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The local Hallmark just gave us a big discount on a number of Mother's Day cards. We are sending in Flat Rate Priority Mail ($3.85 for all you can fit it)envelopes for the troops to send to their...

GOT YOUR BACK

I am a small and precious child, my dad's been sent to fight.
The only place I'll see his face, is in my dreams at night.
He will be gone too many days for my young mind to keep...

Any further info on what units were involved made public yet??

Great post, thanks

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470422/20030307/index.jhtml?headlines=true


Part of an all week focus

thanks for posting this -- sent it to some anxious moms..

Also posted elsewhere,

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION


The air is electric, the reporters scurry around, notebook and pen in hand.
The camera & soundmen stay close behind; moving with their...

I posted this on several sites -- here's a chance to take five minutes and let a marine in the field here from some of the Old Breed

This is no wannabe -- he is out there right now with 1/5

C...

We have just been advised that several battalions in the 5th and 7th Marines are being moved every 3-5 days as screens in front of Camps Iwo, Commando and New York. That is public so no security...

If the date is accurate, we will find out the USMC role is getting there first....

Too Many Names

I visited the Wall again today. Didn't want to, don't like to. I visit because I feel I should. It's too easy to forget, to move on. If it's so easy for us, what about them? The...

I was a platoon commander in C 1/9 in 73 -- we still heard tales of how they earned their name -- made us feel special

An Open Letter from a Marine Dad

Dear Mr. President

Most Americans know that you also have the title of the Commander-in-Chief. Most of them don’t really understand what that means.

You...

This is a sample ribbon

I posted this in one other thread -- seems to belong here instead--

As one who grew up in the military and served as a Marine infantry officer, without seeing combat, during the Viet Nam era, I...

yeh -- wrote it the night he shipped out -- forgive an emotional dad

Your yellow ribbon idea is stupendous -- let's get it going!!

FACING THE NIGHT


Is there anything else he could have done? Are there any books he could have read, courses he could have studied, training he could have taken?

Could he have demanded more of...

As one who grew up in the military and served as a Marine infantry officer, without seeing combat, during the Viet Nam era, I remember well the demands for peace and how my fellow officers and I...