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Remember this next time you walk up to the ticket window of your local movie theater with $10 in your hand. The Media (Accidently?) missed this one!!!! Please read this: The troops overseas would like you to send it to everybody you know. Subject: Denzel Washington, and Brooks Army Medical Center. Don't know whether you heard about this but Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brook Army Medical Center, in San Antonio, Texas, (BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers who have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the United States, especially burn...

CBS's David Martin reports: 23-year-old Iraq war soldier lost all four limbs but survived after his vehicle tripped a roadside bomb. David Martin tells us the story of this soldier's "American Spirit"....Soldier: "I'm very fortunate" . . .

Thought this definitely deserved a mention - the U.S. Army is looking at using virtual worlds to provide social therapy and smooth the adjustment process for amputee soldiers. If it helps them build a community and adjust to their new environment, I say it's worth it.

A true once in a lifetime event, the winner of this celebrity auction will spend a memorable evening having dinner with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd. Sarah Palin has graciously donated her time to help raise money for the Wounded Warriors Ride 2 Recovery program Sarah whose son, Track, enlisted in the Army on September 11, 2007, is serving in Iraq. Sarah herself recently returned from a trip to Kosovo visiting her Alaska National Guard troops and from Germany where she visited wounded warriors. Ride 2 Recovery is a program that helps wounded troops rehabilitate their...

David Borden Jr. was wounded in Iraq on January 19, 2008. A suicide bomber rushed him and detonated, and Borden was hit by over 200 pieces of shrapnel. He lost right leg (below the knee) and his left arm was severely damaged. He was in a coma for over a month. He's inspired more than a few people while recovering. The NY Giants football team reports that he's the grandson of a NY Giant. According to the email below from his father, David Borden (Sr.), David Jr. had an uninspiring visit from the President of the United States: Since Dave...

Save This If you just voted for Obama by 11/13/08 You'll need this reminder IF YOUR DEMOCRAT WITH A CONSERVATIVE BENT ISN'T IT TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE ? YOU WANT CHANGE IN YOUR PARTY Face it ! The present Democratic party is not the party of your father's father.Its been taken over ever so slowly by radicals who are bent on destroying traditions and traditional cultural values and will circle the wagons once corruption gets revealed. The Waxman congressional Circus investigations for example will bring up "big business" but never associates of "big government". Would your father knowingly vote...

Little-Known Event Is Emotional Salute; Cpl. Lyon Pays a Visit. Cpl. Kenny Lyon's mother pushed his wheelchair down a narrow Pentagon hallway, crying as she listened to the applause. Hundreds of Defense Department employees lined the corridor, cheering for Cpl. Lyon and the other wounded military personnel who walked or rolled past. Some of them patted Cpl. Lyon on the shoulder, while others shook his hand or leaned in to hug his mother, Gigi Windsor. "I was really humbled by it because I didn't do anything special," says Cpl. Lyon, a 22-year-old Marine who lost a leg in a mortar...

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SILVER STAR FAMILIES OF AMERICA My Friends My name is Steve Newton and I am the President of the Silver Star Families of America. The Silver Star Families of American was born to recognize, remember and assist the wounded of our armed forces from all wars. We honor and remember our wounded primarily by the presentation of Silver Star Banners, certificates and letters to our Wounded or their families. The tradition of the Silver Star for the Wounded dates back to 1917 when people used to sew over a Blue Star with Silver...

ACTION REQUESTED Holiday Greetings for Recovering Sailors and Marines at National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) Bethesda The Marine Liaison at Bethesda Hospital, where wounded Marines return stateside to recover or for rehabilitation, reports that they have not been receiving e nough Holiday Greetings cards or Thinking of You cards for the number of wounded at the hospital. When you are preparing your Christmas cards this year, please include a card or two to: A Recovering Sailor or Marine National Naval Medical Center Marine Corps Liaison Center 8901 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20889-560T Your card(s) will be a great present to...

Singer Steve Nicks is doing her part to support U.S. troops by donating hundreds of iPods to soldiers wounded in Iraq. The former Fleetwood Mac star regularly visits soldiers at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She explains, "I refuse to be pulled into the politics of war. But once these soldiers sign up, go to war and come back to a hospital, I will do whatever it takes to make them better." Nicks has provided iPods loaded with her music, along with fellow artists Aerosmith and Elvis Presley. She has also sent baby clothes to war widows,...

Just a thought, but with the high number of wounded that Israel both with civilians and the IDF, would it be possible to start a blood drive from Freepers. Any ideas or discussion on this would be appreciated.

All too often all we get are the bad stories about this war on terror from our Mainstream Media. Not only that but we only hear about our allies when they are quitting their support for US led efforts to combat terror in the world and never when they are in support or do something to help the effort. So, I suppose it isn't beyond belief that we never heard this heartwarming story anywhere in the US Media. For the last two years, Fran O'Brien's Steak house in Washington D.C. has treated our wounded servicemen from Walter Reed Army Medical...

WASHINGTON — Cpl. Jemel Daniels was a gunner on patrol with his unit in Iskandere, Iraq (search), when his Humvee hit a makeshift bomb on the side of the road. "I shot out of the turret 30 feet into the air and fell into a ditch on the side of the road. My friends dragged me across the road. Just two of us actually got out and three passed away," the corporal said. Daniels works out hard without appearing to give much thought now to his injuries — an amputated left leg, a battered arm and a shattered right foot...

Deputy Secretary Hosts Holiday Gala for Wounded Troops By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2004 — Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz hosted a gala holiday dinner at the Pentagon Dec. 9 to express appreciation to wounded servicemembers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center and their families. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz thanks wounded servicemembers for their sacrifices during a Dec. 9 holiday dinner at the Pentagon. Photo by Donna Miles The star-studded event included Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Marine...

Politicians – read this before self-destructing Posted: January 13, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 David H. Hackworth The recycled Pentagon types now merrily selling their "expertise" to the weapon-makers and the rest of the current crop of shakers and takers who make up today's military-industrial-congressional greed machine are as usual sucking up big bucks, while many of our vets continue to get the shaft. Also as usual. Wesley Clark summed up what's going down in a recent campaign speech: "We've got veterans' hospitals closing; we've got people who have to drive six hours to get a checkup; we've got...