A day om good US Troops @ night, pic find ping!
Posted on 08/05/2007 6:06:55 PM PDT by The Mayor
AWESESOME
Thanks and good morning, CMN
hot enough for ya?
Thank God I go from my air conditioned home to my air conditioned car to my air conditioned office. I don’t do heat well!
How are you this morning, beachn?
Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial.
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LOL....Amen to that. I don't mind the heat. I wouldn't mind it being 97 degrees if there wasn't so much humidity & muck with it. And, to top it off, I don't think my little homestead got any of that rain we had here in the Metro area.
August 7, 2007
READ: Psalm 1
Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You. —Psalm 119:11
Madame Marie Curie holds her place in history as a pioneer in the study of radioactivity. In 1903, she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, capturing the honor in physics. Then, in 1911, she received a second Nobel Prize, this one in chemistry.
Such a wonderful contribution did not come without tremendous sacrifice. Madame Curie died of leukemia caused by prolonged exposure to radioactive materials. Even today, scholars who wish to read her handwritten journals and lab papers must wear protective clothing because these archives are still radioactive.
No one today would approach radioactive material without protection. But many seem unconcerned about exposure to the dangers of sin. Psalm 1 warns us against sinful attitudes, speech, and behavior (vv.1,4-6).
Obedience to God’s law is a spiritual safeguard from sin and its deadly consequences. The psalmist also wrote, “Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You” (119:11).
Madame Curie didn’t know about the serious health dangers of exposure to radioactivity. But God has given us ample warning about the dangers of sin. Let’s apply daily what we read in His life-giving Book.
Good morning, Meg
Thank God for men like this.
Indeed! Good morning, beachy.
What a wonderful way to remember/honor his service and ultimate sacrifice!
Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman wanted self-discipline.
After graduating from Everman High School in 2000, he took some college classes, but he didn't apply himself the way he thought he should.
The solution, he decided, was the Army.
"He told me he had to start listening to somebody," said his father, David Wakeman. "It was something he felt like he needed to do to make a better life for himself."
Sgt. Wakeman, 25, was killed Saturday in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised explosive device, according to the Defense Department.
Two other soldiers were also killed.
[B]Powell Presents Purple Hearts; Postal Service Reissues Stamp Honoring Medal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2007 – Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell presented Purple Heart Medals to two wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here today, as the U.S. Postal Service reissued a stamp honoring the medal and those who wear it.
The medal, which features George Washington’s family crest and the first president’s silhouette set against a purple heart, is awarded to U.S. servicemembers wounded by an instrument of war in an enemy’s hands.
Powell received a Purple Heart after a booby trap wounded him in 1963 near the Vietnam-Laos border. The general today told the audience of nearly 150 servicemembers, families, friends, and hospital officials that the Purple Heart is unique because it’s “the only decoration which you are entitled to as a wounded warrior.”
“You may be recommended for other decorations, but this is the one that you are entitled to,” he said. “It is something that is owed to all of our wounded warriors by a grateful nation, and is given in the name of the president.
“It’s the least the American people can do to recognize those of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who have been willing to step forward to serve the nation, serve the cause of peace, freedom and democracy around the world,” the general said.
Powell presented Purple Hearts to two such servicemembers who were wounded by improvised explosive devices in separate incidents in Iraq: Army Sgt. Robert Evans, of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, from Fort Benning, Ga., and Army Pfc. Marcus LaBadie of 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, from Fort Hood, Texas.
“Because I have a Purple Heart now, and because I’ve been through it and I’ve walked in their shoes, I have more respect for the other soldiers who have Purple Hearts,” Evans said after Powell pinned his shirtfront with the medal.
Civilians who wish to honor Purple Heart recipients now need to look no further than their local post office. John Potter, postmaster general and chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, and Powell unveiled an eight-foot replica of the Purple Heart stamp that today becomes available to the public.
“The reason that we’re here today is because the stamp has touched this nation and its people so deeply, and they’ve let us know that,” Potter said. “It’s not only the stamp itself that resonates so strongly, (but) it’s what the stamp stands for, what it represents.”
The stamp commemorates servicemembers’ sense of duty, dedication to service, spirit of valor, and willingness to sacrifice, the postmaster general said.
“By using the Purple Heart stamp on their cards and letters, our citizens salute you and your role in protecting our great nation,” Potter said.
The 41-cent stamp is the third issue of the Purple Heart postage stamp and goes on sale nationally today to coincide with two significant dates in the medal’s history. Today marks the 225th anniversary of the Badge of Military Merit, the predecessor of the Purple Heart Medal, which was first awarded 75 years ago.
Army Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, deputy director of the Tricare Management Activity, thanked audience members for helping acknowledge one of the country’s oldest military badges by witnessing the stamp’s unveiling.
“This is truly a legacy in terms of the Postal Service and their support of our men and women in uniform services,” he said. [/B]
http://www.defenselink.mil/utility/printitem.aspx?print=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46982
Salute to Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman and the two other soldiers.
Imagine the pride of those sailors who serve aboard the USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109).
what a fine young man Dubya.. thank you for sharing. I signed the guest book.. with tears.
Amen
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