurately sight in his weapon system. The bore light system gives Soldiers a good zero without having to go to the range.

Photo by Pfc. Eric J. Martinez, 13th Public Affairs Detachment May 03, 2008 Brig. Gen. Robert Hipwell (middle), commanding general, Task Force North, 300th Military Police Brigade, Master Sgt. Gerard Pantin (left), NCOIC C3 reconciliation cell, 353rd civil affairs and Spc. Kym Harley (right), 479th Engineer Battalion, cut a cake in recognition of the Army Reserve's 100th birthday.

Photo by Sgt. Fay Conroy May 02, 2008 The Eighth United States Army Band performs during a parade for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Shanghai Spring International Music Festival in Shanghai, China April 30. The band will also perform at a concert held at Zhengda Indoor Stadium at Fudan University, Shanghai.

[StarCMC]

THANK YOU for posting for me, Ma! *HUG*

[BykrBayb]

Thanks for telling us about this great man.

[Sonora]