FReeper Canteen ~ Military Structure: US Marines ~ December 19, 2005

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[Gucho]

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[StarCMC]

Thank you for posting this everyday Connie!

[laurenmarlowe]

Ray Charles~America The Beautiful

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[StarCMC]

 

 

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Birthday,
Dear tomkow's voices!

Happy Birthday To You!

 

Big birthday hugs to all of you!
 

 

[AZamericonnie]

Ya know I was just reading this thread & I must say....fantastic job Star! I can see love & effort!

[StarCMC]

Thank you Lauren! Beautiful!

[StarCMC]

It was pretty easy to find this stuff on the internet -- I have learned a lot just finding it all! :o) Thanks!!

[AZamericonnie]

Hope you have a wonderful birthday Tom! We know you're just really.....

[laurenmarlowe]

Staff Sergeants Adrian C. Bowie, 35, Marcus L. Allen, 35, Derrick D. Eddie, 32, serve together aboard Camp Fallujah and share a brotherhood deeper than the typical combat zone camaraderie. Allen, security manager, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Headquarters Group, II MEF (FWD), Bowie, radio chief, 8th Communications Battalion, II MHG, II MEF (FWD), and Eddie, an information systems specialist data chief, Regimental Combat Team 8, grew up together in a close-knit family in Colfax, La. Photo by: Cpl. Heidi E. Loredo

After searching a family's house for weapons and insurgents, Marines from Kilo Co., 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, react to sniper fire during pre-deployment training at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms, Calif., Dec. 13, 2005. More than 1,000 Marines and sailors from the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment are undergoing a month-long pre-deployment exercise in California’s Mojave Desert appropriately dubbed, “Mojave Viper.” The battalion will be part of the 20,000-plus troops of the Camp Pendleton-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, which will replace the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based II MEF as part of a regular rotation of military forces in Iraq early next year. From reacting to deadly improvised explosive devices to conducting searches through a civilian-populated Iraqi town, the Iraq-bound Marines are learning and rehearsing various “real life” scenarios they will encounter in Iraq. Photo by: Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin

Lieutenant Col. Robert A. Sammel, Detachment 4 commander, 6th Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Marine Division, hands an Iraqi child a soccer ball during a patrol in Fallujah on the day of the elections. The soccer ball was one of many donated by the 7th and 8th grade students from Kailua Intermediate School, in Kailua, Hawaii. Photo by: Cpl. Heidi E. Loredo

[Soaring Feather]

Happy Birthday Tomkow6, Burkaman.
The Voices of many who know a little bit about everything.

[laurenmarlowe]

[SevenofNine]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOmkow

Tomkow at this time of this posting

Da Bears 6
Falcons 3 going into halftime

[luvie]

Bring Us Home Again

He slowly came awake today
and he lumbered to his feet,
for it was just two hours
before that he faded off to sleep.

He donned the day's attire and
grabbed his M-16.
He headed off to breakfast to keep
him strong and lean.

As he walked down to the chow line
he kept a watchful eye.
He didn't want the enemy
to take him by surprise.

As the chaplin said a special prayer
on this very special day,
he kept thinking of his family
that is oh so far away.

He rubbed his left breast pocket
where he keeps a picture of his wife
and a letter from his daughter that
he reads most every night.

He fought back a single tear
as he stared out at the sand,
wishing he could be back home
with his family close at hand.

He shook his head to clear his thoughts
and then be on his way.
He's defending our great country
and has little time to play.

When he got out to the fence line,
his buddy by his side,
he exchanged a "Merry Christmas"
followed by a tired sigh.

He climbed upon the watchtower,
his mouth a tiny grin.
He said, "Merry Christmas to the world"
and "God, please, bring us home again".

~Bradley A. Peraino~




GOD BLESS AMERICA
~~~~~~~~~~
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS

[laurenmarlowe]

Awesome thread Star, thank you for all you do for our Troops!

[RaceBannon]

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[SevenofNine]

I got question does Tomkow "voices" age with him or still at same age LOL!

[luvie]

(((Lauren))))

It's so good to see you tonight! Did you have a wonderful weekend?

Thanks for the georgous pictures of our awesome troops!

I got to thank a hero's wife today...and had to go to the back of the store because I couldn't stop the tears from forming.