http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/troops/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:04:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286135/posts WASHINGTON, July 5, 2009 – Additional American troops in Afghanistan are making it possible to institute the new strategy in the country, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union program, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said Operation Khanjar, which means Strike of the Sword, will challenge the Taliban and al-Qaida in the Helmand River valley in southern Afghanistan. The area has been a terrorist safe haven and which has most of the opium poppy cultivation in the country. “This is really the most concentrated area for opium growing and we expect... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286135/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:04:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285534/posts Something uplifting for you, courtesy of Savannah writer, Carol Megathlin.It's the story of a small US flag, transferred into the hands of a SC soldier deployed to Iraq, and it's return home... with the soldier. Per Carol, now in possession of that flag, it's worn and weary from the experiences... much like that young soldier. But, like that soldier, that flag is a cherished possession. Read, and be of good cheer and pride in America's finest.... our military. On the wall next to my computer hangs a small American flag. It is tattered and dirty, but there is no way... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285534/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:53:46 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/2283656/posts WASHINGTON, July 1, 2009 – Servicemembers’ long-term rehabilitation shouldn’t keep them, or their family members, bound to the hospital grounds, and the Yellow Ribbon Fund is working to make sure that doesn’t happen. Roseanna Smith was the 1,000th renter through the Yellow Ribbon Fund’s car rental program. Her son, Army Pfc. Craig Smith, has been recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after losing a leg while serving in Iraq. Photo courtesy of Yellow Ribbon Fund  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Founded in 2005, the organization was created to assist injured servicemembers and their families while they recuperate at... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283656/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:59:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282613/posts Left to right; U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Brown, retired Staff Sgt. Bradley Gruetzner, and Sgt. Christopher A. Burrell, soldiers wounded in combat while deployed to Iraq, walk through “Hero’s Highway” at Air Force Theater Hospital before returning to Camp Victory after a visit to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, June 25, 2009. Brown, Gruetner, Burrell, and four other soldiers had the opportunity to return to Iraq and to visit the places they once served. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian A. Barbour As combat troops withdraw from major cities in Iraq, in victory, and in accordance with Article 5 of the... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282613/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:12:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280726/posts Navy Lt. Lawrence Sproul (center), Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Nolen and Lt. Cmdr. John Brooks (right), all of the Multi-National Force - West Health Services Section, look through a care package sent by Sproul's son's kindergarten class, June 16. Photo by Cpl. Meg Murray, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd). AL ASAD AIR BASE — Things have changed throughout Operation Iraqi Freedom, but one thing has not – the support U.S. citizens show their forward-deployed servicemembers. Troops with Multi National Force - West, stationed in Anbar province, continue to daily receive thank-you notes, care packages and well-wishes from places like... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280726/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280674/posts The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Friday it will launch a series of district-specific radio ads targeting vulnerable Republicans who voted against President Obama’s controversial war supplemental package. As a matter of national security in years past Republicans have shown tremendous support for similar measures, however last week they voted en bloc against the $106 billion appropriations bill. The Democratic Leadership and the DCCC would be content to let the public believe Republicans were “playing politics” with the troops, having voted against the emergency legislation out of pure spite for the president. Over 100 Republicans voted for the bill when... Redstate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280674/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280662/posts Robert and Ralph Brown are leaving the United States of America today, bound for Hamburg Germany. They are voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean in an open fisherman flats boat to raise money for wounded American soldiers and their families, Saturday June 27, 2009. "There is no such thing as coincidence ... God is always in Control. I am very comfortable with the seaworthiness of the DreamBoat Intruder. I know there is real danger, just like there is in everyday life, I know that in the event of disaster, I trust my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know my soul... I am Second Wounded Hero Voyage http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280662/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:08:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279455/posts We are here at the Troopathon! Jim Robinson, Shelia and Chris And me Syncro Rush Limbaugh is on now, click on the link! TROOPATHON LIVE Webcast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279455/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:44:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2279190/posts "For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock,except our God? It is God who arms me with strength,and makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer,and sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to make war,so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have given me the shield of Your salvation;Your right hand has held me up,Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me,so my feet did not slip. I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;neither did I turn... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2279190/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:15:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2275657/posts Send me a FR Mail and I will start the process to hook you up to be on the Free Republic Team to send goodies to the Troops fighting for our safety and freedom!Check out this thread: Free Republic Joins The Troopathon BLOGGER SHOOTOUT Competition! Friday, June 19, 2009 6:04:32 PM · by Syncro · 4 replies · 101+ views Troopathon BLOGGER SHOOTOUT ^ | June 19, 2009 | "Captain" Syncro And this one LIVE From Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:51:36 PM · by Syncro · 15 replies · 316+ views Move America Forward ^ |... FR Blogger Competition http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2275657/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:06:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275610/posts From the Front Page of Free Republic: MAF's 2nd Annual Troopathon! Announcing MAF's Second Annual "HONOR THEIR SERVICE" Care Package Program and TROOPATHON!! Webcast LIVE from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, June 25, 2009, hosted by Andrew Breitbart and Melanie Morgan, featuring Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, Sean Hanity, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and many other FReeper favorites! Free Republic will be there!! Syncro is the FreeRepublic.com Team Captain for the Troopathon BLOGGER SHOOTOUT competition and we will also be joining the MAF Team at the Reagan Library! Hope to see you there! Click the Troopathon.org banner to sponsor a care... Troopathon BLOGGER SHOOTOUT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275610/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2274328/posts "Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust,And does not respect the proud nor such as turn to lies. Many O'Lord my God, are Your Wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts towards us cannot be recounted to You in order, I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered." Psalm 40:4-5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2274328/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:11:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274289/posts During this upcoming Independence Day, we need to honor and remember the soldiers who are risking their lives for us. Whether it's a soldier on the front lines or one in peace times, their sacrifice for America is great with a heavy price. Freedom, liberties and all the values we cherish as Americans aren't to be taken lightly or for granted. I had two friends give their lives in Iraq. The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274289/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270178/posts Just Confirmed: Gary SiniseKelsey GrammerElisabeth HasselbeckRoger Hedgecock Click Here for a Complete List of Guests On June 25th, Move America Forward will be holding our 2nd annual “Troop-a-thon” titled “Honor their Service.” This cutting edge live webcast event brings together talk radio hosts, megastars of film and television, musical guests, journalists, military and Gold-star families, pro-troop groups and many more. The goal of this charity fundraiser is to send the largest ever shipment of care packages to our brave men and women of the armed forces serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. Viewers are encouraged to sponsor care... Move America Forward http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270178/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:51:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269719/posts VIDEO of Gov. Palin Thanking the Troops on the Colbert Report. Colbert Report via Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269719/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:59:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2269393/posts "Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield,for our hearts shall rejoice in Him,Because we have trusted in His Holy Name, Let Your Holy Mercy be upon us just as we hope in you." Psalm 33:20-22 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2269393/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:31:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265904/posts WASHINGTON, June 5, 2009 – The Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Station at Fort Meade, Md., will dedicate its ceremony room tomorrow to Marine Corps Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell, a fallen hero who processed through its doors and into the Marine Corps two days after her 18th birthday. Army 1st Lt. Rob Lozzi, assistant operations officer at the Boston Military Entrance Processing Station, and Army Staff Sgt. Eric Sansoucie, Boston MEPS operations noncommissioned officer, prepare to mount a memorial plaque during a March 18, 2009, ceremony designating the 1st Lt. Andrew J. Bacevich Ceremony Room. Bacevichprocessed through the station's ceremony... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265904/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:48:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265849/posts Friday, June 05, 2009 Posted By:MAF Blogger DannyPermalinkNew Gallup Poll: Public Opinion Strongly Against Closing Gitmo Move America Forward has been hot on the issue of Guantanamo Bay for the past 6 months. In December we made Guantanamo the last stop on our “Honoring Heroes at the Holidays II” tour and we brought boxes of Christmas cards, DVDs, T-Shirts and lots of other goodies from our care packages to Guantanamo Bay to distribute to troops there. We inspected the detainment camps and returned to the United States to fight Obama and his allies who wanted to close it. We produced... MoveAmericaForward.Org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265849/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:38:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264566/posts Washington, DC - The White House issued a statement Wednesday by President Barack Obama regarding the fatal shooting of a U.S. soldier in Little Rock: “I am deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence against two brave young soldiers who were doing their part to strengthen our armed forces and keep our country safe. I would like to wish Quinton Ezeagwula a speedy recovery, and to offer my condolences and prayers to William Long’s family as they mourn the loss of their son.” KATV News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264566/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:16:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2264553/posts (Psalm 86:14,15,17) "O'God the proud have risen against me and a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them. But You, O'Lord are a God full of compassion and gracious,longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. Show me a sign for good that those that hate me may see it and be ashamed,because You Lord have helped me and comforted me." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2264553/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264152/posts Once again the biased media is doing a great injustice to our brave soldiers. Tiller got accolades from the left, Long and Ezeagwula got nothing. Tiller’s killer is being as a typical of the pro-life member. Long’s killer, a prison-converted black Muslim, is not being reported except locally in Arkansas. This is the third major incident that the biased media has swept under the rug. The first was in July,2007 when a leftists anti-war radical wounded Jonathan Schrieken, Air Force, because he was angry and wanted to make a statement. The second was in May, 2009 when 4 black Muslims,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264152/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:45:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263251/posts Obama condemns Muslim attack on Arkansas Army recruiters…not By Michelle Malkin  •  June 2, 2009 12:47 PM President Obama announced his choice for Army Secretary this afternoon.The news isn’t what he said in his statement about GOP Rep. John McHugh:“As Secretary of the Army, he will ensure that our soldiers are trained and equipped to meet the full spectrum of challenges and threats of our time. And John [McHugh] shares my belief that a sustainable national security strategy must include a bipartisan consensus at home, and he brings patriotism and a pragmatism that has won him respect on both sides of... Michelle Malkin Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263251/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262932/posts Freepers: After sleeping on it, I have decided to call you to action! A great injustice is being perpetrated by our main stream media (MSM) and our Commander In Chief (CINC), President Barrack Hussein Obama. The time now is 10:04 CST, 02 JUNE 09, exactly 24 hours after Privates William Long, 23 of Conway, AR, and Private Second Class Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville, AR became the first victims of terrorism on American soil since 11 SEP 01 and we have heard no statement from their Commander in Chief, President Barrack Hussein Obama. Almost as egregious as Obama’s silence, we... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262932/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:03:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262546/posts CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., June 1, 2009 – It’s not hard to find a full-time soldier who goes right back to work doing something else after the uniform comes off. From entrepreneurial endeavors through self-owned businesses to hobbies-turned-careers, some soldiers moonlight in their passions no matter how involved their military careers might be. Army Maj. (Dr.) Nickolas Karajohn, a physician on active duty at Camp Atterbury, Ind., is better known off duty as “M.C. M.D.,” a rhyme-dropping rapper from Las Vegas. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Robert G. Cooper III  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Army Maj. (Dr.) Nickolas... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262546/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:19:05 GMT