A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-24-03....Military Monday

Aquamarine; Billie

[Aquamarine]

A Few of FR's Finest
....Every Day

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A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I could no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I had been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that didn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why we've created a place for just that. This is a friendly room in JimRob's house where FReeper FRiends can gather every day and just say hello if that's all they want to do.

There's more of course. We sometimes feature different FReepers, with a little background information on who they are and what makes them who they are, along with a few photos you might not have seen on other threads; sometimes others write an essay for us to post as the feature for the day; sometimes our presentation is a human interest story found elsewhere that you might not have read; sometimes special holiday threads; but whatever the topic of the day, it is always with FR's Finest in mind and that is YOU!

If you would like to be featured, or would like to see someone else featured, please send me a private FR mail.

Every Monday we will post the photos of FR's Military Personnel that I have collected and put into groups; these will be available to view through a link the remainder of the week - every day just a click away. :)   If you would like to add a photo of yourself or a loved one in the military, past or present, please let me know; I will hold it until I have enough for a new group.

Thank you, and please have fun with us...every day! ~ Billie

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Thank You For Serving Our Country!

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet
MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga
BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette
MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid
BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP
MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian
BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett.
MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick,Leroy S Mort, Mark17.
BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.

TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,
dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony
BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx
MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law
BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68.
MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797
BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack

TOP: Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog.
MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son.
BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

TOP: dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7, AlasBabylon.
BOTTOM:  Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad, Aomagrat.

TOP: ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM: AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx' Aunt Eva.




                     

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 11-22,23-03...Week in Review

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

Click on the photo to view the album. To
submit your photo, please contact dansangel or .45MAN danbh59@yahoo.com
and include Freeper Photo Album in subject line.

[Aquamarine]

[Aquamarine]

[The Mayor]

Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. —Proverbs 16:19

Those who follow the crowd soon become part of the crowd.

[Temple Owl]

Good morning everyone. Hope you had a pleasant weekend.

[The Mayor]

Prayers for our Troops, a sad weekend in Iraq and Afghanistan..

[Aquamarine]

Good morning The Mayor. Thanks for the coffee and scripture, that Proverb is one of my favorites.

May God bless you today.

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning! I had a very pleasant weekend, hope you did as well. :)

[PGalt]

Great post. Thanks to all who have served...and are still serving.

[Molly Pitcher]

Good Morning Aqua, Billie, everyone. A fine tribute as always.

Thinking this morning of the 2 Ohio National Guard units - that I know of - soon to be deployed, and of the fine men and women who serve in them.

Prayers lifted for them and their families.

[Molly Pitcher]

Love that boat painting gif.....very beautiful!

[Aquamarine]

Thanks PGalt. Billie built the opening post which is posted almost every Monday in order to focus attention on who it is that secures our Free Republic.

Thanks for contributing as we gather here to honor the great men and women in the Armed Services.

[Aquamarine]

Thinking this morning of the 2 Ohio National Guard units - that I know of - soon to be deployed, and of the fine men and women who serve in them. Prayers lifted for them and their families.

Will keep them in my prayers also, Molly. Look forward to the day when they all come home for good.

[ladtx]

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on NOV 24. God bless them all.

1969 WO1 Charles J. Armstrong (USAR) -- 118 AHC, Age 21, Lutherville, Maryland
1969 CW2 Howard B. Comer Jr. (USAR) -- 187 AHC, Age 24, Jacksonville, Florida
1969 WO1 Allen D. Perkins (USAR) -- 118 AHC, Age 22, West Linn, Oregon
1969 WO1 John H. Whittington (USAR) -- 57 AHC, Age 21, Baltimore, Maryland
1970 WO1 Ian McIntosh (USAR) -- A/2/17 CAV 101 ABN, Age 25, Canada
1970 CW2 Samuel R. Saito (USAR) -- F/8 CAV, Age 20, Fresno, California
1970 CW2 Willard G. Storie (USAR) -- HHB DIV ARTY 23 INF, Age 33, Owensville, Missouri

Tribute to CW2 Howard B. Comer Jr.: Casualty occured in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. He was listed as MIA until his body was recently recovered and he was buried with full Military Honors in Arlington National Cemetery July 2, 2001.
A brother finally finds his resting place
Mr. Comer You went off to war and not knowing your outcome, Serving your country as a chopper pilot to and from. You left behind your family to never see you anymore, Gave your life how honorable, courage to the core. An MIA for thirty plus years and never any trace, Finally home, a brother finds his final resting place. Jimmy L. Strait Fathers Day 2002 Crewchief 187th

Unit patch of CW2 Comer's 187th AHC "Crusaders".

WO1 Ian McIntosh's body was not recovered from Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam where his aircraft crashed.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLADE

[SpookBrat]

Good morning everyone. I'm finally able to sit at my computer for a second, but the second is over now. LOL Gotta go teach math and English to my 2nd grader.

Have a good day everyone.

[Aquamarine]

Love that boat painting gif.....very beautiful!

Thanks for noticing. That's one of the first Pledges I ever made from a painting I found while searching the Net.

[Aquamarine]

Tribute to CW2 Howard B. Comer Jr.: Casualty occured in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. He was listed as MIA until his body was recently recovered and he was buried with full Military Honors in Arlington National Cemetery July 2, 2001.

So glad to hear that his body was recoverd for his families sake.
Maybe they'll recover the body of Ian McIntosh one day. May God bless their souls.

[Aquamarine]

Hey (((Spooky)))! It's good to see that you all made it home alright. I posted some pictures of our visit on yesterdays thread.

[FreeTheHostages]

[MEG33]

God bless our armed forces and all who wait at home.I am thankful our nation is served by such fine men and women.The Pledge of Allegiance is just beautiful,Aqua.

[ladtx]

A quick update on our middle son Jeff. His R&R was way too short. He arrived back in Mosul day before yesterday, but the good thing is that he only has about 3 months left, hopefully he will be home by the first part of March. So once again Mrs ladtx and I will be on "worry alert" until he gets back on Texas soil again. A military family is always on the go it seems. Mrs ladtx just returned from helping our oldest and his family move from Elsworth AFB, SD to Pensacola NAS, FL. She did 9 states in 4 days and 4 of them twice. I joined the convoy when it passed through the DFW Metroplex and made the trip to Pensacola with them. What a trip, 2 kids, one two years old and the other 6 weeks, plus two animals, a real traveling zoo. But, it was worth it to see Leila and Ashley together.

[dansangel]

What a beautiful pledge graphic *and* welcome graphic (((((Aqua))))) - thank you for bringing us a most important thread.

Dear Father, we beg You to place Your bloodline of protection around our military members. Please protect them the way that they protect us with their selfless acts. The latest heinous murders that have been perpetrated upon our troops are cowardly and sinful. Please, we ask You that no more of our wonderful troops are subject to that kind of awful act.

We ask You, too, that You help us all to understand that we must show our thanks to all Military members, past and present for all that they have done to ensure our freedom.

I especially pray for those that are demonstrating at Ft. Benning, GA in the name of "peace" -calling our soldiers "baby-killers" and "mercenaries for the government." Please allow these people to see the idiocy of their actions.

We ask these favors of You as Your humble and contrite servants in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

(((((((HUGS))))))) to all.

[Aquamarine]

Good morning Free! Thanks for the calendar page, I love that saying.

[Aquamarine]

God bless our armed forces and all who wait at home.

This has been a tough few months for our military over in Iraq and Afghanistan. But they say it's always darkest right before the dawn, so maybe things are on the verge of getting better over there.
I know alot of good progress is being made that the news outlets are reporting.

[Aquamarine]

I know you all will be counting the days until the first of March. We'll be praying for Jeff and your family in the meantime.

Happy to hear you got to spend some time with your beautiful grandaughter's! I can just imagine how happy a scene that was. :)

[Aquamarine]

God Bless Our Military



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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Mama_Bear; Dansangel; Dutchess; Aquamarine and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation's leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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OhioWfan........................son mystery-ak..........son, husband Gogrammy................grandson Inspectorette...................son Blessed American..........nephew Slip18..........................nephew anniegetyourgun...........nephew Pippin....niece,nephew,loved one Doug from Upland......son-in-law weldgophardline.....brotherinlaw Future Snake Eater..........cousin WaterDragon..son-in-law,grandson BeforeISleep...................son The Mayor........................niece LadyX.........................grandson fawn796.....................nephew ValerieUSA................2 sons Warrior Nurse...........active duty SK1 Thurman...........active duty David Osborne.........active duty fc2tomschermuly......active duty bkwells..................activve duty LongCut..................active duty Trish.......................active duty StarCMC.......brother Atomic Conspiracy............half-brother....niece....nephew TexKat......son....and stepson Explorer89............brother ODC-GIRL........active duty

Maigrey................cousin ladtx....................2 sons Mama_Bear...........2 nephews gator girl............husband severa................husband MozartLover......son, nephew LBGA........................son SpookBrat...........nephew Himyar.....................son boxerblues............2 sons the piper...................son sheeza...............husband kemathen7...........husband Tiffee4Bob.......boyfriend Diver Dave................niece deadhead................cousin JimRobinson.....2 nephews Armymarinemom.....3 sons Consort..2 daughters,son-in-law Darheel..................niece dixie sass.............nephew BeAllYouCanBe.........son AgThorn...............2 sons homeschoolmama.......nephew kneezles.................son kimmie7...........brother Spruce.............daughter visualops.............cousin

[MEG33]

Amento your beautiful prayer,Dansangel.May God's protective arms wrap around ,Jeff,Ladtx and all our military in harm's way.I made a Sad Diego to Dallas trip with a 2yr old and 6 month old in Navy days,ladtx.Just the babies,sans pets was enough of a challenge!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday !

Have a cup while you Freep !

[MEG33]

San Diego..More coffee,needed!

[MeekOneGOP]

Gonna work on this one to make another like it, only better ...

[Donaeus]

Good morning my Finest friends!! I hope ya'll are all well and having a good day.

Thank you to our brave soldiers, the best and brightest America has to offer. We love you.

Father, be with the families of our servicemen and women who were killed this weekend. Heal their hearts and ease their grief. Be with those who have been wounded, please speed their recoveries so they can return to their families. Give the men and women still in the field courage and strength to fight on. Lord, please watch over and care for us all and continue to bless us. Amen.

[Aquamarine]

Beautiful heartfelt prayer (((Dansy)))

Thanks for noticing my welcome graphic. When I found that gif it had an avertisement in the center. I just erased it in Photo Deluxe and added my own text. It's so much fun to do things like that!

[Aquamarine]

Hi Meekie! Carlsbad Caveman, my favorite Neanderthal! :)

[dansangel]

When I found that gif it had an avertisement in the center. I just erased it in Photo Deluxe and added my own text.

You make it sound so *easy* - LOL! I think Billie has "created a monster!" :-)

You *go*, ((((Aqua)))))

[Aquamarine]

Great graphic! Have you ever noticed how the democrats always called the Republican Party the rich fat cats, that have all the money? Now they have their own billionaire that says he'll pay for everything to keep the democrats in power and that's just great with the dems.

Found a great picture of Reagan if you ever need it for one of your graphics.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks, I think. :)

I haven't graduated from my Photo Deluxe class yet. :) Has she got you started in there?

[dansangel]

I haven't graduated from my Photo Deluxe class yet. :) Has she got you started in there?

I don't have Photo Deluxe, although I think Dan does on his 'puter. It's Adobe, right? He got it with a scanner I gave him eons ago.

He and I both have Paint Shop Pro which is not a very user friendly program, although the updated version 8.0 is certainly an improvement. I can make backgrounds and enhance graphics. I've done all of my "Welcome" graphics lately, some pledges and I've even made a couple of animations, but there is still so much to learn. When I have "free time" (what *is* that?) I play in it and learn more.

[Aquamarine]

That's it, Adobe Photo Deluxe. Not sure if it's available in the stores anymore.
Billie has the same thing so it makes it easier for her to teach me. Dutchess just got one that she ordered a while back over the Net, am looking forward to her future creations. :)

[Aquamarine]

Thank you to our brave soldiers, the best and brightest America has to offer. We love you.

Well said Donaeus! And thanks so much for the beautiful prayer.

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! That made both mine and Carl's day ! ha! ha! ...

[dansangel]

Dutchess just got one that she ordered a while back over the Net, am looking forward to her future creations. :)

I am, too. Y'all's are doing some wonderful things! :-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks ! I'm going to work on that that one of Soros/Rats. I can do better. I saved all the 'parts' used to make that up and so it should be pretty easy when I get to it.

Yep ! The 'RATS are all about power, period. Hypocrisy is no stranger to them. They are elated to have Soros' deep pockets don't ya know !?

And, thanks for the Reagan pic. I've saved it in my folder for future reference as needed ...

[Donaeus]

Thanks Aqua, you just made my day! :)

I know you posted that Reagan graphic for Dansangel but I'm gonna borrow it, if that's okay. I just love that man so much. I checked out Margaret Thatcher's autobiography The Downing Street Years and it has several sections of photographs mostly black and whites. The ones in the center section are in color which is where President Reagan and Nancy's are. My favorite is one where Maggie is giving a speech at a dinner and Reagan is sitting to her right, hanging on her every word. He wrote an inscription on the bottom of the picture about how much he appreciated and admired her as leader and friend. All I can say is, what character and class! Both of them. I'll try to scan them but it may be difficult because the book is extremely thick.

[Aquamarine]

The happiest days of my life were when Reagan was in office. Below is a picture of him riding with the Queen. and another great photo of him below. If you all want to see more great pictures of him go here....Photo Archives

[Aquamarine]

Be back after while.

[Billie]

Thank you, Aqua, for bringing us the tribute to our Military today; we thank them every day for their duty to and protection of our country.

Your pledge graphic is just beautiful, and I love the 'door's are always open' graphic!

[Billie]

Good morning to two of our Finest guys and hope your day is wonderful. Rus, I read your post about your interview this weekend, and it sounds like really good news. Am so happy for you and just know it's going to work out.

[Billie]

How nice to see you here this morning, PGalt. Thank you for joining us in our thanks to those who serve/served.

[Aquamarine]

Hi Billie. We posted at the same time. Thanks for the kudo's...was just leaving for a while.

BTW...thanks for showing me how to make those graphic's. :)

[Billie]

Hi, Molly - thanks for offering your prayers for those Ohio Ntional Guard units who are about to be deployed. They are all in our thoughts and prayers.

[Billie]

Your tribute each Monday to your fallen comrades in the VietNam war are an important part of our Military Mondays, ladtx. Thank you, and God Bless their families and loved ones.