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 Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:59 am Post subject: Gold Star Super Bowl: Pat Tillman, Michael Murphy, veterans. |
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LT Michael Murphy, US Navy
http://www.navy.mil/moh/mpmurphy/index.html
Pat Tillman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman
I think in everyone’s heart in America, we approach the super sporting events, always with our servicemen in our hearts and thoughts, for those who have served already, for those who have yet to join, and certainly for the families of those whose sons and daughters never came home, or came home impaired in one way or the other.
Who could think of the World Series, or the Super Bowl, or any other of the championship series, without hearing the announcer mention our veterans.
And how ironic to have the Arizona Cardinals represented in this year’s Super Bowl, which was Pat Tillman’s team, who left his professional career to trade it for an Army uniform, and Special Forces team member. This is his Super Bowl, in my mind.
I certainly strongly encourage all young men and women to think of the opportunities of service in our military, but you can also serve your own community with the same sincerity. And of course, the penalties of good service might mean you sacrifice all for your country, so the decision has to be your own, but certainly is a noble career in my opinion, and all should serve in some capacity.
As for the Michael Murphy story, I am told I knew the Seal Team commander who likely recruited Long Island’s Michael Murphy into the Seals recruitment program, and of course, he must be heartbroken for the result.
To add to the Murphy tragedy with 2 other fatalities (one was eventually rescued) was the rescue helicopter also being shot down with the loss of 16 Navy and Army personnel.
Their names...
Navy SEALs
SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Lt. (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y.
Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson, 29, of Cupertino, Calif.
Machinist Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Eric S. Patton, 22, of Boulder City, Nev.
Senior Chief Information Systems Technician (SEAL) Daniel R. Healy, 36, of Exeter, N.H.
Quartermaster 2nd Class (SEAL) James Suh, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Fla.
SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2, Virginia Beach, Va.
Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Danny P. Dietz, 25, of Littleton, Colo.
SEAL Team 10, Virginia Beach, Va.
Chief Fire Controlman (SEAL) Jacques J. Fontan, 36, of New Orleans, La.
Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Erik S. Kristensen, 33, of San Diego, Calif.
Electronics Technician 1st Class (SEAL) Jeffery A. Lucas, 33, of Corbett, Ore.
Lt. (SEAL) Michael M. McGreevy Jr., 30, of Portville, N.Y.
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SEAL) Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30, of Midway, W.Va.
Army Night Stalkers
3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.
Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare, 29, of Danville, Ohio.
Chief Warrant Officer Corey J. Goodnature, 35, of Clarks Grove, Minn.
Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano Beach, Fla.
Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles, 33, of Shelbyville, Ind.
Maj. Stephen C. Reich, 34, of Washington Depot, Conn.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell, 31, of Stafford, Va.
Chief Warrant Officer Chris J. Scherkenbach, 40, of Jacksonville, Fla.
HQ Company, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Master Sgt. James W. Ponder III, 36, of Franklin, Tenn.
To all the families of these wars, and to all the veterans, past, present and future... God Bless you all, on Super Sunday... it is most definitely your day too.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:01 am Post subject: annoying trailer |
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My apologies for the annoying and regrettable imageshack trailer...
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: Sgt. Felix Perez, American hero |
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Sgt. Felix Perez. American hero, in the spirit of America, all Americans.
Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
Team USA's victory strikes a special chord for Iraq war veteran
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/03/18/five.cuts.us.puerto.rico/index.html
“And suddenly it is not just baseball any more. It is bigger. It is brotherhood. It is hope. And yes, it is country.
It is the wide smile on the face of Sgt. Felix Perez, 27, of Miami, decked out in his USA baseball hoodie, his USA baseball fitted cap -- and his American flag and WBC baseball, both signed by the ballplayers of Team USA in the wake of what was a 6-5 walkoff victory that put the Americans into the semifinals and maybe, just maybe, into the hearts of a few baseball fans who didn't understand what playing for country was all about. Felix was right there in the locker room celebrating with these superstars who had become kids again, sloshing beer on one another.”
Neatorama.com
http://www.neatorama.com/upcoming/post/Team-USAs-victory-strikes-a-special-chord-for-Iraq-war-veteran
“After the game, Sgt. Felix Perez, an Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran, asked a security guard if some of the players would sign his American flag.
Brian Finnegan was only doing his job on Tuesday night when he saw Felix Perez in the handicapped section of Dolphin Stadium. Finnegan's son, Tommy, had spent his life in a wheelchair battling cerebral palsy, and recently had passed away at age 20.
"It was like divine intervention," Finnegan said. "In some ways I saw Tommy in Felix and wanted to help."
Finnegan took Perez's flag -- the one Perez carried with him through tours of Afghanistan and Iraq as a sergeant with the 82nd Airborne -- and brought it into a raucous clubhouse filled with American players who were wearing that flag on their chests.”
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: The cost of these conflicts |
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First of all, another mass killing, this one at Ft. Hood, in Texas, and the horrible loss of men and women and innocents.
Experts will analyze and decide the causes and certainly the blame is not disputed.
But as 10,000 others might have done in the last 24 hours, I have written someone in our government who could make a difference, who could turn the ship towards a brighter tomorrow.
America needs to win the peace, not the wars. America wins by excelling in harmonious culture, not by guns, bullets, bombs. And we have to keep our sons and daughters as close to home as possible, and all of us as safe as possible.
Our enemies bulldoze women into the ground, they skin people alive in the name of their God, they kill their own kind, but we have to let the foreign cultures decide what is best for themselves. They have to choose their own nightmare, and it is not our business to decide for them.
Anyways, prayers for all the families of all our soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, all over the world.
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