Veterans Day-Please join us to send a message to our Veterans! Freeper Canteen-Friday Nov.11,2005

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[luvie]

Thanks for more great pictures, Hijinx! I was hoping you would accidentally get a picture of Sandy in those! LOL!

[HiJinx]

Poor baby!
Are those casts on his legs?

[Lady Jag]

You're a slippery as a wet losenge. That guy was a hunk, not a dog!

[SandRat]

Camera shy lil me????

Even whn you can get one I'm as bad as Wilson on Home Improvement.

[luvie]

:o)

I'll bet that's wrong! Still would have been nice to have had a stealth one!

[luvie]

Thank you, Star! Did you listen to it...did you need the hanky? I thought so!

[HiJinx]

Nope...I didn't see him, although he was there. Did see a lot of horses, though. This sequence is Ft. Huachuca's B Troop, an all volunteer cavalry unit that puts on shows here and elsewhere in the state of Arizona.

B Troop rides up Fry Blvd by twos.

The Cavalry Troop splits to form a line abreast.

The Troop has finished their move and is now in line formation.

The Troop Commander's sword, held like this, is the same as a salute. The command is to Present Arms.

The Ladies of B Troop follow behind...

In this maneuver, the Troop split at the center of the line and wheeled left/wheeled right to complete a circle and return to the line formation. I guess a video camera would have done the move more justice!

[SandRat]

And you know I was there as I decribed exactly what you were doing with camera in hand at the ceremony area.

Ain't I a sneaky one. Even worse Shorty can confirm that I was there.

[luvie]

You must have had your invisible shield up so Hijinx couldn't see YOU! :o)

[HiJinx]

Of course Shorty can...he had to be there!

[HiJinx]

HiJinx had his tunnel vision going...looking for the right camera shot, not looking for people he knew!

[SandRat]

Maskirovaka!

When in the trees look like a tree, when among folks in military uniform be in like uniform. Yes, the ones I wore on active duty still fit with comfort.

[Arm_Bears]

How did that poor dog get that way?

[GummyIII]

Hi, folks...I am in Richmond with my girls. I wanted to tell you about my stop about halfway here at a Sheetz to get a drink and visit the ladies' room. I pulled in behind an SUV with a bunch of "support our troops" magnetics and a "Semper Fi" sticker. I watched as an older gentleman got out, pumped gas, and then came in. I went up to him and saw he had a hat on with "Marines" across the front. I told I had noticed his SUV and his hat and asked if he had served as a marine. He nodded his head (a little bewildered, it seemed, at my questions), and I put out my hand. I said, "I'd like to shake your hand and thank you for your service. Have a good veterans day." He thanked me and smiled, and looked a little teary-eyed. I felt so blessed to have the chance to thank him.

Ok...I'm probably not going to be online much. My girls and I are going to "partyyyyyyyyyyy"!!!

[MeekMom]

God bless our beloved Vets!
God bless them and their families!

[luvie]

Wonderful pictures of the cavalry and their mounts. You must have had a great time. I'm not even sure that we had a parade. Didn't hear anything about it.

[SandRat]

As can the Bill Hess, the Post PAO, The Chair of the Republican Party here, and the Parade Grand Marshall.

[E.G.C.]

Music bump.

[HiJinx]

I had a wonderful time.
Leaving, OTOH, was a bear. Traffic was awful...when you only have one main street through town, and it gets closed off for two hours for a parade...!!!

[Lady Jag]

Poor puppy! Looks like it broke both its legs.