USO Canteen FReeper FRiday.......June 21,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

We are honored to introduce to you
G'nad

...."My mom always said she wasn't surprised I wanted to be a Marine...I still love scars and bruises...I acquired quite a collection over the years...

Newly commissioned, boot 2ndLt g'nad......

1stLt and Mrs. g'nad headed for the Marine Corps Birthday Ball. She's my best friend...my reality check...God has blessed me with her.

Above and Below...Desert Storm, cleaned up afterwards ... somewhere in Kuwait.......

Reunion with Mrs. g'nad, this photo ran in the OkiMar Edition of Stars and Stripes.......

On the range at 29 Palms with a buddy, our custom rifles, and M-14s...Life is good!.......

Winter warfare training with some of my Marines at the Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, CA. I'm the one standing far left. This was with 2d Marine Regiment... my best time, and my best Marines.......

The family as of Nov '01. Rebecca, Mrs. g'nad, Jake and me on the beach at Emerald Isle, NC.

I knew I wanted to be a Marine since I was three-years-old. I signed my Delayed Entry Program papers in Oct of my senior year, but in December the Officer Selection Officer (OSO) asked me if I wanted to try for an NROTC Scholarship. I never had any intention of being an officer, and my family was too poor for me to even consider college. I was accepted and attended Iowa State University and OCS, and was commissioned. I owe the Marine Corps a great debt.

. Still on active duty as a Major at Headquarters Marine Corps...my first desk job, and it's killin' me...

Been a lot of places, seen a lot of things... some bad, some good. But I have always served with the finest of men, Marines.

I trust in Jesus as my Lord and Savior...I believe in Duty, Honor, Sacrifice, Integrity...

I believe that there is no substitute for hard work... that pain is a good thing...if no one's shooting at you, there is nothing to stress about...oh yes, and beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy...

Die first, then quit.......

G'nad

Thank you G’nad for serving our country and for sharing with us here at the FReeper USO Canteen. It is an honor and blessing to know you.

[RadioAstronomer]

299,792.458 km/s (light speed :-))

[MistyCA]

Oh No! I just realized that I forgot to put a couple of the wing braces on the biplane I am building! :(((

[Jen]

Hmmmmmm, just standing here, (tapping foot) waiting to get on the dance floor...

I'm not used to doing the asking...

[Jen]

Oh my goodness! Your plane will not have structural integrity without those braces! Do you want the wings to just rip off? (I know all about that from having an R/C airplane!)

[RadioAstronomer]

Does your 'puter at work have speakers?

Hmmm... which one LOL. I am surrounded by 36 monitors and two big screens of data here in the control room. :-). LOL! Sorry just having fun!! Yes this logging computer has speakers! :-)

[MistyCA]

I think they would rather talk about space travel or something :(

[RadioAstronomer]

Well I am asking! :-)

[Jen]

Well then, play a song and get one of the gurlz on the dance floor!

[Jen]

Well, OK then! Gee, I thought you'd never ask... hahahaha

[MistyCA]

OK....so I will fix it! :) My plane MUST have integrity to fly around on the ceiling! :)

[Light Speed]

Cooo-ool!
I used to operate a Plasma machine ,large scale...underwater cut..for an American firm out of Houston.
My Plasma used "Nitrogen, and Chryogenic Nitrogen" for cut process.
A poster here at FR works aero space and pointed me to the Boeing "Plasma thruster" engine web pages...
Boeing Ion mass drivers use Xenon for propulsion...
My Plasma table had computers to millisecond mix via solenoids and such..sometimes things would not work right..and "Big detonations" occured..
The machine really didn't freak me too much..one learned to maintain it..but the 12 bottles of Liquid Nitrogen just a few feet away..were allways unnerving.

[RadioAstronomer]

:-)

[Pippin]

I'm Back with the imformation I got from going into"My Computer" and going into "Control Panel" I'll FReepmail Misty and Radio astronomer the info i found.

[RadioAstronomer]

Boeing Ion mass drivers use Xenon for propulsion...

I built a small ion engine as a project once! :-)

[MistyCA]

thanks, Clara! :)

[RadioAstronomer]

Great!!!!!!!!!

[Jen]

Gorgeous dress, Misty! You have such a large wardrobe.

My honey just got up and saw your dress and he growled at you! I am not kidding! hahahahaha (I'm jealous!)

[MistyCA]

LOL! Tell him I said, Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......in my very best accent! But I don't know what accent it was! :)

[MeekOneGOP]

Sorry, Miss. I'm fresh out of Margueritas. However, could I offer you a
really nice müi puraga, an alcoholic drink made from fermented honey?

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[Jen]

Pffffffffttttt! Pfffffffffttttt! Don't you purr at my honey! Meow!