http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vetscor-vetscor/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:39:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2418669/posts Help, Please Gentlemen, A compatriot and collector in my brigade was robbed. Many items, particularly antique firearms, were stolen from his home. Since SCV members and reenactors will be a likely market for these items, please be on the lookout for them. Please forward this e-mail to anyone or any list that you think would be helpful. If you have any information about them, please contact me below. Here is a list of the stolen firearms: 1- 75 cal. Pedersoli (Flintlock) Brown Bess type Indian trade musket 30” barrel 1- 58 cal. Model 1853 Euroarms 3 band Enfield (percussion) 1-... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2418669/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2414769/posts This Christmas, as you come together with family and friends to celebrate the birth of our Savior, please take time to remember the soldiers, sailors, airmen, coastguardsmen and marines who have given their all so that our way of life will not perish. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2414769/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:56:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2413361/posts In the post-9/11 world, the term hero has been thrown around often by politicians and the media. At a time when our country is losing a generation of selfless men and women, it is a good time to reflect on the actions of some of our true American heroes. One of the latest losses is that of Col. James Herbert Macia, who died on Monday December 21st, 2009. Col. Macia was a Bombardier/Navigator on Crew 14 in Jimmy Doolittle’s Tokyo raid (pictured on far left). This volunteer action was considered by many to be a mission of no return. Main Street Radical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2413361/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2412076/posts Soldiers Christmas Project The Night Before Christmas is poetic reading for Families at Home to help support our troops on the front as well as those sent home. Support the Wounded Warrior Project. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2412076/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:08:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2402279/posts December 7, 1941 is a day that will be forever ingrained in the minds of my family. That morning a knock came at the door of my grandparents home. My grandfather opened the door, and it was Mr. Steele, their next door neighbor. He was in a very excited state and kept repeating, have you heard, have you heard? The news he was carrying stunned them, Pearl Harbor had been attacked. After the initial shock passed, my grandfather and Mr. Steele went into the living room and turned on the radio as my grandmother made coffee. Their they stayed for... The Edisto Joe Outlook http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2402279/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2399540/posts Sgt. 1st Class Jarion Halbisengibbs received the Distinguished Service Cross, while Capt. Matthew Chaney and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Lindsay received the Silver Star during an award ceremony at the Special Events Center at Fort Carson, Colo., May 14. www.socom.mil http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2399540/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2392735/posts 1/2 boy 1/2 man The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's, but he has never collected unemployment either. He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives... ViaEmail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2392735/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2392327/posts Wondering if anyone else saw the 60 Minutes piece on the cost of Dying. If you missed it, the only thing missing was "My name is Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and I approve this message. A brief synopsis was that they had 2 doctors on and a "taxpayer advocate" that said the answer to America's woes in healthcare costs were to go ahead and let terminally ill patients die, and give them less treatments and services. Rationing, it was explained, wasn't a dirty word, but in fact was the right path to not bankrupting ourselves. We must, as... 60 MInutes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2392327/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:09:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2390982/posts The shot, which the military strongly encourages troops to get, triggered a rare bad reaction in the Marine from Missouri — leaving the then-20-year-old Lopez in a coma, paralyzed for several weeks and unable to breathe, McClatchy Newspapers reported Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2390982/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2389800/posts Holiday Mail for Heroes is back! In this season of hope and giving the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, Inc. have joined forces to invite Americans to “send a touch of home” to United States service members and veterans across the country and abroad. In its third year, the Holiday Mail for Heroes program is an opportunity to share joy and thanks with our service members throughout the holiday season by way of a greeting card.Today over 1.4 million men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces and over 24 million veterans have served in the past.... The American Red Cross http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2389800/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:46:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2386580/posts America's freight rail industry was well represented in the annual Top 100 Military Friendly Employers for 2010 published by G.I. Jobs magazine. The magazine named four Class I freight railroads among the top 10 most military friendly employers, selecting Union Pacific as number one. CSX Corporation came in second among the top employers of military personnel, while BNSF Railway was fourth, and Norfolk Southern came in at number seven. "The nation's freight railroads maintain a strong commitment to the men and women who serve our country," said Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads. "We're... The Journal of Commerce http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2386580/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:51:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2385750/posts As I speak to you today, I do so from the perspective of a simple “grunt” I have the greatest respect, admiration and affection for veterans of all the branches of service. I fought alongside Marines from the 2cnd Battalion, 7th Marines in Qui Nhon…a bunch of terrific, tough guys whose equipment was old and out of date..they carried the M-14 while we had the M-16…they had the PRC 10 radio which had been the mainstay radio in the Korean conflict, while we had a much more powerful and reliable PRC-25… but their morale, esprit de corps were just flat... The Det 3 Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2385750/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2385194/posts Presidential executive orders are lofty, historical documents, generally signed in White House ceremonies with pomp and circumstance. Seldom do we think of them beginning in a small town on the eastern edge of West Virginia. But it was in Shepherdstown, with a population of 803 at last count, where President Obama's latest executive order, designed to facilitate the hiring of veterans in the federal government, got its start. Since 1944, federal law has required that vets be given certain preferences when federal agencies hire. And this isn't the first time an administration has made noise about being nice to vets.... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2385194/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:28:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2384336/posts Holy crap. This might be funnier than those MMA guys giving wedgies. The most realistic depiction of life during wartime you may ever see short of enlisting yourself. blackfive.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2384336/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2384119/posts To celebrate this year's holiday, Applebees Veterans Day gives a free meal to those men and women who are either on active duty or veterans. The offer is not for a specific time of the day but any time at the food chain's restaurants. To redeem the offer, anyone can just show their military identification or be dressed in uniform to receive the free meal. Thanks to the Applebees chain for honoring our men and women who give of themselves and their lives for the freedom of others. Press Zoom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2384119/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2383732/posts Thirty years ago, a young Frenchman walking in Normandy came across an American soldier's rusted dog tag among the rocks at Nacqueville, west of the port of Cherbourg. The name read: "Addison W. Arthurs." Etienne Desquesnes, now 46, wanted to return it to the owner or his family. But who was Addison Arthurs? Mr. Desquesnes wrote to the U.S. embassy in Paris but never got an answer. He finally has one now, and just in time for Veterans Day, thanks to some Internet sleuthing by his friend, Bertrand Goucovitch, 49, an amateur D-Day historian, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. After a... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2383732/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:10:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2383661/posts Once again we prepare to honor those who have served in all of our wars, paying special homage to those who did not return from our wars. Nearly all of us who served in combat zones over our history view those whose names are etched in stone on the many Veterans Memorials as the true heroes of our conflicts. Viet Nam is labeled as “America’s Longest War” due to our involvement in that country from 1950 to the fall of Saigon in 1975. That 25 years pales when considering that after World War Two, we began engagement in a much... Right In A Left World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2383661/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382986/posts Looking for a copy of a 1971 San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot Redbook for Platoon 1045. If you have one available, please contact me santos_213@sbcglobal.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382986/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:15:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382690/posts VAIL — A Vail man faces first-degree murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed a man outside a Vail bar over the weekend, Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said today in a court hearing. Richard "Rossi" Moreau, 63, is being held without bond in the Eagle County Jail. He is expected to be formally charged in a Dec. 1 hearing, Hurlbert said. His attorney, Reed Owens, said Moreau has met with jail doctors. Owens said he wants to make sure Moreau can get the medication he takes for post-traumatic stress disorder while he is jailed. "We may have... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382690/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:07:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382589/posts One landed on Omaha Beach just past dawn on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The other survived a German POW camp. Neither claims to be a hero — which is precisely why we honor these two Tucsonans as Veterans Day approaches. "Yes, I was scared. You had to be. But I credit our training for getting me through," says Bob Kirby, 88. A corporal with the 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion, Kirby waded in chest-deep water onto Omaha Beach 50 minutes past the first landings. "Bodies were floating all around, and bullets were pinging in the water. I don't know why we... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382589/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:51:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382396/posts http://www.popaditchforcongress.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2382396/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:57:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2375184/posts Launching An American Knight in Washington Written by John Horvat    Thursday, October 29, 2009 On October 27, the TFP Washington Bureau was filled with friends and supporters to hear a presentation on the book, An American Knight The Life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC just authored by TFP member Norman Fulkerson. The author presented the book to a full and lively auditorium of some 50 people and later personally signed copies. As a special guest, Duke Paul of Oldenburg from the German TFP, gave the opening remarks commenting on the meaning of chivalry today. Also attending was... Tradition Family and Property http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2375184/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:23:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2373721/posts WATERLOO --- Northeast Iowa soldiers attached to "Ironman Battalion" are facing another lengthy deployment. The Waterloo-headquarterd Iowa Army National guard 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry regiment spent nearly two years on active duty --- mostly in Iraq --- starting in 2005. It appears the Iowa National Guard unit will spend another year away from family and friends, this time in Afghanistan. The U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday the guard's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division, of which the 1/133rd is a part of, is on alert. The division will begin deploying in the fall of 2010 to... Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2373721/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:07:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2373517/posts The "Axis of Idiots"  From the Podium:J. D. Pendry, Retired Sergeant Major, USMC FROM THE PODIUMThis retired USMC Sgt. Major has his Stuff together. Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home, and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You're the "runner-in-chief." Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it. Your... via e-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2373517/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:13:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2365706/posts Hope this is the right spot for this. My husband and I would like to assist the families of fallen soldiers with our charity monies. However, there are several different charities, all claiming to provide money to widows/ers and children of fallen troops. I want to be sure that we send money to a viable charity who really does get as much of the money as possible where it needs to go. Do any of you have experience with any charity of this kind? I've been looking at Fallen Soldiers Fund (http://www.fallensoldiersfund.com), Children of Fallen Soldiers Fund (http://www.cfsrf.org) and Fallen... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2365706/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:25:15 GMT