USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Sunday Chapel, Prayers for the Military ~ April 06 2003

Good Morning BIS.

Good Morning, Kathy!
How be ya today?
I be fine!

GOOD MORNING TROOPS & FELLOW CANTEENERS & GOD BLESS YOU ALL

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1937 Billy Dee Williams Harlem NYC, actor (Chiefs, Double Dare)

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General amused by analysts -
references a cow and a 'flat rock'

04/06/2003

From Staff Reports

WASHINGTON – Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael "Buzz" Moseley may be commander of the U.S.-British air effort over Iraq, but he was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, where plain-spokenness is a virtue.

Asked Saturday about critics of the U.S. war plan, especially the many former military officers on television, Gen. Moseley said he found it humorous.

"Retired military people from various grades, from major to general, seem to feel free to comment on a plan that they have never seen ... or have any understanding of," he said.

"I grew up in Texas, and a lot of these guys, I'm amused by the way they critique it, but in the end, it's a whole lot like listening to a cow pee on a flat rock. It just doesn't matter."

Thanks Cote. That two year old is adorable.

No beating you today!

Birdie

Current Military News

U.S. Marines of the 3rd Batallion, 4th regiment, receive their first mail since the beginning of the war in Iraq on the outskirts of Baghdad, Sunday, April 6, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

U.S. flight deck crew unload mail for members of the military from a C-2A Greyhound plane with the VRC 40 'Rawhides', on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Mediterranean sea, in this March 31 photo, made available Wednesday April 2, 2003. (AP Photo/PHAR Chris Thamann,HO)

Engineers of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry division leave a message to Saddam Hussein a day ago on the nose of a destroyed Iraqi Airways plane on the runway at Baghdad International airport on April 6, 2003. Bombs and artillery thundered across Baghdad on Sunday as U.S. forces tightened their grip on the capital's outskirts, bringing up more troops and cutting approaches on three sides of the embattled city. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Iraqi citizens pull down a statue of Sadam with the help of U.S. soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 70 Armor and 101st Airborne division in Kerbala, April 6, 2003. Moving block by block, U.S. troops pushed into the center of the holy Shi'ite Muslim city of Kerbala on Sunday after vicious battles with Iraqi paramilitaries threatening U.S supply lines north to Baghdad. REUTERS/Peter Andrews

Brigade chemical officer Capt. Micah Bright, left, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), hands out chewing gum to Iraqi children in the holy city of Najaf, in this Friday, April 4, 2003 photo made available Sunday, April 6. (AP Photo/Pfc. Joshua Hutcheson/MOD/Pool)

U.S. Army Seargent Carry Wollenzien, left, from Shawano, Wis. plays with Afghan girls in village Qalai Nasro, 4 kilometers, or 2.5 miles, southwest of the Coalition Joint Task Force base in Bagram, Afghanistan, Saturday April 5, 2003. U.S. army personnel distributed humanitarian aid to the village, in addition to toys for children. Placed strategically on the frontline during the conflict between Northern Alliance and Taliban, the key Taliban stronghold village suffered heavy bombardment from U.S. attacks in November 2001. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

An Afghan girl plays with U.S. Army Seargent Carry Wollenzien, unseen, as others smile, in village Qalai Nasro, 4 km ( 2.5 miles), southwest of the Coalition Joint Task Force base in Bagram, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2003.

An Afghan girl plays with U.S. Army Staff Seargent Eliza Downing, unseen, as others smile, in village Qalai Nasro, 4 km (2.5 miles), southwest of the Coalition Joint Task Force base in Bagram, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2003.

Soldiers hold hand in prayer at a Sunday Mass in camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait Sunday, April 6, 2003. Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division are getting ready in several camps in Kuwait to be deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

thanks so much for your photos, once again.

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You're welcome, Reverend Grant.

Let us all keep these soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice and their families and their loved ones in our prayers. Here's the roll call:

U.S.: 73 dead, eight missing and seven captured. In some cases, families have released names before the military. On Friday, the Pentagon said 75 American servicemembers died, eight were missing and seven had been captured.

British: 27 dead, according to the British government.

DEATHS:

April 3:

Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, Utah, combat

Army Spc. Ryan P. Long, 21, Seaford, Del., combat

Marine Pfc. Chad B. Metcalf, 20, Coahoma, Texas

Army Spc. Donald S. Oaks Jr., 20, Harborcreek, Pa., combat

Army Sgt. 1st Class Randy Rehn, 36, Longmont, Colo., combat

Army Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, 27, Colorado, combat

Army Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, 33, Hart, Mich., combat.

April 2:

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, Durham, N.C., non-hostile accident

Army Spc. Mathew Boule, 22, Dracut, Mass., helicopter crash

Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin, 21, South Burlington, Vt.

Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez, 36, El Paso, Texas

Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, Ohio City, Ohio, non-combat weapons discharge

Army Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, Bennington, Vt., helicopter crash.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Eric A. Smith, 42, Rochester, N.Y., helicopter crash

April 1:

Army Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, Wellsville, Kan., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, Lansdale, Pa., non-combat weapon discharge

March 31:

Army Spc. Brandon Rowe, 20, Roscoe, Ill., combat

March 30:

Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, Sherwood, Ore., helicopter crash

Marine Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, Troutville, Va., helicopter crash

Marine Sgt. Brian McGinnis, 23, St. Georges, Del., helicopter crash

March 29:

Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, 41, Layton, Utah, combat

Army Cpl. Michael Curtin, 23, Howell, N.J., suicide attack

Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, Conyers, Ga., suicide attack

Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, Palm Bay, Fla., suicide attack

Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, New York, vehicle accident

Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, Highland, N.Y, suicide attack

March 28:

Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon , 32, Fayetteville, N.C., vehicle accident

March 27:

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, Tracy, Calif., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20, Escondido, Calif., combat

March 26:

Army Spc. William A. Jeffries, 39, Evansville, Ind., illness

Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, 36, White Lake Township, Mich., vehicle accident

March 25:

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25, Little Rock, Ark., combat

Marine Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, Los Angeles, combat

Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, Richmond, Va., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Santa Rosa, Calif., combat

Marine Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, New York, combat

Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, Boise, Idaho, grenade attack

March 24:

Marine Cpl. Evan James, 20, La Harpe, Ill., drowned in canal

Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 29, Davenport, Iowa, drowned in canal

Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, Hobart, Ind., combat

March 23:

Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Ga., combat

Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, Ventura, Calif., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key, Fla., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, Fort Myers, Fla., combat

Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, Costa Mesa, Calif., combat

Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, Los Angeles, combat

Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, Mobile, Ala., combat

Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, Enfield, Conn., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, Gallatin, Tenn., combat

Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, Tonopah, Nev., combat

Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, San Diego, combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, Thornton, Colo., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Yuma, Ariz.

March 22:

Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, La Mesa, Calif., helicopter collision

Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, Buffalo, N.Y., machine gun accident

Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, Easton, Pa., grenade attack

Army Reserve Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, Portland, Ore., vehicle accident

March 21:

Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine, helicopter crash

Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, St. Anne, Ill., helicopter crash

Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison County, Miss., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, Los Angeles, combat

Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, helicopter crash

Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, Baltimore, helicopter crash

Date not given:

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Broken Arrow, Okla., combat

Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, Smithville, Mo., vehicle accident

Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, Comfort, Texas, combat

Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, Barnwell, S.C., combat

Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, Cleveland, combat

Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, El Paso, Texas, combat

Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, El Paso, Texas, combat

Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, Tuba City, Ariz., combat

Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, Bedford Heights, Ohio, combat

Army Sgt. Donald Walters, 33, Kansas City, Mo., combat

CAPTURED:

March 24:

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, Lithia Springs, Ga.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 David S. Williams, 30, Orlando, Fla.

March 23:

Army Spc. Edgar Hernandez, 21, Mission, Texas

Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23, Alamogordo, N.M.

Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson, 30, Fort Bliss, Texas

Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, 23, Park City, Kan.

Army Sgt. James Riley, 31, Pennsauken, N.J.

MISSING:

March 23:

Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, Brownsville, Texas.

Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, Buffalo, N.Y.

Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, Waterford, Conn.

Marine Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline, Jr., 21, Sparks, Nev.

Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, Decatur, Ill.

Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, Boiling Springs, S.C.

Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, Yuma, Ariz.

Marine Sgt. Brendon Reiss, 23, Casper, Wyo.

OTHER COALITION CASUALTIES:

DEATHS:

British:

April 1:

Unidentified soldier, killed in accident involving light armored vehicle.

March 31:

Staff Sgt. Chris Muir, Romsey, England, killed while disposing of explosive ordnance

March 30:

Marine Christopher R. Maddison, combat

Lance Cpl. Shaun Andrew Brierley, road accident

March 28:

Lance Cpl. Matty Hull, in combat; death is being investigated possibly as result of friendly fire

March 25:

Cpl. Stephen John Allbutt, Stoke-on-Trent, England, tank hit by friendly fire

Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, Littleworth, England, tank hit by friendly fire

March 24:

Sgt. Steven Mark Roberts, Bradford, England, combat

Lance Cpl. Barry Stephen, Perth, Scotland, combat

March 23:

Sapper Luke Allsopp, London, combat

Staff Sgt. Simon Cullingworth, Essex, England, combat

Flight Lt. Kevin Barry Main, jet shot down by friendly fire

Flight Lt. David Rhys Williams, jet shot down by friendly fire

March 22:

Lt. Philip Green, helicopter collision

Lt. Marc Lawrence, helicopter collision

Lt. Antony King, Helston, England, helicopter collision

Lt. Philip West, Budock Water, England, helicopter collision

Lt. James Williams, Falmouth, England, helicopter collision Lt. Andrew Wilson, helicopter collision

March 21:

Color Sgt. John Cecil, Plymouth, England, helicopter crash

Lance Bombardier Llewelyn Karl Evans, Llandudno, Wales, helicopter crash

Capt. Philip Stuart Guy, helicopter crash

Marine Sholto Hedenskog, helicopter crash

Sgt. Les Hehir, Poole, England, helicopter crash

Operator Mechanic Second Class Ian Seymour, helicopter crash

Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, helicopter crash

Maj. Jason Ward, helicopter crash