http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/military/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:19:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286378/posts June was National LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) Pride Month. To honor this occasion President Barack Obama held a reception in the East Room of the White House. It was an opportunity Obama took advantage of to mend strained relations between himself and the homosexual community that he had courted during his campaign. Obama had promised to overturn DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act), to change the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy used by the military in regards to homosexuals serving in the military, and to pass a comprehensive hate crimes law that would place homosexuals into a federally protected... The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286378/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286373/posts The crew of our aircraft awoke late afternoon on July 4, 2009 to find the camp decorated in red, white and blue ribbons, balloons, and posters in preparation for scheduled 4th of July events. I began my day a couple of hours earlier. I dressed in a digital camouflaged kilt and went about the camp to honor those working. I played God Bless America in front of Operations. My aircraft commander went with me to maintenance to thank them for the hard work they do in keeping our planes in the air. It was the Wild Blue Yonder (Air Force... Personal Friend http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286373/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286346/posts Mullen Advises 'Measured' Approach to Gay Policy The nation's top military officer said Sunday he has advised President Barack Obama to move "in a measured way" in changing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military. Obama as a candidate pledged to end the ban. As president, he has not said when or how he will take steps to do so, drawing criticism from gay rights activists and others. The president has pointed out that Congress in 1993 made into law a policy begun by President Bill Clinton. "It's very clear what President... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286346/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:58:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286196/posts Nearly 60 years since the Egyptian army overthrew the monarchy, some Egyptians may be looking to the army again for a successor to 81-year-old head of state and former air force chief Hosni Mubarak. On front of the podium where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981 while watching a military parade there is a huge frieze. The gilded triptych glorifies the military and places it at the heart of Egyptian society from the time of the Pharaohs. The central scene portrays soldiers, together with farmers, workers and students, carrying a plaque inscribed with 1952 - the year a group... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286196/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286170/posts Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~Patrick Henry...a slightly different take on our heroes, in honor of Independence Day...             Born: May 29, 1736 Birthplace: Hanover County, Virginia Education: (Lawyer, Politician) Work: Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765; Admitted to the Bar of the General Court in Virginia, 1769; Elected to the Continental Congress, 1774;... Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286170/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2286097/posts Psalm 119:47-51 How I Love Your Laws! How I Enjoy Your Commands! "Come, Come to me," I Call to them, For I Love them and will Let them Fill my Life. Never Forget Your Promises to me Your Servant, For they are my Only Hope. They Give me Strength in All my Troubles; How they Refresh and Revive me! Proud men Hold me in Contempt for Obedience to God, But I Stand Unmoved. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2286097/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:55:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286057/posts Military ordered to turn back Zelaya's jetBy WILL WEISSERT and NESTOR IKEDA – 1 hour ago TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' ousted President Manuel said he was getting on a flight home to reclaim his post on Sunday, accompanied by the U.N. General Assembly president and a group of journalists. The interim government said it ordered the military to prevent the landing of Zelaya's plane. If turned away, it will likely land in El Salvador, where a separate flight was headed with Latin American leaders who support Zelaya's reinstatement. Thousands of protesters were gathering in the capital of Honduras in... Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286057/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:32:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285927/posts > Now that he's home in Fort Worth he said his boxers will be displayed in the 1st Infantry Division museum at Fort Riley, Kansas. > Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285927/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:43:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285677/posts           DON’T BLAME CHANGING TIMES Most of us have learned to cope with, if not exactly embrace, the technological revolution that has completely restructured our world over the past two decades. Words like "Internet," "e-mail" and even "distance learning" may not be in your dictionary yet, but they soon will be. And that dictionary probably won't be paper like the ones most of us learned to use; instead, it will be part of the "spellchecker" on a computer hard drive, or perhaps on a single "CD-ROM" that contains thousands of pages of information. Despite my... The Canteen Crew http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285677/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2285485/posts Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. (Psalm 62:5-7) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2285485/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:50:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285425/posts My childhood friend of 31 years visited my home on base, in Quantico, a few months after I gave birth to my first baby. As we took a leisurely stroll one evening through the lingering humidity of early September, I explained to her how different military life is from the world in which we grew up in San Francisco. We passed rows of colorful houses on the tree-lined, manicured blocks and gazed at the playgrounds around the neighborhood, ready to welcome the children of the officers who live there. American flags hung from virtually every front door. The occasional "My... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285425/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285315/posts KABUL—Militants exploded a vehicle outside the gates of a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, sparking a two-hour gunbattle that ended when American troops called in airstrikes, officials said. Two U.S. troops were killed and four were wounded. More than 30 insurgents were killed by the airstrikes in Zerok district of Paktika province, said Hamidullah Zawak, the provincial governor spokesman. The multi-pronged attack near the Pakistan border came as thousands of Marines in southern Afghanistan pursued the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001, trying to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local... San Jose Mercury News/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285315/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:53:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285298/posts The upcoming visit from Obama to Russia will show why America shouldn't elect naive inexperienced Presidents, these leaders who are former KGB see reset buttons as weakness... hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285298/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 06:14:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285198/posts    ~ Canteen Music Dedication ~ ~ Support The Artists ~   Support the artists you hear throughout the Canteen! Click on the links below! Keep the music going! ArtistDirect l  Internet Radio l  AOL Music l  Sonique (Lycos) l  Real Radio Live365 l  971TheRiver  l  GotRadio  l  Wherehouse  l  Target  l Shoutcast AFRTS l  VH1 l XM Radio l  BET l  audiophile l  Virgin Radio l  Soma (Alternative) Acaza l AudioRealm l VH1 l  Yahoo! Launch Music l  Radio Disney l  Live-Radio Net ITunes l Amazon l Salsa Radio l MTV l CMT l Ticketmaster l Billboard l... OIur Troops Rock!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285198/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284837/posts For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. (Psalm 44: 3) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284837/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:25:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284673/posts Jul-02-2009 20:51 Burma, North Korea Said To Expand Military Ties Kyaw Min Htun Special to Salem-News.com Exile Burmese media have voiced alarm in recent days at reports of growing ties between Burma and nuclear-armed North Korea. Salem-News.com On Nov. 26, Burmese Gen. Thura Shwe Mann and North Korean Gen. Kim Kyok Sik reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding military ties. Photo: RFA (BANGKOK RFA) - A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Burma’s military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Burma's top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand... Salem-News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284673/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284662/posts They haven’t found the culprits yet who burned the U.S. and military flags of a former Marine in north Dallas this week. But support and offers to replace the flags have poured in. Avi Selk of the Dallas Morning News has the follow-up: Our little story about a few front-porch flags that got burned in Far North Dallas has sparked a firestorm of attention since it ran on Tuesday. The story, which my editor discovered from a single line in an obscure police report, (”UNK SUSP BURNED USA FLAG MOUNTED IN FRONT OF COMP RESIDENCE”) has also grabbed the attention... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284662/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:31:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284534/posts     ~ Finally Friday ~ Celebration Of An Exceptional Country       A World Without America Have you ever used one of the following items? Mouse (computing), Ethernet, Zipper, Teddy Bear, Radar Gun, Radial Arm Saw, Airbag, Autopilot, Bubblegum, Burr Truss, Cash Register, Crayons, Email, Ferris Wheel, Flashlight, Franklin Stove, Gilhoolie, Internet, Laser Printer, Nylon, Microwave oven, Floppy Disk, Scrabble, Shopping cart, Tea Bag, etc. Click for more. If so, THANK AMERICA!     Fun Facts About America:   --Venus Fly Traps only live in the wild in the Carolinas and nowhere else in the world. --A town called Terminus... Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284534/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:01:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284047/posts U.S. President Barack Obama's policies have left an Israeli attack on Iran the only option in preventing the Muslim country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton wrote in The Washington Post Thursday. In an article headlined "Time for an Israeli Strike?" Bolton answered his own question by stating, "Israel decision of whether to use military force against Tehran's nuclear weapons program is more urgent than ever ... Those who oppose Iran acquiring nuclear weapons are left in the near term with only the option of targeted military force against its weapons facilities." IsraelNationalNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284047/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:57:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284056/posts "For the shields of the earth belong to God"(Psalm 47:9) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284056/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:10:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284051/posts Remember Cary Grant wearing a dress and wig in “I Was a Male War Bride?”The movie seemed far-fetched to audiences in 1949.But now male war brides are expected to crop up in barracks throughout the country.President Barack Obama has stated his intent to do away with the “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell policy of the United States military.Mr. Obama’s announcement was made during a meeting with 150 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Coalition (LGBT) of the United Church of Christ."As I said before -- I'll say it again -- I believe 'don't ask, don't tell' doesn't contribute to... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284051/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:02:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283890/posts North Korea is "highly likely" to fire short-range missiles off its east coast after issuing a fresh warning to shipping to stay clear of some areas, according to a South Korean newspaper. "It is highly likely that the North will launch missiles" from bases in the eastern provinces of Kangwon and South Hamkyong, the JoongAng Ilbo quoted an intelligence source as saying. The communist state has responded defiantly to UN condemnation of its long-range rocket launch in April and of its May nuclear test, vowing to bolster its defences. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283890/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283765/posts Hi Everyone, My name is Brad Strittmatter and we have a new TV show on Fox Sports called Hunts for Heroes' Veteran Outdoors. The sole purpose of Veteran Outdoors Television is to honor our service members that have been wounded in combat by giving them a platform to tell their story in their own words. We also give them a little something back by surprising them with their dream adventure as our way of saying “Thank You!” for all they’ve done for us. Taking our wounded heroes on these trips has changed our lives. We are just a small group... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283765/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:26:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283742/posts The FReeper Canteen Presents..... The U.S. Army Air Corps Established July 2nd, 1926 The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the predecessor of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) from 1926-41, which in turn was the forerunner of today's U.S. Air Force (USAF), established in 1947. Although abolished as an organization in 1941, it existed as a branch subordinate to the USAAF from 1941-47. The Air Corps was created from the Air Service in 1926 largely as a compromise between advocates of a separate air arm and the traditional command structure of the United States Army. Members worked... Thank you Troops, Vets, Allies & Military Families!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283742/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283373/posts The Pentagon says it has put cooperation with the Honduran military on hold. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman says the United States has "postponed" joint operations in light of last weekend's military coup against that country's president. breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283373/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:56:52 GMT