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Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ 60th Anniversary of theBerlin Airlift Part 3 All info and photos from this website.             June 30 was the 60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, a subject which we covered in detail in December 2007 in these threads:We're going to look at a few other stories surrounding this heroic...

The Surge Isn't working! There is no light at the end of the tunnel! The War is Lost!!Posted By Deebow Well, that may be a bit of a fib... BAGHDAD: Former Sunni insurgents asked the U.S. to stay away, then ambushed members of al-Qaida in Iraq, killing 18 in a battle that raged for hours north of Baghdad, an ex-insurgent leader and Iraqi police said Saturday.Fighters of the Islamic Army in Iraq staged the surprise attack Friday afternoon near Samarra — sending advance word to Iraqi police and requesting that U.S. helicopters stay away, since the fighters had no uniforms...

  Episode IV:  A New Hope  The opening crawl reveals that the galaxy is in a state of civil war. The Rebel Alliance has stolen plans to the Galactic Empire's Death Star, a space station capable of annihilating a planet. The plans were transmitted to the rebel blockade runner Tantive IV, a ship in the service of Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. Imperial stormtroopers take control of the ship, and Darth Vader arrives to assess the damage. Before she is captured, Leia entrusts the plans and a holographic recording unto a small droid named R2-D2. R2-D2 and his partner,...

  The FReeper Canteen wants to know... What's Your Favorite Breakfast Cereal?  Do you wake up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for two scoops of raisins in Kellogg's Raisin Bran?   Are you drooling at the thought of the magically delicious taste of Lucky Charms?   Listening closely to the Snap, Crackle and Pop of your Rice Krispies?  Or does one of these cereals make your day?            C'mon -- tell us -- what's YOUR fave?   Thank you to all the vets and to those currently serving in the U.S. Military and their families.  You are our rock, and...

YENKO CAMARO History First Generation1967-1969 As soon as the Camaro¹s began arriving at his dealership, Don already had a plan. The "Yenko Super Camaro". A Camaro which had its 350cid pulled out and the Corvettes L-72 427 engine dropped in, along with other heavy-duty hardware and performance upgrades. Thus, the birth of the Yenko Super Camaro. 1967 Comments: Yenko ordered L-78 equipped SS Camaros and swapped in the Chevrolet Corvette's L-72 427 in³ (7.0 L) engine. The cars came with a 4.10 rear end and heavy-duty suspension. The exact number of cars produced is not known; most estimates are...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends!Be sure to hit the hyperlinks. We have links, lots of them! Born on this Day 1667 Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer; arguably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is also well known for his poetry and essays. His masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, a satire on human nature, was tremendously popular immediately after it was published. Poet Alexander Pope, a contemporary...

  ~ Music Mix ~ Section Theme: Buckeye Music Music by Musicians from Ohio or bands formed in Ohio.Comment: Each week we'll bring you famous musicians that hail from one of the 50 states. We started with Ohio because MoJo felt like it. Hehe! Before you write to complain, we have limited space and time to add everyone to this list. This is your opportunity to give us anyone we didn't list up here. Make sure to provide links to identify where they're from.   Artist Title Comment Bootsy Collins   One Nation Under A Groove born in Cincy!...

  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ MILITARY SHORT SPEAK ~             Acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations that aren't generally used in the "civilian world." What is an acronym? It is a word created from the first letter of a series of other words. It is spoken as one word.  What is an initialism? It is a word created from the first letter of a series of other words, but each letter...

  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ MILITARY SHORT SPEAK ~             Acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations that aren't generally used in the "civilian world." What is an acronym? It is a word created from the first letter of a series of other words. It is spoken as one word.  What is an initialism? It is a word created from the first letter of a series of other words, but each letter...

Army National Guard 1Lt. Ernesto Torres Where The Action Is By Col. Keith Oliver / U.S. Marine Corps CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar - Action seems to follow Ernesto Torres - and so does achievement. Torres, a Florida Army National Guard infantry officer, is posted to the former Republican Guard Palace in the heart of Baghdad. At 20, the Okeechobee native who now makes his home in St. Augustine was in similar, dangerous surroundings during Operation Just Cause in Panama. Torres is a full-time operations officer with the Guard's recruiting force in Florida, but, as a troop-oriented leader with command...