LAT: City Plans a Texas-Size Send-Off for Guard Troops Headed to Iraq

To: TexKat; xzins; Calpernia; SandRat; river rat; blackie; The Mayor; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; ...

Great!..Ping to a Texas send off to our Texas Guard..3,300 being honored and other good things..

You don't have to read the original LAT..the full text is posted on down.

21 posted on 01/01/2005 1:35:47 PM PST by MEG33 (...GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

City Plans a Texas-Size Send-Off for Guard Troops Headed to Iraq ~ Bump!

22 posted on 01/01/2005 1:47:40 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)

Pics from the local news of the Texas National Guard send off ceremony today!!

23 posted on 01/01/2005 4:27:36 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("If you can't run with the big dogs, you'd better go sit on the porch." (Daytona 50 days);-)

To: WestCoastGal; spodefly

24 posted on 01/01/2005 4:34:12 PM PST by ChefKeith (If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?)

To: MEG33; TexKat; xzins; Calpernia; SandRat; river rat; blackie; The Mayor; ...

25 posted on 01/01/2005 4:35:25 PM PST by ChefKeith (If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?)

To: WestCoastGal; ChefKeith

Thank you!..They showed a brief clip on Fox earlier.

26 posted on 01/01/2005 4:37:58 PM PST by MEG33 (...GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

More news & pics at 10pm.

27 posted on 01/01/2005 4:41:06 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("If you can't run with the big dogs, you'd better go sit on the porch." (Daytona 50 days);-)

Thanks for the headsup ChefKeith.

28 posted on 01/01/2005 4:58:59 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

To: ChefKeith; WestCoastGal; MEG33; All

Members of the 56th Brigade Combat Team of the Texas National Guard stand in formation on the football field, January 1, 2005 in Waco, Texas. More than 30,000 family members of Texas National Guardsmen who are being deployed to Iraq, attended Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium for a farewell ceremony. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

Members of the 56th Brigade Combat Team of the Texas National Guard run onto the football field, January 1, 2005 in Waco, Texas. More than 30,000 family members of Texas National Guardsmen who are being deployed to Iraq, attended Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium for a farewell ceremony. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

Members of the 56th Brigade Combat Team of the Texas National Guard perform 'The Wave' during a farewell ceremony January 1, 2005 in Waco, Texas. More than 30,000 family members of the Texas National Guardsmen cheered on the soldiers at Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium for the farewell ceremony before being deployed to Iraq. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

Hanna Brown (C) waves a flag for her father, Col. James Brown, 56th Brigade Commander of the Texas National Guard, January 1, 2005 in Waco, Texas. More than 30,000 family members of Texas National Guardsmen who are being deployed to Iraq, attended Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium for a farewell ceremony. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

Daniel Pearson (C) cheers as he sees his father, 2nd Lt. John Pearson of the Texas National Guard on field along with his sisters, Kiley (L) and Tracy (R), January 1, 2005 in Waco, Texas. More than 30,000 family members of Texas National Guardsmen who are being deployed to Iraq, attended Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium for a farewell ceremony. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

29 posted on 01/01/2005 5:10:52 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

Thanks TK, great pics.

Prayers for all of them!!

30 posted on 01/01/2005 5:16:14 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("If you can't run with the big dogs, you'd better go sit on the porch." (Daytona 50 days);-)

To: WestCoastGal; TexKat; winker; Gucho

Thank you for posting these pictures!Come and see!..I am full of pride and gratitude but I know the families are going through a lot..God bless them!

31 posted on 01/01/2005 5:20:47 PM PST by MEG33 (...GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

To: WestCoastGal

They are looking good. May God go and be with them.

32 posted on 01/01/2005 5:22:54 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

Is there a way we can keep track of them?

Keep the thread going if we can.

33 posted on 01/01/2005 5:25:26 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("If you can't run with the big dogs, you'd better go sit on the porch." (Daytona 50 days);-)

To: ChefKeith; WestCoastGal

Excellent!

Thankyou!

34 posted on 01/01/2005 7:07:34 PM PST by The Mayor (let the wisdom of God check our thoughts before they leave our tongue)

35 posted on 01/01/2005 7:09:20 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))

Prayers aloft for the Texas Guard! Protect them, Lord Jesus, we pray. Amen.

36 posted on 01/01/2005 7:22:40 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)

Take comfort in the fact this incident is evidence Fairfield embraces the conservative principles of keeping taxes low; and making city departments as close to self-supporting as possible.

Actually, if they only wrote you up for $80, they were being friendly.

37 posted on 01/02/2005 12:30:00 AM PST by barkeep

38 posted on 01/02/2005 5:12:15 AM PST by MEG33 (...GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

39 posted on 01/02/2005 5:56:45 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

To: WestCoastGal

you can keep up with the 56th brigade through the texas military family foundation. we can assist with getting packages to them as well as passing on letters of encouragement. you can reach us at fort hood by phone 254-618-0581 or by email: julie.curtiswin@us.army.mil

keep them all in your prayers.

40 posted on 01/13/2005 6:44:46 PM PST by mom in texas

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