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Military Branches Home Military Gifts Holiday Sending Info 2008 Remember Deployment NAUS UPDATES Flag Day U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force U.S. Army Veterans Women in the Military Military Photos Military Issues Memorial Day POW/MIA/KIA/Wounded Military Funerals Favorite Links Contact Me Mesothelioma Causes Provides a one stop resource on all asbestos issues ranging from occupational exposure to mesothelioma chemotherapy. OPERATION BAGDAD PUPS CLICK NOW TO DONATE © 2006-2008 SPCA International, Inc. The SPCA International logo is a service mark of SPCA International, Inc. SPCA International, P.O. Box 1230 Washington, D.C. 20013-1230. answers@spcaquestions.com SPCA International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. US Tax ID #87-0773320. Do you heart BDU.COM, too? Check out my iSOUND.COM listener profile Graphics & Myspace layouts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXP0Mh44ycQ http://www.soldiercominghome.com - Co-written by Dallas teenage home schooled students - CDs Available Thanks! Wayne A. Tolbert office: 940-497-2468 cell: 321-287-7807 waynetolbert@soldiercominghome.com Memorial Day Website VVA: VA Suicide Prevention HotLine Good morning, Below is a notice to all Veterans that is on a VSO website. This is theNumber to VA's Suicide Prevention HotLine. Please feel free to passthis along or even place on your own website. It's just a thought.Thanks Rick. Special Notice: If you are a veteran in emotional crisis and need helpRIGHT NOW, call this toll-free number 1-800-273-8255, available 24/7,and tell them you are a veteran. All calls are confidential Kevin SecorVeterans Service Organizations LiaisonOffice of the Secretary of Veterans AffairsWashington, DC202-273-4836 New Chapters of Blue Star Mothers coming to your area soon. Calling all mothers of servicemen and women, the Blue Star Mothers Organization Wants You! The West Coast of Florida is looking for moms who are willing to support our men and women who are serving in the United States military or who have served in our military.Who are we? We are mothers who now have, or have had, children honorably serving in the military. We are a non-profit (501[c]3) service organization supporting each other and our children while promoting patriotism.The Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. is authorized by the U.S. Code: Title 36; Section 943, as of January 26, 1998. The Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. is a non-partisan, non-political organization. We do not support any political candidate, nor do we endorse any religious organization. The military represents all aspects of America as does our organization. What do we do? We serve helpings of love to our troops, wherever they are. We are there as sisters to hold each other as our children leave our homes to serve their country. We are there to help families adjust to the military way of life. We are there to support our troops at all times. We are there to wave our families goodbye and to celebrate when they return. We ship packages to our troops. We send letters, we network with all military and support organizations to benefit our servicemen and women. We are there for our Gold Star Families as needed. We are family, part of the military family and we would love to have you join us. We also welcome associate members. Our associate members are our Blue Star dads, the aunties and uncles, sisters and brothers, and our grandparents. We will be holding meetings around the Greater Tampa Bay area, beginning July 10th (approximately), once we find out where everyone lives. We plan to make this as centrally located as possible, to allow all who want to be a part to join. We will also develop car pooling for those who may need or desire it. Think you might be interested? Then please call our Blue Star Mother in Pasco Lauren Frazier at 727 849 2732 after 6.p.m. Lauren will be collecting demographic information so that we can begin coordinating areas and meeting places. Who is Lauren? Lauren is the proud mother of three young men who have and are still serving in our military. Lauren is also Petty Officer Second Class, proudly serving in the U.S. Navy after her own deployment "down range". Helping coordinate the West Coast with Lauren will be Jan Zabel, Blue to Gold Liaison for the State of Florida – Hernando, Susan Naill of Sarasota, Past National President and JoAnn Ross, Blue to Gold Liaison for the State of Florida – Plant City. We know you are out there; we are looking forward to meeting you, working together to support all our service folks and provide you with any support you may need.Together, we can make a difference for our men and women home and abroad. South & Central Florida we are coming to you soon, possiblyin September. Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Members of America's armed forces are serving around the world in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Korea. Far from family and friends, these dedicated men and women have limited access to the everyday comforts of being “back home.” Here’s your chance to make a difference! Show America’s Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines how much you personally appreciate their service and sacrifice. The Subscriptions for Soldiers program allows you to show your support for our troops by donating a magazine subscription to our deserving overseas active duty servicemen and women. We have gathered thousands of requests for magazine subscriptions from our soldiers and now we need your help! If you haven’t already watched Our Heroes Next Door, please watch it now… To honor our brave troops this September 11th, VFW has created a video - Our Heroes Next Door. The video is meant to remind us that we can never lose sight that our troops are... ... our brothers and sisters ... our sons and daughters ... our friends and neighbors. They sacrifice so much every day to keep us safe and sound: ... Fathers unable to be there for the birth of a child ... ... Children who don't understand why mommy has to suddenly “go away” … ... Families torn apart by extended deployments ... If you have watched the video, please forward Our Heroes Next Door Video to your family, friends and co-workers to remind them no matter what they think of the war, we need to support and honor the brave men and women that are fighting to keep us safe. And ask them to help spread this important message by forwarding the video... Our HeroesNext Door Help honor our troops by forwarding Our Heroes Next Door to as many people as possible by September 11th! Our troops need and deserve our support. Our troops need and deserve our support! Please watch Our Heroes Next Door and forward it to as many people as possible by September 11th.Thank you for supporting America’s troops and veterans! We at Move America Forward are proud to release to you this brand-new ad that takes on the Berkeley City Council's campaign against the military. We're fighting back and want you to see this ad and then pass it on to others. Please email it to others, post to blogs - let's get the word out!! The ad will begin airing nationwide starting this upcoming Monday. Until then Move America Forward will be raising money to buy as much airtime as possible! WATCH THE AD - CLICK HERE! Mary PearsonDeputy Executive Director, Move America Forwardhttp://www.MoveAmericaForward.org By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS(AP) President Bush said Thursday he will not jeopardize security gains in Iraq by withdrawing U.S. forces too fast, another signal that troop reductions could slow or stop altogether this summer. The president said he would resist any temptation to bring troops home to score political points with a war-weary public or compromise with Democrats in Congress seeking to wind down the war. The U.S. troop commitment is expected to be down to roughly 130,000 to 135,000 by July, the same number as before Bush sent in reinforcements a year ago. "You know, a lot of folks say, 'What's next, Mr. President?'" Bush said. "And my answer is, we have come too far in this important theater in this war on terror not to make sure that we succeed. And therefore, any further troops reductions will be based on commanders and conditions. "The temptation of course is for people to, you know, say 'Make sure you do the politically right thing,'" Bush told members of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. "That's not my nature. That's not exactly what we're going to do." In Washington, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said any halt to reducing the troops that were part of military buildup demonstrates the president's "insistence on a war without end." She said it would further undermine U.S. military readiness. Pelosi and other Democrats in Congress have pressed unsuccessfully to reduce U.S. military involvement in Iraq. If Bush expresses reluctance to continue withdrawing troops beyond July, it could prompt a new round of conflict between the White House and Capitol Hill as the November presidential elections approach. "The president's Iraq policy will result in the same number of troops committed to an endless war in Iraq at the end of this year as were there at the end of 2006," said Pelosi, who expressed concern over deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan. Bush spoke about Iraq, Afghanistan and a need to extend the domestic wiretapping law during a three-day swing through California, Nevada, Colorado and Missouri to highlight themes of his State of the Union address and raise an estimated $4.7 million for Republicans at the four stops combined. In Las Vegas, Bush attended a $550,000 Republican Party fundraiser at the home of Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman of the board of the Las Vegas Sands Hotel and a guest at the White House dinner Bush hosted in November for French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In Cherry Hills Village, Colo., just south of Denver, Bush helped raise more than $700,000 for Colorado Republicans and GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer. The event was held at the home of Bill Pauls, owner of the Pauls Corp., a commercial and residential real estate company based in Aurora, Colo. Some U.S. commanders worry that security improvements in Iraq since June are fragile and could be reversed if the extra five brigades Bush dispatched there are removed too soon. One Army brigade and two Marine battalions have already returned home and will not be replaced. Four other Army brigades are to come out by July. That would leave 15 brigades, or roughly 130,000 to 135,000 troops in Iraq _ the same number as before Bush sent the reinforcements. It's unclear what will happen after that. The first sign Bush might endorse a pause in troop reductions came earlier this month when he recounted for reporters his meeting with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, in Kuwait on Jan. 12. "My attitude is, if he (Petraeus) didn't want to continue the drawdown, that's fine with me, in order to make sure we succeed," Bush said. "I said to the general, if you want to slow her down, fine; it's up to you." At the Pentagon on Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters he has not discussed with Petraeus the possibility of him recommending to Bush a pause in the troop drawdown after July. Gates stressed that regardless of what Petraeus recommends, his will not be the only opinion. "The president will also have available to him the views of the commander at Central Command (Adm. William J. Fallon) and the Joint Chiefs, and I will have my own view," Gates said. "The president will have the benefit of all of that come March and April, in terms of making a decision." Some in Congress have urged Bush to shift troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, where violence has escalated. Last year was Afghanistan's most deadly since the ouster of the Taliban in a U.S.-led invasion in 2001. More than 6,500 people _ mostly insurgents _ died in the violence, according to an Associated Press count of figures provided by local and international officials. Bush acknowledged the turmoil in Afghanistan, but ticked off signs of progress in getting girls to school, building highways and health clinics. "Afghanistan is working on their _ on democracy, and it's hard work. It's not easy," Bush said. "It doesn't happen overnight, but it's in our interest to help them. It's in our interest to help them because we believe that liberty is transformative." Earlier this week, however, a study, co-chaired by retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones and former U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, that said Afghanistan risks sliding into a failed state _ becoming the "forgotten war" because of a rising violent insurgency and declining international support. Prime Minister Stephen Harper told Bush on Wednesday that Canada will end its military mission in Afghanistan if another NATO country does not put more soldiers in the dangerous south. ___ On the Net: White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov EMAIL ME From: Gary Lillie [mailto:gary.lillie@gmail.com]Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:03Subject: Re: Radio interview for military dog adoption Thank you for your instantaneous response. I can see the passion youhave and can (figuratively) hear it in your voice. I'm copying not just the other members of Veterans Radio, but also someformer dog handlers so they can spread the word about the interviewamong their community. Actually,I first heard about this from "42ndMom," (there's a story to that name, who heard about it from Perry Moneyand passed it on to me. I'm also blind copying a bunch of compassionatepeople who will most likely spread the word themselves. Tomorrow morning I will have Bob Gould phone you about 8:50 AM Easternto make sure you are available at your home phone. Then he will phoneyou back just after 9:00 AM and we will do about five minutes of airtime. During that time you can tell the story of the dogs and give theweb site address and any other contact info you have. We're way behindon this, but will try to put a link on our web site so people can go toyours and learn how to save these animals. I'm looking forward to talking to you. Gary LillieDelta Company, MCB 3 (Seabee)Chu Lai '66============================================== On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Deborah Kandoll<info@militaryworkingdogadoptions.com> wrote: Hi Gary! My name is Debbie Kandoll, and I am the "People" atwww.militaryworkingdogadoptions.com<http://www.militaryworkingdogadoptions.com/> ! I would be DELIGHTED to be interviewed on your radio show! Ihave an absolute passion for getting the message out regarding the Adoption Process for retiring MWDs! MWDs and theirhandlers are UNSUNG HEROES and have always been so in the scheme of ournation's defense. The major difference is that the handlers get aretirement...and many MWDs are not as fortunate. The messages I wish to impart are 1) There are dogs availablefor adoption and 2) To successfully LOCATE and ADOPT these availableanimals before their time is up...the place to BEGIN the process is NOTLACKLAND...it is the LOCAL MWD Facility. As I chronicle in "Benny's Story" (Interesting Links), my MWDwas available for adoption, but he wasn't listed in the Lackland data base even though he had been declared excess in Oct 2007! The 29Nov 2007 in his medical record read "Schedule for euthansia and necropsyin Dec 2007 or Jan 2008" ! My Benny B163 would have been euthanized hadI not called over 20 facilities trying to locate retiring MWDs to adopt.The only reason I knew how to go about locating and calling all the MWDFacilities is because my husband, Mike, is Security Forces (USAFR). I began thinking if the process was so tricky for a dependentwho had inside military familiarity...it must be IMPOSSIBLE for thosewho have NO FAMILIARITY with the military system or adoption process!Thus, the Website: Military Working Dog Adoptions was born! I cannotserve in Iraq...even though my husband did..but I deeply wanted TO GIVEBACK and TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of the special dogs! We owethem a debt of gratitude! "Support Our Troops" includes K-9's, too! My direct email is debbiekandoll@yahoo.com and our home phone is919-429-3480. Please let me know if the interview is a confirmedthing...and maybe you could give me an idea of what INFO you would like! On behalf of all the retiring MWDs, present and future,I humblyTHANK YOU for helping to GET THE WORD OUT! God Bless You! SEMPER FI MWD, Debbie Kandoll and MWD(ret.)Benny B163 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Lillie" <gary.lillie@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 9:54:45 PM (GMT-0500)America/New_York Subject: Radio interview for military dog adoption To the people at the Adoption program for retired military dogs: My name is Gary Lillie and I am a member of Veterans Radiowww.veteransradio.net <http://www.veteransradio.net/> Are you willing to be interviewed for about five minutes on ourshow, and if so, can you do it this Saturday at 9:00 AM Eastern? I am including your web site for the benefit of my partners inthe show. http://www.militaryworkingdogadoptions.com/ Gary Lillie Seabee Chu Lai '66 WELCOME TO U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES WEBSITE! I've seen, since 1999, when I first encountered the internet, masses and masses of groups and websites alike, dealing with ONE branch of our Military, and/or one clique of our military personnel or family. ie...marine moms, navy moms, etc. I've tried, in my many years, to deal with "military moms" or 'Veterans' or "military families", trying to hit the needs of everyone. Let's face it, let the military high-ups fight the fights for which service is 'the best of the best', it holds no meaning to us when we have sons, daughters, husbands, wives, family members and friends, neighbors and loved ones fighting, facing death every day either in OIF or OEF. We only want them to return home safe and sound and WHOLE in body and mind. We don't really care which BRANCH they are serving in, nor which war. We'd rather there were NO WAR threatening America and our Military. In that end, we search for information, for sharing our concerns, our experiences, our happy times as well as our hugest pains and sorrows. Here, if nothing more, we'll help you hold on. For the LATEST in news coming out of Iraq, click this link... http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 Beholding Beyond Words Beholding Beyond Words To Our Servicemen And WomenStationed Around The World In Far Away PlacesThere's Not Much We Can Say To Thank Them EnoughFor What They Go Through Each Day In The Rough But: Give Them Our ThanksGive Them Our LoveGive Them Our RegardsFor a Safe Return We Praise and Raise Our Hands To YouThat Earned the Honor That We Now BestowWe Salute You For A Job Bravely Done And Applaud Your Courage In The Face Of The Unknown Defending FreedomDefending LibertyDefending Peace At Home And Abroad For The Past, Present, And Future GenerationsDuty Will Always Be An Honorable Citation To Stand The Ground That Freedom UpholdsTo Endure Engagements Where Ever They Unfold Defending FreedomDefending LibertyDefending PeaceAt Home And Abroad For Those MIA¹S, POW¹S,Fallen Soldiers, Who Gave All They Could We Will Search For As Long As It TakesYou Are Not Forgotten And Will Always Be In Our HeartsIn Our PrayersIn Our MindsFor All Time These Immortalized Soldiers Whose Bravery AboundsThey Are Sisters, Brothers Heroes Profound They Enlisted For The Duty At HandTo Serve The Cause Of Country And Land They Serve With HonorThey Serve With ValorThey Serve With A PrideThat Will Change Them Forever To Our Forces Standing Tall And Proud They Be Our Country's Behind Them In A Solemn SeaSo Let The Flags Of Freedom FlyUnfurled In Their Majesty High In The SunIn The RainIn The WindAcross This Land These Are The Things Our Country¹s Made of These Are The Things We Cherish And LoveSo Let The Flags Of Freedom FlyUnfurled In Their Majesty High Thank you Powered by WebRing. 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