USO Canteen FReeper Style Salutes Norfolk Naval Base .... November 6,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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This is how I think of the USO Canteen 
Freeper Style. It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night. 

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too. 
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of 
place that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, 
a library, etc. 

Many Veterans have written to me, 
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they 
served. 

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy 
and sometimes troubling world. 
Make yourself at home.

Snow Bunny

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, 
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their  
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank 
them. 

Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper 
Style, are thankful for every service member 
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
In both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

John McCrae 

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Norfolk Naval Base

Just a few miles down the James River
is the gigantic Norfolk Naval Station,
home of the Atlantic Fleet, whose ships,
including six aircraft carriers,are providing
firepower and logistics for Operation
Enduring Freedom in South Asia.

Nearby at Little Creek Amphibious Base,
Navy SEALS train for Afghan operations.
In Virginia Beach, Oceana Naval Air Station
is the base for many of the carrier aircraft striking al-Qaida.

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth
will be refitting city-busting Trident
submarines so they can attack terrorist camps
with highly accurate conventional missiles
rather than nuclear-tipped ones.

Naval Station Norfolk occupies about
4,300 acres of Hampton Roads real
estate in a peninsula known as Sewells
Point. It is the world`s largest Naval Station;
in fact, based on supported military population,
it is the largest military station in the world.

When the 76 ships and 138 aircraft homeported
here are not at sea, they are along side one of
the 14 piers or inside one of the 15 aircraft hangars
for repair, refit, training and to provide the ship`s or
squadron`s crew an opportunity to be with their
families. Naval Station is homeport to aircraft carriers,
cruisers, destroyers, large amphibious ships, submarines,
a variety of supply and logistics ships, C-2, C-9, C-12
and E-2 fixed wing aircraft, and H-3, H-46, H-53, and H-60 helicopters.

Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships
movements annually as they arrive and depart
their berths. Port facilities extend more than four
miles along the waterfront and include some
seven miles of pier and wharf space.

Air Operations conducts over 100,000 flight
operations each year, an average of 275 flights
per day or one every six minutes. Over 150,000
passengers and 264,000 tons of mail and cargo
depart annually on Air Mobility Command (AMC)
aircraft and other chartered flights from our airfield.
It is the hub for Navy logistics going to the European
and Central Command theaters of operations, and to the Caribbean.

NORFOLK NAVAL AIR STATION, Virginia --
President Bush on Tuesday praised the development
of high-technology weapons systems as part of his
plan to "keep the peace." The Commander-in-
message came in an address delivered to a crowd of mostly military personnel at the only NATO
military base in the United States, the headquarters
of the Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) in Norfolk, Virginia.

021009-N-9964S-075 Norfolk, Va., aboard
USS Harry S. Turman (CVN 75) Oct. 9, 2002 –
Steven Tyler (2nd from right), lead singer of the
rock band “Aerosmith” along with Joey Kramer (right),
the band’s drummer, take a tour of flight deck control
where a crewmember explains how aircraft are moved
in the hanger bay and on the flight deck of Truman.
“Aerosmith” boarded and toured Truman while the carrier
was pier side at Norfolk Naval Station. The band had
returned to perform in the area, having cancelled their
original performance scheduled for September 11, 2001
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class
Christopher B. Stoltz(RELEASED)

Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA. Apr. 16, 2002 -
An Electronics Technician 2nd Class heads home with
his daughter, at pier 6 after returning from deployment
aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61).

At sea aboard the cruiser USS Cape St. George
(CG 71) Apr. 19, 2002 - The Secretary of the Navy,
the Honorable Gordon R. England, addresses
crewmembers of the Norfolk, Va.- based cruiser,
thanking them for their dedicated service.

Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Apr. 20, 2002 —
A Navy wife greets her husband, an Interior
Communications Electrician 1st Class, as he returns
rom a deployment aboard the amphibious transport
dock ship USS Shreveport (LPD 12).

Norfolk Naval Station, Va., Apr. 25, 2002
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67)
returns to her homeport.

Norfolk, Va., May 6, 2002 — Assisted by tugs,
the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
glides up the Elizabeth River past downtown Norfolk's
waterfront on its way to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in
adjacent Portsmouth, Va.

Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., May 7, 2002 —
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, far right, along with
members of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic's Honor
Guard and Mr. Jon Clodfelter, second from left,
demonstrate the design of a new commemorative
Virginia license plate honoring those who lost their
lives during a terrorist attack the guided-missile
destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67).

This is why the USO Canteen FReeper Style is here,for our troops and their loved ones serving now! And to thank Veterans that have served!

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A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

[Snow Bunny]

Written by David K.
aka Johnny Gage
In Honor of the fallen unknown:

There are soldiers in many places 
For some, we're allowed to see their faces 
For others, are required to stay hidden 
and do the orders that they are bidden. 

If a known, brave soul's life comes to pass 
we're told who he is and that he's home at last 
If a hidden one dies while he's doing the plan 
he's known only to his family and not the average man. 

He's on a covert mission, so we are told 
He died a soldiers way, and his life was bold 
He's a hero to us, in each and every way, 
because he died protecting the U.S. of A.

October 29th, 2002

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Just eight months out of high school in Merced, Calif., a 10th Mountain Division soldier, Pvt. Brian McAllister, performs maintenance checks on his M-4 carbine in the tent city at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. His unit, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, out of Fort Drum, N.Y., is deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Photo by Spc. Roderick Turner, 314th Press Camp Headquarters

Poor is the nation that has no heroes.
Shameful is the one that, having heroes - Forgets them!
from a monument on the Davis Bridge Battlefield, Bolivar,Tn.

We support our Canadian troops, our friends fighting the enemy with us.
Operation APOLLO is Canada's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism.

Sergeant Kory Fisher of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) Battle Group

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Thank you for your wonderful support of the USO Canteen FReeper Style, the troops and their families.
Thank you Veterans!

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Bunny. Huge Hooray this morning!

[Snow Bunny]

Operation APOLLO is Canada's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism

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AFGHANISTAN CLOCK

[Dog]

Good Morning Sweet Lady......we did it!!!!!

Bunny the reason I don't come around much anymore is that the graphics take my old computer so long to load.......

But tonight I wanted to tell you thank you for everything you do here and you are a role model to alot of people on this site!

Sweet dreams tonight Bunny .........WE WON!!!!!

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[herewego]

Go Bunny, we love ya!

[The KG9 Kid]

Going to sleep now. What a night!

Semper Bunny!

[JohnHuang2]

Morning, Snow Bunny -- was last night a GREAT NIGHT, or what? hehe

[JohnHuang2]

[JohnHuang2]

Morning, my friend -- GREAT NIGHT!

[Aeronaut]

Morning, my friend -- GREAT NIGHT!

Hoo boy! We're still a bit into the nail-biting here in MN and nex' door in SD, but it still is breaking the right way, so far. I was just reading the Jeffords thread. Man, I wouldn't want to be him about now. See ya!

[JohnHuang2]

Man, I wouldn't want to be him [Jeffords] about now

LOL! Neither would I!

[John Lenin]

The USS Constellation

[Radix]

[radu]

Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD) provides intermediate level maintenance support to 17 Norfolk Naval base tenent squadrons consisting of 13 Type/Model/Series aircraft as well as support to East Coast CV/CVN and L-Class ships.

AIMD Norfolk provides repair, manufacture, test and check of aircraft components and associated support equipment. AIMD Norfolk also provided 94 Sea Operational Detachment (SEAOPDET) personnel to all East Coast aircraft carriers for worldwide deployment and at-sea periods.

[firewalk]

Good morning

**big Smile**

So happy to hear about the Senate & House!!

Have a great day...

[E.G.C.]

MONACO, FREE TED MAHER NOW!!!!!!

[aomagrat]

Today's classic ship, USS Norfolk (DL-1)

Norfolk class hunter-killer ship
Displacement. 5600
Lenght. 540'
Beam. 54'
Draft. 26'
Speed. 32 k.
Complement. 411
Armament. 8 3", 16 20mm., 4 Weapon Alfa ASW Systems, 8 21" tt

The USS Norfolk (DL-1), projected as hunter-killer ship (CLK-1) was laid down 1 September 1949 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden. N.J., launched 29 Deeember 1951; sponsored by Miss Betty King Duckworth; and eommissioned 4 March 1 953, Capt. Clarenee Matheson Bowley in command.

The first major U.S. warship built since World War II, Norfolk was authorised in 1947 as an anti-submarine hunter killer ship which could operate under all weather conditions and would carry the latest radar, sonar, and other electronic devices. As a large destroyer leader designed on a light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51) hull, she could earry a greater variety of detection gear than a destroyer.

After her Caribbean shakedown cruise (February 1954), Norfolk was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and between 1955 and 1957 served successively as flagship for Commander Destroyer Flotillas 2, 4, and 6. During 1956 and 1957 she acted as flagship for Commander Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet. In June 1957, Norfolk participated in the International Fleet Review as flagship for Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

By 1959 Norfolk's 8 3" 70 cal. guns had been replaced by 8 3" 50 cal. guns and her 20mm. battery had been removed. In 1960 the addition of an ASROC launcher enchaneed her antisubmarine capabilities.

On 10 May 1960, an 83-foot Cuban vessel harassed Norfolk while she was patrolling the Florida Straits with The Sullivans (DD-537) in international waters.

In Fall 1961 she took part in UNITAS II as flagship for Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 2. During the operation she performed ASW training exercises with the navies of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. Norf olk repeated this cruise over the next five years during which she served as flagship of Commander South Atlantie Forees except in 1962 when she was flagship for Commander Cruiser Destroyer Forces Atlantic Fleet.

Norfolk joined LANTFLEX 66 as flagship between 28 November and 16 Deeember 1966. During this exercise she was shadowed by the Russian trawlers Repiter and Teodilit. She proved her antisubmarine capabilities again as flagship for Comma nder South Atlantie Forces during UNITAS VIII in Fall 1967.

Norfolk was assigned to Commander Middle East Forees as flagship (17 April-15 October 1968). On this mission she visited Bahrain, French Somaliland, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia. Kenya, the Seychelles, Mauritius, Malagasy Republio, India, Pakistan, Austr alia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Mexico, and Panama Canal Zone.

In Ootober 1968 Norfolk returned to Norfolk where she decommissioned 15 January 1970 and entered the Atlantio Reserve Fleet. Stricken November 1 1973, she was sold August 22 1974 and broken up for scrap.

The Norfolk class proved too costly to produce in large numbers and was canceled.

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Snow! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies:

The Japanese eat relatively little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The Japanese drink relatively little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The Italians drink generous amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and other fatty foods and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

[tomkow6]

At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 4, 2002 -- Damage Controlman 2nd Class Kyle Nordlund from Clearbrook, Minn., team leader during a General Quarters (GQ) drill, checks a space for fire using a hand held thermal Imager. Thermal imaging technology has a dramatically improved shipboard search and rescue efforts encountered in the tight spaces aboard ship. Navy firefighters, using thermal imagers, can quickly navigate and identify victims in smoke-filled compartments. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jo Wilbourn.

At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 4, 2002 -- Damage Controlman 2nd Class Kyle Nordlund from Clearbrook, Minn., damage control leader during a General Quarters (GQ) drill, checks a space for potential reflash fires using a thermal imager while the #1 Nozzleman (kneeling), Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Lloyd Dieckman from Oak Harbor, Wash., provides firefighting cover. Thermal imaging technology has a dramatically improved shipboard search and rescue efforts encountered in the tight spaces aboard ship. Navy firefighters, using thermal imagers, can quickly navigate and identify victims in smoke-filled compartments. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jo Wilbourn.

At sea aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) Nov. 4, 2002 -- A weapons handler on the ship’s flight deck positions ordnance delivered by helicopter during an underway vertical replenishment (VERTREP). Constellation and its embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), recently departed its homeport of San Diego Calif., on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza, Jr.

[Severa]

Good morning from VA Beach!

Hey our home (NAS Oceana) and Jas's workplace (NAS Norfolk) are being honored today. Coolness. Wish the weather was better here *grumbles* Been cool and rainy the past few days.

And yes, I did get to go out and vote yesterday. My friend was nice enough to watch my kids while I went two miles down the street to the polling place. 4pm and no line whatsoever. I was out of there in 10 minutes.

Kids are doing fine. Jas is looking forward to the end of Sonar Sup school on Fri. I'm holding up ok. Preop is this Fri, same day we get cable installed. *L* Gonna be a busy weekend it seems.

Have a great day everyone!

[knighthawk]

Indeed, HURRAY!!!

[tomkow6]

I thought you're gonna be helping Dutchess root for the packers?

[SAMWolf]

[SAMWolf]

Norfolk Naval Station

Naval Station Norfolk occupies about 3,400 acres of Hampton Roads real estate in a peninsula known as Sewells Point. It is the world's largest Naval Station; in fact, based on supported military population, it is the largest military station in the world. The Norfolk Naval Base (NNB) is located on 4,631 acres, directly northwest of the City of Norfolk, Virginia. The Naval Complex includes Norfolk Naval Base as well as other Naval Facilities of the Sewells Point Naval Complex.

When the 78 ships and 133 aircraft home ported here are not at sea, they are alongside one of the 14 piers or inside one of the 15 aircraft hangars for repair, refit, training and to provide the ship's or squadron's crew an opportunity to be with their families. Naval Station is homeport to aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, large amphibious ships, submarines, and a variety of supply and logistics ships. Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships' movements annually as they arrive and depart their berths. Port facilities extend more than four miles along the waterfront and include some seven miles of pier and wharf space.

Naval Station's Nimitz Hall is a major stopping-off point for people destined for ships, aircraft squadrons, and stations overseas. Nearly 9,000 people are processed through the Transient Personnel Unit annually en route to their destinations.

It is uncommon for these ships to all be in port at one time. Naval Station Norfolk made history with the berthing of five (5) Nuclear Aircraft Carriers on 02 July 97 at 1730, when the Navy's newest Nimitz class carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74), returned to port, joining the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71), USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) and the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The only other time five carriers were berthed at the Naval Station was in 1992, but they were not all nuclear carriers.

NAVSTA Norfolk lies on the eastern shore of Hampton Roads, immediately east of the north-south oriented Norfolk Harbor Reach. NAVSTA has 20 piers, ranging in age from 6 years (Pier 10) to 63 years (Pier 7). Eleven of the piers are 50 years old or older. During a March 1998 port visit, local harbor authorities described the pier quality at NAVSTA Norfolk as inadequate. Specific deficiencies include two piers that were in CASREP status because the deck of the piers was not thick enough for use and the fact that only two piers have good, as compared to excellent, electrical power vaults. The rest are worse. Most of the piers do not have reliable fuel service, none of the piers have dedicated fire mains, all pilings are reinforced concrete but are eroding at water level, etc., etc. Pier 2 will be demolished and replaced with an up-to-date double-deck facility, but a specific date for the work was not mentioned. Pier 11 (built 1984) was considered to be in the best condition of all NAVSTA piers, but it is more exposed to wind than many of the other piers.

Berths at NAVSTA are numbered from inshore to seaward with odd numbers on the north side and even numbers on the south side. (For example, Berth 5-6 represents Pier 5/Berth 6.) Piers 2, 3 and 4 are warehouse piers and are primarily used for ships taking on stores. Piers 5, 7 and 10 are primarily for the use of surface combatants. Piers 11 and 12 are primarily for the use of aircraft carriers and large surface combatants. Piers 20 through 25 are primarily for the use of destroyer/submarine forces.

The US Naval Station piers at Norfolk are located about 18 nmi west of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. To reach the piers, vessels from the ocean must transit Thimble Shoal Channel, which crosses the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay; pass through the bridge opening at the lower end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; pass between Old Point Comfort on the north and Fort Wool on the south; transit the Entrance Reach Channel at Hampton Roads; and enter the Norfolk Harbor Reach Channel which is adjacent to the west side of the Naval Station. The channels are maintained at a minimum depth of 45 feet. Except for areas close to shore, the water is about 18 feet deep from the Atlantic Ocean to Hampton Roads. The channel boundaries are marked by numerous buoys along the route. The buoys are generally 1/4 nmi apart near turns to about 1 nmi apart along straight sections of a channel.

Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships' movements annually as they arrive and depart their berths. Port facilities extend more than four miles and include some seven miles of berthing space. Naval Station's Nimitz Hall is a major stopping-off point for people destined for ships and stations overseas. Nearly 30,000 people are processed through the Transient Personnel Unit annually en route to their destinations.

The Magnetic Silencing Facility maintains and operates degaussing ranges at the Sewells Point Degaussing Range and Lamberts Point Deperming Station and magnetic treatment and calibration services at Lamberts Point Deperming Station. The Station provides degaussing services, including ranging and deperming for US Navy, US Government and friendly nation ships. They also provide technical reports as required, maintain degaussing records of all US Navy ships, and provide on board technical and administrative training to both US Navy ships and friendly nation Navies.

In March 1946, the Chief of Naval Operations directed the Commandant 5th Naval District, who also had been Commandant U.S. Naval Station, to include Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Air Station Norfolk as separate components under the military command of Commandant Naval Base, whose title was changed to Commander Naval Base and then to Commander, Navy Region, Mid-Atlantic.

Postwar period developments underscored the capacity of the Naval Station to change. The station at first stored inactive aircraft carriers, other reserve vessels, and finally submarines and destroyers. Fire fighting and salvage control now became specialties. The Atlantic Fleet Command came ashore in 1948 and placed its headquarters with a staff of 165 officers and 315 enlisted in an abandoned hospital. At the same time, the station rendered service to military as well as scientific pursuits.

Known officially as Naval Operating Base until 31 December 1952, on 1 January 1953 the name of the installation was changed to Naval Station Norfolk.

Always seeking to provide the best service to its customers, the Naval Station has evolved and made necessary and/or convenient improvements such as the Navy Exchange Mall, which was opened at its present location in November 1989 and expanded again by another 189,000 sq. ft. in September 1998. Another momentous occasion in 1998 was the opening of Enterprise Hall, a new state-of-the-art bachelor housing building, centrally located in the heart of the Naval Station next to the Naval Station Galley.

As part of the Navy's response to the post-Cold War drawdown of the 1990's, many new initiatives were implemented at Navy shore installations to reduce their operating cost, improve their efficiency, and better match their capacity to the reduced size of the Navy. In 1998, the Navy began a major realignment of shore command organizations and processes throughout Hampton Roads in a process known as "regionalization". One of the biggest steps and efficiencies in this process was the merger of separate Naval Station and Naval Air Station (which were directly adjacent to each other) into a single installation to be called Naval Station Norfolk. This consolidation became official on February 5, 1999.

In November 2001 the piers at Naval Station Norfolk were renumbered to help eliminate some of the confusion caused by the current system. The new system will begin at the South end of the station (old pier No. 20) and will be numbered consecutively from No. 1 to No. 13. In instances where there is an existing pier (scheduled for demolition) and a new pier, the pier to be demolished will have an “alpha (A)” added after the pier number. Renumbering of the piers was scheduled in conjunction with the Nov. 19 ribbon cutting of the two new military construction piers on the naval station waterfront. Pier and directional signs will be changed over the weekend of Nov. 15-18. For people who haven’t worked on this base for 20 years, the old pier numbering system was confusing. Just imagine the sailor who is here for the first time standing at pier No. 10. They can see pier No. 7 to the south and pier No. 11 to the north but they are looking for Pier 24. One would assume it is north of pier No. 11 — previously, it was not. That’s because of how Naval Station Norfolk grew. The naval station is a very large old base that grew in pieces. They started out building piers and numbering them at what was then the south end of the base. However, the Navy obtained additional land to the south of these piers. If they had continued to use the numbering convention in place we would have piers with negative numbers. So, they started over again at the south end of the base, with pier No. 20. Now, with the new numbering system taking effect Nov. 15-19, the piers will be numbered in order. This will allow personnel new to naval station to find the pier they need to be at easier.

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[tomkow6]

Why would such nice lady like yourself say such a thing?

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In Memory of All who gave their lives this past year to make sure we had the Freedom to vote.

America's Heroes who have given their all in
defense of Freedom during Operation Enduring Freedom
CIA. Agent Johnny Michael Spann of Winfield, AL Chief Petty Officer Matthew J. Bourgeois, Tallahassee, Fla. Master Sergeant Jefferson D. Davis (39) Clarksville, TN Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Petithory (32) Cheshire, MA SSgt. Brian C. Prosser (28) Frazier Park, CA Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, 31, of San Antonio, Texas Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft, 29, of Shasta, Calif Capt. Daniel G. McCollum 29, of Irmo, S.C Gunnery Sgt. Stephen L. Bryson, 35, of Montgomery Ala Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen, 37, of Coram, N.Y Sgt. Nathan P. Hays, 21, of Wilbur, Wash Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Bertrand, 23, of Coos Bay, Ore Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters, 25, of Gary, IN Staff Sgt. Walter F. Cohee III, 26, Mardela Springs, Md Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan, 24, Mendocino,CA. Maj. Curtis D. Feistner, 34, South Dakota Capt. Bartt D. Owens, 30, of Ohio Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jody L. Egnor, 32, of Ohio Staff Sgt. James P. Dorrity, 37, of Goldsboro, N.C. Staff Sgt. Kerry W. Frith, 37, of Jamesville, Nev Staff Sgt. Bruce A. Rushforth Jr., 35, of Massachusetts. Sgt. Jeremy D. Foshee, 25, of Pisgah, Alabama Spc. Thomas F. Allison, 22, of Tacoma, Wash Master Sgt. William L. McDaniel II Staff Sgt. Juan M. Ridout Daniel Pearl: Reporter for Wall Street Journal, 39, New Jersey Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, 34, of Wade, N.C Sgt. Bradley S. Crose, 27, of Orange Park, Fla. Sgt. Philip J. Svitak, 31, of Joplin, Mo Spc. Marc A. Anderson, 30, of Brandon, Fla. Pfc. Matthew A. Commons, 21, of Boulder City, Nev. Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts, 32, of Woodland, Calif. Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, 36, of Waco, Texas Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham, 26, of Camarillo, Calif. Pfc. Kristofer Tif Stonesifer, Doylestown, Pa. Spc. John Joseph Edmunds, Cheyenne, Wyo. Master Sgt. Evander Earl Andrews, Solon, Maine SSgt. Brian T. Craig, 27, Texas SSgt. Justin J. Galewski, 28, Kansas Sgt. Jamie O. Maugans, 27, Kansas Sgt. 1st Class Daniel A. Romero, 30, Colorado Sgt. Gene Arden Vance Jr., 38, Morgantown, W. Virginia MSgt. Peter Tycz II, Tanawanda, NY SSgt. Anissa A. Shero, 31, Grafton, W. VA. TSgt. Sean M. Corlew, Thousand Oaks, CA Cpl. Antonio 'Tony' Sledd of St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Today's transportation for you and the Girlz.
My old ship who's home port was Norfolk VA

USS CORRY DD 817

[SAMWolf]

U.S. soldiers Master Sgt. Jack Lee, of Wichita, Kansas, left, 1st Lt. Tina Kroske, of Atlanta, Georgia, center, and Staff Sgt. James D. Coble, of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, right, deployed on a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan watch the results on a live TV broadcast of Midterm congressional elections, to elect Senators and Representatives, at U.S. Air Base Bagram in Afghanistan Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

.S. soldiers 1st Lt. Tina Kroske, of Atlanta, Georgia, right, Staff Sgt. David Lamb, Cartersville, Georgia, center, and Staff Sgt. James D. Coble, of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, left, deployed on a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan watch the results on a live TV broadcast of Midterm congressional elections, to elect Senators and Representatives, at U.S. Air Base Bagram in Afghanistan Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"How are you feeling this morning?"

Feeling better, I think I sweated out most of this fever overnight.
Thanks for your concern.
*HUG*