[Snow Bunny]

[Snow Bunny]

Awesome Paint Job!

This very special Mi-24 helicopter is presently flying in Afghanistan, where it is no doubt causing quite a stir!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Norb2569 sent me this in an e-mail awhile ago.
I think it has a message that all of us can learn from.
Thanks Norb!

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand:
"TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE"
They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but his friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:
"TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE"
The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, "After I hurt you,
you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"
The other friend replied:
"When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away,
but when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone, where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BLESSINGS IN STONE.

Let us All write in Stone what Good Things are done in the USO Canteen.
And let the winds of forgiveness erase anything else.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Happy St. Patricks Day!
I'm 1/4 Irish so I'll use the Irish part to ask you to e-mail someone in the military today.

I'm even using a green banner for you!

[StopDemocratsDotCom]

what ever happened to classyblueeyes?

[Mercuria]

Top o' the mornin' to ye!

A wee bit of Irish jokeism...

Two Irishmen walk past a bar...

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...hey...it COULD happen!

(But I doubt it on St. Paddy's Day...slainte to all!)

[ru4liberty]

Why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day

God bless, FReepers!

[gonzo]

By God, I love you babes! Smootches, sweeties ! My knees are killing me, but Oklahoma is still free!...........FRegards

[chance33_98]

Good Morning all. I was hoping you could say a prayer for my wife and daughter, they are flying to california for three weeks today. I miss them terribly already. The flight leaves at 8:30est. I am just very sad and worried as well. Thank you friends.

[LadyX]

Top o' the mornin' from South Carolina where Spring is springing!
'Tis the wearin' o' the Spring green we're havin' - dogwoods in bloom and leaves
flauntin' their new growth.

Headin' for church to thank God for His hand upon our land, and asking Him to place it
especially upon all our men and women deployed around the world in the name of
Enduring Freedom.

Thankin' Him for the fine company - friends and 'family' - here on Free Republic!!

[RaceBannon]

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!

[Aquamarine]

[SAMWolf]

THE FIGHTING IRISH (69th)

- In 1851, a group of immigrants formed a militia Regiment to protect their new homes and their families. And they did...First on their own soil -- Then in France -- Then in the Pacific. And now -- at their nation's darkest hour -- they defend their homes and families again. On their own soil -- in their own city -- in New York. The home, for 150 years, of the fighting 69th.

Gentle When Stroked, Fierce When Provoked."

On October 12, 2001 the Fighting 69th celebrated 150 years of service to the nation and the State of New York. Perhaps the most famous infantry regiment in the U.S., their history, from the 69th New York State Militia to the present day 69th Infantry (Mechanized) tells many stories...

Stories of immigrants, struggling against prejudice in their adopted land. The way they assimilated into that land's society and the way they changed that society in the process...

Stories of the sons and grandsons of immigrants who fought with unquestioned patriotism in the war to end war, and in the war after that one...

Stories told against the background of a nation growing in industrial, economic and political power...

Stories of volunteers and of draftees, of heroes and ordinary soldiers, of priests, poets, and politicians, of laborers, lawyers, leaders and loafers.

These web pages will attempt to tell some of those stories and to honor those who have served in its ranks and who still serve to this day.

FEDERAL SERVICE

Civil War
Spanish - American War
Mexican Border Campaign
World War I
World War II

BATTLE HONORS

Civil War

Bull Run
Peninsula
Antietam
Fredricksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Virginia 1863
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Appomattox
Virginia 1862
Maryland 1863

World War I

Lorraine
Champagne
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse

World War II

Central Pacific (Makin)with Arrowhead
Western Pacific(Saipan)
Ryukyus (Okinawa)

The beginnings

Civil War

Spanish - American War

Mexican Border

WW I

1919-1940

WW II

The Fighting Irish

Top of the Mornin' to Ye All and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[SAMWolf]

Come and Shake Your Tallywhacker

4theFlag made me do it!

[dansangel]

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of my FReeper FRiends!

[Billie]

Morning, Lads and Lassies. Glad to see the green's still going strong - Happy St. Patrick's Day......all day long! May not be around much today, but hope all of you have a wonderful day! (Bunny, your opening St. Patty's Day graphics so pretty! Also got that awesome paint job in my mail from Sk1 - it's really that - AWESOME!)

Thanks to all of you for your wishes, your support, and your friendship. You're the best!

Billie

[The Thin Man]

[grumpster-dumpster]

Thanks for the PING! Please keep me on the PING list! (Sorry if'n I don't always get a chance to reply.)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

ATOMIC_PUNK found this info and posted it. Thanks ATOMIC!

Navy accelerates robot submarine plans

[Salvation]

AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH

May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.