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ROBERT CROSS · 11-12-2011, 05:49 PM

Chuck & Skye

If jar-heads still hug, give him an extra one for me.

Bob

Djmclean · 11-12-2011, 09:20 PM

What a wonderful surprise!! Have a great time with everyone. Our Soldier is home, but his girlfriend is an hour and 1/2 away, so he is too!!! I know what you mean about Facebook and such. I would look first thing every morning to see if he was active. It does make you feel a little closer just knowing they are there. Skype was our friend the whole time he was in Korea. Not sure what the coverage is in Afghanistan, but I guess we'll find out...... Praying all our Military stays safe and returns home soon.

urnmor · 12-05-2011, 07:33 PM

Just wondering if the military AS owners ever get together at a rally

Lance M · 12-05-2011, 08:22 PM

Hi Urnmor,
I don't know of any specific AS military rally. Soldiermedic and Scorpiontimo hosted a rally in San Marcos this past June that I attended. It was a great rally. It wasn't a military rally, but a few of us that attended are military.
I have thought of hosting a rally at the BLORA campground on FT Hood. It would be nice to have a bonfire and listen to the MLRS batteries blowing stuff up! All kidding aside, it is a great idea! Maybe we'll see if something would work this coming spring?

Air-Texas · 12-14-2011, 05:54 PM

Because I slipped into formation late, I never introduced myself.

CWO4 Wadley USMC Retired 2009, CBRN officer

Lance M · 12-14-2011, 06:33 PM

Well hello Chief! Welcome to all the fun!

Air-Texas · 12-14-2011, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Top

Well hello Chief! Welcome to all the fun!

Thanks,
but never chief!, a chief is a fat E7 in the Navy with a coffee cup in his hand 24/7

or a Army Warrant officer
(Sorry Navy Chiefs)

Gunner works, although I was not a true"bursting bomb" infantry Gunner

ROBERT CROSS · 12-14-2011, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Air-Texas

Because I slipped into formation late, I never introduced myself.

CWO4 Wadley USMC Retired 2009, CBRN officer

AT

Welcome aboard sir...

VMGR 152 El Toro Ca. I believe we had the last WO pilot in the Corps.

Bob

Chief · 12-22-2011, 04:17 PM

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.

The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.

Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..

To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.

No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.

I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.

I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."

" So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

easyride · 12-23-2011, 06:58 AM

Nice poem,glad they are holding the line. Dave Army

ROBERT CROSS · 12-23-2011, 12:02 PM

Many people may have forgot about his time in the U.S. Army. He is the son of an Air Force General, and a accomplished Golden Gloves boxer, and he graduated from Pomona College with a B.S. degree, and then became a Rhodes Scholar from Oxford University.
He joined the U.S. Army at the prompting of his father. After graduating from Officer Candidate School he attended and graduated from both Army Airborne and Ranger training in the very top of each class. He was selected for U. S.Army Special Forces Training but refused so that he could attend pilot training where he earned his wings, and became an accomplished U.S. Army helicopter (gun ship) pilot, and achieved the rank of Captain.
He was about to be promoted to the rank of Major, and appointed to teach at West Point when he resigned his commission from the Army to go into music and acting. You can tell in this video that his time in the military means a lot to him. I won't give away who it is. You should just watch. I bet you will be surprised!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-A7...eature=related

Bob

urnmor · 12-25-2011, 10:49 AM

Just to want to wish all the men and women in uniform, their families and friends a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year

polarlyse · 12-26-2011, 01:39 PM

I always knew there was a reason I liked him and his music. I did not know of his military background. GOD BLESS the US Military forces and the cooalition forces from around the world that serve with them.

US Army Vietnam '70-'71
NJ Air Nat'l. Guard retired

urnmor · 01-09-2012, 03:12 PM

I thought this might be of interest to the military group.

I received an email today notifying me that the new Military RV Camping™
book will soon be available. I believe the cost is around 35 dollars and can be ordered by contacting Military Living at

333 Maple Avenue East #3130
Vienna, Virginia 22180-4717
Military Living® Publications
888-691-0334 x 1

Don't know if I need to put a disclaimer however I am in no way affiliated with this organization other then I am retired military and used them in my past life
John

Flying Gypsies · 01-10-2012, 05:23 AM

Thank you, Chief, for the poem and Robert for the youtube video and to all for their service to our great country.

mefly2 · 01-12-2012, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Air-Texas

Thanks,
but never chief!, a chief is a fat E7 in the Navy with a coffee cup in his hand 24/7

...
(Sorry Navy Chiefs)

Yeeeeeouch !

The video is GREAT ... oops, giving away my age ...

Jim & Susan · 01-12-2012, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Air-Texas

Thanks,
but never chief!, a chief is a fat E7 in the Navy with a coffee cup in his hand 24/7

or a Army Warrant officer
(Sorry Navy Chiefs)

Gunner works, although I was not a true"bursting bomb" infantry Gunner

Gunner, what is a CBRN officer?

CW2 Jim USAR

Edit: I'll bet it's Chemical, Bacteriological, Radiological, Nuclear. Don't have my thinking cap on today.

Air-Texas · 01-12-2012, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim & Susan

Gunner, what is a CBRN officer?

CW2 Jim USAR

Edit: I'll bet it's Chemical, Bacteriological, Radiological, Nuclear. Don't have my thinking cap on today.

You got it!
The is starting to train CBRN warrants

Lance M · 01-12-2012, 07:17 PM

Ok now please don't take offense...It is just a joke I heard.

Lt Butter Bar- "Hey Sergeant. What does NBC stand for?"

Sergeant Chesty- "No Body Cares!"

That's why they had to change from NBC to CBRNE.

Now it is Chemical, Biological, Radological, Nuclear and Environmental. I think the Chemical Corps is trying to win the Acronym of the Millennium award.

Air-Texas · 01-13-2012, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Top

Ok now please don't take offense...It is just a joke I heard.

Lt Butter Bar- "Hey Sergeant. What does NBC stand for?"

Sergeant Chesty- "No Body Cares!"

That's why they had to change from NBC to CBRNE.

Now it is Chemical, Biological, Radological, Nuclear and Environmental. I think the Chemical Corps is trying to win the Acronym of the Millennium award.

Top, not the first time that I have heard that one! lol