Helluva soldier!
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
A great American. We owe him a debt that can never be repaid.
2 posted on
08/26/2011 6:54:20 PM PDT by
10thAmendmentGuy
("[Drug] crusaders cannot accept the fact that they are not God." -Thomas Sowell)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Draft notices!!! Man, I got my draft notice in the mail at my mom’s house, 6 weeks AFTER I was already in basic training!!!! Somehow the draft board did not know that I had already joined up!!! :-)
3 posted on
08/26/2011 6:54:33 PM PDT by
RetiredArmy
(EVERY knee shall bow and EVERY mouth shall say: Jesus Christ IS LORD!!!!)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
She knew Mellinger by reputation as a Ranger and "great NCO and leader" who was coming out of Iraq after 36 months with Gen. George Casey Jr. - and after surviving 27 blasts from Improvised Explosive Devices. Just wow.
4 posted on
08/26/2011 6:54:53 PM PDT by
Talisker
(History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
>>But the notion that draftees are bad people because they got drafted is nonsense, and anybody that perpetuates that is ill informed and uninformed.”<
Are you listening Hollywood?
5 posted on
08/26/2011 6:56:54 PM PDT by
max americana
(FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
If CSM Mellinger is the one I'm thinking of (and I think he is), there was an article about him a few months ago where they'd calculated that the amount of time he's spent in free-fall from all of his parachute jumps is equal to almost six or seven weeks.
And being hit by 27 IED's!!! Good grief!
6 posted on
08/26/2011 7:01:58 PM PDT by
Stonewall Jackson
(Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Thank you for your service!
9 posted on
08/26/2011 7:15:27 PM PDT by
Huskrrrr
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Well done Sgt. Major, well done!
There are very few men that I respect the moment I meet them but any Sgt. Major has my respect the moment they enter a room. Every organization in the world should have people like this.
Few Americans understand that our NCO’s are what truly make our military the best in the world.
10 posted on
08/26/2011 7:15:38 PM PDT by
volunbeer
(Keep the dope, we'll make the change in 2012!)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
11 posted on
08/26/2011 7:40:25 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Great story ! I am thinking of the time when he got drafted, I was going into Kindergarten at the time ! Almost a lifetime for me !
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I have a friend who has the distinction of being the last draftee by his draft board
15 posted on
08/26/2011 8:48:58 PM PDT by
A_Former_Democrat
(Just when you think the left can't get any loonier . . .)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Is whatever that is on the left supposed to be a real person?
16 posted on
08/26/2011 9:26:31 PM PDT by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
From one old Army draftee to another...Well Done CSM Mellinger!
May You long enjoy "Saluting Your Mailbox" every month.
(I know its all electronic deposit now - its an old joke)
19 posted on
08/26/2011 10:49:28 PM PDT by
Tainan
(Cogito, Ergo Conservitus.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Man, the intensity of those times was something rare to experience.
20 posted on
08/27/2011 12:23:26 AM PDT by
ansel12
( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
(IIRC :)...got my "notice" 11+ months before it ended.
22 posted on
08/27/2011 4:00:32 AM PDT by
skinkinthegrass
(Who can take tomorrow, Spend it all today? Who can take your income And tax it all away? Obama Man :)
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