March 9th - Taking aim - Airman Samantha Allred peers down the barrel of a machine gun while on the flightline at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Airman Allred, along with fellow security forces, provides protection for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe's largest weapons storage area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)
Prowling the Pacific - Two F-22 Raptors fly over the Pacific Ocean during a theater security mission March 9 as part of a deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Raptors are deployed from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)
America Supports You: FUN AFTER A DAYS WORK - Builder 2nd Class Peter A. Belcastro, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, plays with local children after a day's work in Aromo, Uganda. NMCB-11 is deployed for the first time since being re-established in 2007 and is tasked to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. 2nd Class Erick S. Holmes
March 7th - Clearing the Tangi: Task Force in Afghanistan takes troubled valley - March 7th - Lt. Kimo Gallahue and Command Sgt. Major Andy Spano, with the 10th Mountain Division’s, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, watch clearing operations in the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province. The battalion pushed to the clear the area that has seen few coalition forces in the past year.
March 13th - HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 and NMCB 5 take part in a Transfer of Authority ceremony at a forward operating base in Afghanistan. This is the first main-body transfer ceremony to be held for Seabee units in Afghanistan and marks the conclusion of the NMCB 7 deployment and the beginning of NMCB 5's operations in U.S. Forces Central Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael B. Lavender)
March 12th - PEORIA, Ariz. - Members of the U.S. Navy demonstration parachute team the Leap Frogs land at a Seattle Mariners vs. Kansas City Royals preseason baseball game at Peoria Sports Complex during a Phoenix Navy Week event. Phoenix Navy Week is one of 22 Navy Weeks planned across America in 2009. Navy Week is designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward)
March 11th - ATLANTIC OCEAN - Damage Controlman Fireman Shaun Cox, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) visit, board, search and seizure team boards the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) during a training exercise. Porter is participating in a group sail activity in the Atlantic Ocean to prepare for its role with Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 24 in the upcoming Joint Warrior exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Candice Villarreal)
NFL players Danny Clark and Larry Fitzgerald give the Camp Ramadi Col. Ronald Kapral an autographed football on March 7.
Fitzgerald (and other NFL players) visit soldiers in Iraq
CAMP RAMADI, Iraq – March 12th - Dressed head to toe in Marine Corps fatigues, the 6-foot-3 Arizona Cardinal nonchalantly munching on beef jerky outside the Marine Corps Exchange on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, almost fit in, save for the dreadlocks and the poster taped to a wall behind him with his photograph on it.
Larry Fitzgerald smiled casually at shocked marines and soldiers as they stumbled past him on their way into the small store. Many stopped to shake his hand or just stare. Some ran back to their living quarters to grab cameras, others bought new ones in the exchange.
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“We really are getting a great grasp of what’s going on and the situation and how much more is being done over here than what we really see and what you guys face day to day and how important that is, not only to us at home, but everybody here (in Iraq). I mean you guys are holding up a worldly ideal and making sure that everybody knows the U.S. military stands strong,” said Witherspoon.
Rest at link.
The Troops Come Marching In ~~ from Army Blogger Wife
C L I C K....
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"In addition to creating and sending calendars overseas, we are going a step further. As you may know, we have well over 300,000 troops who have suffered some kind of injury while serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terrorism. Therefore, we will be giving a large portion of the money we receive to the Fisher House and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. These are two great organizations that assist in the treatment and recovery of our injured troops."
The Trammps ~~ Disco Inferno
Brian Simpson ~~ Let's Get Close
Chaka Khan ~~Whattcha Gonna Do For Me
Rascal Flats ~~ Life Is A Highway
John Legend ~~ I Used To Love You
Paul Hardcastle ~~ Ride The D Train
Oscar Brown Jr. ~~ Work Song
Boney James, Rick Braun ~~ Central Avenue
Etta James, Otis Redding 2-pack ~~ Too Hard To Handle, Just One More Day
Pat Metheny ~~ Episode D'Azur
