http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/soldier/ en-us Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:19:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385806/posts Slain Bolingbrook soldier comes home November 13, 2009 By STEFANO ESPOSITO sesposito@suntimes.com Holding American flags, solemn crowds gathered today to pay their respects to U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Pearson — a 22-year-old Bolingbrook resident killed in a mass shooting at Fort Hood last week. Shortly after 10 a.m., a white Learjet carrying Pearson’s body arrived at Chicago’s Midway Airport. A dozen soldiers lined up near 63rd and Long as the Patriot Guard Riders pulled out of the south entrance to the airport. “Amazing Grace” played in the background as Dames Funeral Home’s silver Cadillac hearse carrying Pearson’s flag-draped casket pulled... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385806/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385292/posts A former soldier who handed a discarded shotgun in to police faces at least five years imprisonment for "doing his duty". Paul Clarke, 27, was found guilty of possessing a firearm at Guildford Crown Court on Tuesday – after finding the gun and handing it personally to police officers on March 20 this year. The jury took 20 minutes to make its conviction, and Mr Clarke now faces a minimum of five year's imprisonment for handing in the weapon. In a statement read out in court, Mr Clarke said: "I didn't think for one moment I would be arrested. "I... This Is Surrey Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385292/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385127/posts To honor our brave men and women in the military, we list below the names of the fallen. This post identifies these wonderful souls by name, listing the heroes who sacrificed everything for you and I. This is the list author and Conservative American talk radio star Mark Levin spoke of and listed on his website. They gave their lives to protect and preserve our freedom. We thank them, we remember them and we honor them. Unlike other lists you may see, our list includes deaths from both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as well as other military deaths (including... ConservativeAmerican.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385127/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:55:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384956/posts Video Linky Here YOUTUBE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384956/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:22:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384102/posts Let us not forget that Veterans Day is also the birthday of one of America's greatest veteran warriors, General George S. Patton, Jr. THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY by George S. Patton, Jr. Through the travail of the ages, Midst the pomp and toil of war, Have I fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star ... So as through a glass, and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names, but always me. ... So forever in the future, Shall I battle as of yore, Dying to be born a fighter,... AnnGora http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384102/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383989/posts SOLDIER (shake the hand of a soldier) POWERFUL Short Rock Video Guns blazin, bullets all around, watch your best friend go down You're a Soldier.... JoeDanMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383989/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:49:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380634/posts Army PFC Kham Xiong, 23, came from a St. Paul, Minn., family with ties to military life that spanned hemispheres. His father, Chor Xiong, battled Communist insurgents in Laos during the Vietnam War, according to Minnesota Public Radio, and his younger brother Nelson is enlisted in the Marines. In a phone interview, his 8th grade teacher, Tim McGowan, recalled Xiong's positive energy and his commitment to supporting his family. "Kham was just a person of sound character, and his greatest attribute was his ability to make everybody smile," said McGowan, now a principal at Community of Peace Academy, a St.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380634/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:49:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380137/posts An Army private first class from southwest suburban Bolingbrook was one of the 13 people killed in the rampage at Fort Hood, his family said. Michael Pearson, 21, joined the Army slightly more than a year ago and was training to deactivate bombs, said his mother, Sheryll. Tribune/WGN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380137/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:51:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380432/posts Man charged in soldier's death seeks trial delayPosted: October 27, 2009 - 12:40pm LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged with capital murder of an Army soldier at a Little Rock recruiting station are asking for a delay in the start of his trial. Lawyers for 24-year-old Abdulhakim Muhammad say in a motion filed last week that they need more time to go through evidence in the case. The current trial date is Feb. 15. Muhammad was born Carlos Bledsoe. He's charged in the June shooting death of 23-year-old Pvt. William Long of Conway and in the wounding... The Cabin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380432/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:31:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379448/posts U.S. SOLIDIER CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379448/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379124/posts TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will lead a full escort on Thursday for the procession carrying the casket of U.S. Army Spec. Eric Lembke, who died last month while serving in Afghanistan. Lembke was raised in Plant City and graduated from Plant City High School. He was 25. The casket will arrive at MacDill Air Force Base at around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Tampa Bay Online TBO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379124/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:41:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378607/posts CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Gunmen with automatic weapons burst into a Mexican strip club on the U.S. border, opened fire on patrons and killed six people including an American soldier, the army said on Wednesday. The hooded gunmen stormed into the bar in Ciudad Juarez as strippers were dancing for customers, sought out the six men and shot them each several times. A 26-year-old off-duty U.S. soldier who had crossed over from El Paso, Texas, was among the dead, army spokesman Enrique Torres said. "It appears drugs were being sold at the place," Torres said of the strip joint.... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378607/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370019/posts For 64 years, Norton Anenberg guarded a present. He kept it in the attic. Or tucked in his desk. But one day in 1990, acting on a longtime desire, the then-vice president of an oil company pulled open his office's file cabinet and declared it was time to act. "You know something," the now-76-year-old Covina resident remembered saying. "I'm gonna find this family." The present was the war flag of a World World II Japanese soldier, given to Anenberg by a family friend returning from fighting in the South Pacific in 1945. And it wasn't until August, after nearly twenty... San Gabriel Valley Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370019/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:21:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368604/posts A civil judge in Dallas ruled late Wednesday that the real estate arm of the Subway sandwich chain violated the rights of an Army reservist when it stripped him of his two restaurants while the reservist was serving in Afghanistan. Grant Walsh, an attorney for Leon Batie Jr., said the ruling settles the biggest legal issue in a case that has dragged on for more than two years – that the chain's real estate affiliate broke the law when it terminated leases at two central city Subway franchises without a court order. Dallas Morning Snooze, er, News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368604/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:26:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368078/posts I've geard tons of patriotic Country music, But never rock And this guy ROCKS...and it is exceptional Best of All---he smacks the "crown of thorns" off Maobama's inflated head. Kinda like Mark Levin with a guitar... This video is call MR NOBEL - Can U Hear Us Now He also has one called SOLDIER.... a very powerful tribute to our Military Heroes Meet Joe Dan..the Patriot Rocker.  We need to push this guy. JoeDanMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368078/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:37:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360395/posts They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets. When it was time to go home, Joey Coon, then an Army National Guard sergeant, set up an e-mail account for Bandar Hasan. He gave his friend a quick lesson on how to use it so they could stay in touch. Joey didn't expect much; Bandar wasn't familiar with computers. But he did call on occasion, and the two joked about him coming to America one day,... Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360395/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:25:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359716/posts CORNWALL — Thirteen-year-old Megan Gagnon is killing time outside her middle school on Thursday afternoon, waiting for police and federal agents to finish a sweep of the building. This is a big deal. Gen. David H. Petraeus is about to arrive. He grew up here, she says, graduated from Cornwall High, then West Point. “Now he runs Iraq and Afghanistan.” Gagnon's dad is in the Army too, deployed to Iraq for the past nine months. She told him, over a webcam, that Petraeus was visiting on Thursday so the town could name a street after him. The band was going... Times Herald-Record Middletown, NY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359716/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:13:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359173/posts JOINT FORCES HEADQUARTERS, LATHAM, N.Y. (10/07/09) - Members of the New York National Guard welcomed a new "recruit" to the Army National Guard Oct. 6 when the National Guard helped fulfill the dream of a local area boy battling Leukemia. Nine-year old Jacob Kaminski was surprised by his family with a day-long visit with the New York National Guard as the state's "Soldier for a Day." The event was arranged, in part, by New York Army National Guard Sgt. Mathew Starr, assigned to the Joint Forces Headquarters staff and a long-time fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Starr, a... New York National Guard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359173/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2353079/posts Before soldiers leave on missions in Iraq or Afghanistan, they often are ordered to do everything in their power to bring their buddies back. "Leave no man behind" is the motto. But does that military ethos apply to soldiers heading out for a rowdy weekend in the United States? That question is being raised at an unusual court-martial on this massive Army base, where a young paratrooper who struggled to bring a combative, drunk soldier back to the barracks has been accused of causing his death. Pfc. Luke Brown died after a night of drinking at the Ugly Stick Saloon... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2353079/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346445/posts Yes, The Ticker is formally calling for a national bank boycott on Bank of America. I'm serious. And this has nothing to do with the fact that I believe they're hiding losses, that they're under investigation 7 ways from Sunday regarding the Merrill merger, or that BofA likes to bang you in the backside with usurious "overdraft fees", even though any of those standing alone is more than enough reason to run this bank into the ground. Nope. It is about this: A South Carolina Bank of America branch is drawing criticism Thursday after an employee reportedly ordered the removal... market-ticker.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346445/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:16:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344536/posts Freepers check this out and let me know what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvALDJu9yDU Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344536/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:06:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341468/posts The best friend of a fallen Black Watch soldier has mourned his death wearing a dress and stockings, to honour a pact made with his mate. Barry Delaney kneels weeping as mourners gather at Barnhill Cenetery for the funeral of Black Watch soldier Kevin Elliot. Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341468/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341398/posts A Moore High School graduate who attended the University of Oklahoma on a track scholarship before joining the military has died in Afghanistan. Featured Gallery Advertisement Army 1st Lt. David Timothy Wright II, 26, died Monday. Details of his death were not available from the Department of Defense. His parents, Tim and Michele Wright, issued a statement through Primrose Funeral Service. "We want to say how much we appreciate the prayers and support that has been shown to our family during this very difficult time. David was a true soldier, who cherished the opportunity to fight for his country. "We... NEWSOK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341398/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:10:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338622/posts Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan - The soldiers in his New York-based combat unit call Staff Sgt. Brandon Camacho the "Bullet Magnet." Camacho - either the luckiest or unluckiest soldier in Afghanistan - is on his second tour here with the Fort Drum-based 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. The reason for the nickname: He's just earned his fifth Purple Heart after being shot in the left knee in a firefight 100 miles south of Kabul, military officials said. "One of my friends said, 'You're the luckiest unlucky person I know,'" said Camacho, 24, who grew up in Saipan... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338622/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:44:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327542/posts Here is a video report from CBS News on the death of an American soldier in Afghanistan, and also saying August has become the deadliest month of the war in Afghanistan. Harry Smith also reported that CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick was seriously injured in the same attack that killed the U.S. Soldier. She underwent surgery and is now in stable condition. . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327542/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:03:31 GMT