Military - January 2007

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Is he American? And where is he?

2007-01-03 04:00:02 · 7 answers · asked by serious troll 6

outcome other than death by hanging for Saddam. Sure it was an Iraqi court but we were sure there making sure everything went according to plan.

2007-01-03 03:54:27 · 20 answers · asked by Charles Dobson Focus on the Fam 1

2007-01-03 03:49:55 · 21 answers · asked by brett g 1

I was in my 11th week of Marine Corps. boot camp. I never made the fleet. Does my medical records stay in the miltary data base? Because I want to go back and i was just curious.

2007-01-03 03:42:27 · 7 answers · asked by Justin K 1

2007-01-03 03:26:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-03 03:23:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-03 03:04:47 · 14 answers · asked by jefffruth 1

Vietnam war had it's Ho Chi Ming trail which was almost entirely enclosed by thick jungle which made it very difficult to attack effectively, but there is no where to hide in the Iraqi desert. There's just rock and sand. So why is it so relatively easy for the insurgents to get resupplied and if the US can't stop them from getting resupplied how can they ever win the war in Iraq?

2007-01-03 02:56:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

When President Bush entered Lance Cpl. Chad Watson's hospital room, the young Marine wanted to stand and shake his hand.

Just standing is quite a feat when you have just one leg and your foot is in a cast.

Supporting himself on a walker, Watson reached out his hand but immediately lost his balance and grabbed the walker.

"The second time I went off balance again," said Watson, 23. "My brother (Brandon) saw what I was trying to do and grabbed me under my arm. That stabilized me enough to shake the president's hand."

Surrounded by family members, Watson stood upright as a fellow Marine read his Purple Heart commendation, and the president pinned the medal on his blouse.

"It was all his upper body strength," said his father, Mike Watson. "There wasn't a dry eye in the house."

Then, the president said, "Lance Cpl. Watson, I command you to sit down."

"With a smile on his face, of course," Watson said.

Mike and Gina Watson said the president and first lady Laura Bush spent about 15 minutes with their family, which included Brandon, a Mount Zion High School sophomore, and Amy, a sophomore at Northern Illinois University. His other sister, Lindsey Damery, a nurse who helped Chad Watson tremendously while hospitalized, was unable to attend.

When Chad Watson asked the president if he had a few minutes to sign autographs for his siblings, he replied, "I'll sign all day for you."

A three-star general in the president's entourage told Chad Watson that he planned to tell the Marine commandant that a young Marine who was missing one leg, with the other injured, had made the effort to stand for the president.

"That is something I am most proud of," Chad Watson said.
http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/01/03/news/local_news/1020214.txt

2007-01-03 02:54:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Sands of Christmas
by Michael Marks

I had no Christmas spirit when I breathed a weary sigh,
And looked across the table where the bills were piled too high.
The laundry wasn't finished and the car I had to fix,
My stocks were down another point, the Chargers lost by six.

And so with only minutes till my son got home from school,
I gave up on the drudgery and grabbed a wooden stool.
The burdens that I carried were about all I could take,
And so I flipped the TV on to catch a little break.

I came upon a desert scene in shades of tan and rust,
No snowflakes hung upon the wind, just clouds of swirling dust.
And where the reindeer should have stood before a laden sleigh,
Eight Humvees ran a column right behind an M1A.

A group of boys walked past the tank, not one was past his teens,
Their eyes were hard as polished flint, their faces drawn and lean.
They walked the street in armor with their rifles shouldered tight,
Their dearest wish for Christmas, just to have a silent night.

Other soldiers gathered, hunkered down against the wind,
To share a scrap of mail and dreams of going home again.
There wasn't much at all to put their lonely hearts at ease,
They had no Christmas turkey, just a pack of MREs.

They didn't have a garland or a stocking I could see,
They didn't need an ornament--they lacked a Christmas tree.
They didn't have a present even though it was tradition,
The only boxes I could see were labeled "ammunition."

I felt a little tug and found my son now by my side,
He asked me what it was I feared, and why it was I cried.
I swept him up into my arms and held him oh so near,
And kissed him on the forehead as I whispered in his ear.

"There's nothing wrong, my little son, for safe we sleep tonight,
Our heroes stand on foreign land to give us all the right,
To worry on the things in life that mean nothing at all,
Instead of wondering if we will be the next to fall."

He looked at me as children do and said, "It's always right,
To thank the ones who help us and perhaps that we should write."
And so we pushed aside the bills and sat to draft a note,
To thank the many far from home and this is what we wrote:

"God bless you all and keep you safe and speed your way back home.
Remember that we love you so, and that you're not alone.
The gift you give you share with all, a present every day,
You give the gift of liberty and that we can't repay."


Michael Marks: "I freely submit this poem for reprint without reservation--this is an open and grateful tribute to the men and women who serve every day to keep our nation safe."

2007-01-03 02:49:43 · 10 answers · asked by digilook 2

is it so difficult for US troops in Iraq to stop an estimated 20,000 insurgents, all of which are located in a concentrated areas (like the Sunni Triangle) where the US knows they are located with no jungle canopy to hide them?

2007-01-03 02:47:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

He was a World War II veteran, and one of the veterans on the stage during the presentation for Steven Spielberg.

2007-01-03 02:26:31 · 2 answers · asked by lucysmom 3

2007-01-03 02:13:48 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-03 02:12:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

to make him seem like the champion of the Muslim world? What is he really up to? The Sunni and Shia divide is deeper than it seems. The Gulf States hate Iran and vice versa. So again, What is he really up to?

2007-01-03 01:45:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

If yes or no, why? Do you agree with the President on this? Or do you agree with his top General on this? His top general is asamantly opposed to the increase as are all but 38% of active aremd forces (per Military Times poll).

2007-01-03 01:40:19 · 18 answers · asked by toff 6

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l164/DeltaNightHawk/bleh.jpg

This has been bugging me for so long! I can' remember the name of it.

2007-01-03 01:31:54 · 14 answers · asked by Dellian 2

2007-01-03 01:20:41 · 10 answers · asked by f1rstonraceday 1

im only asking this cause i am struggling to survive, i live pay check to pay check, and in constant worrie that im not going to be able to make it so....whatever u think just comment. thanks a very poor airmen

2007-01-03 01:12:25 · 19 answers · asked by quikblue11 2

I read that the us army is developing a series of weopon called "Objective". Its includes a riffle, a sniper riffle and a replecement to MRE:s (Meals ready to eat) How far has they come and are the weopons fielded yet? Johan

2007-01-03 00:39:59 · 2 answers · asked by Johan from Sweden 6

2007-01-03 00:12:04 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

if not does the active duty army still use it ?or the marines ?

2007-01-02 23:52:04 · 5 answers · asked by James K 1

He tore the president a new one! It lasted about 15 minutes and he talked about how Bush couldn't admit defeat in Iraq and was willing to SACRIFACE more troops as last ditch effort to save face. He also didn't let the democrats off easy either; especially the ones who supports the president in all his war efforts because of political reasons.

2007-01-02 23:46:37 · 6 answers · asked by jswnwv 3

2007-01-02 22:44:45 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just another thing I heard that I was wondering about. Thanks again.

2007-01-02 22:38:41 · 7 answers · asked by imhomebeforedark 1

Someone told me that before leaving you have to pass a PT test, which didn't make sense to me because the minimums were basically the same as you had to make after basic training. Isn't the point of basic training to prepare you physically and mentally? Either way, I'm working really hard to prepare myself (still), but I was just wondering if this is true. Thank you. If it helps I'm going for the Navy Reserves, but information on any branch would help. Thanks.

2007-01-02 22:18:14 · 13 answers · asked by imhomebeforedark 1

I'm over here with my platoon and I was just wondering how many people actually care about our well-being because to me it doesn't feel like much.

2007-01-02 22:04:14 · 23 answers · asked by nfantre2003 1

2007-01-02 21:53:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Over the past few days I have asked questions wondering if people were aware of what Iraqi's were saying and also how a significant number of troops felt about what was happening in Iraq.

Here is what the Iraqi's had to say... It is a very powerful statement. I hope you take the time to read it.

http://www.krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?ArticleNr=15438&LNNr=28&RNNr=70&LangNr=12

To know what the troops had to say you would have had to watch a documentary that was shown on tv so I can't link to it here. Lets just say they believe in the reason they are in Iraq and they wished that the American people would support them in their efforts to accomplish that mission.


Anyways, my question to all of you is would you support the mission in Iraq if the soldiers supported the mission? They are the people with firsthand knowledge as to what is happening there. We don't.

2007-01-02 21:43:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my opinion, 3000 is a small number for the time frame. We are doing good so far in Iraq. I don't understand why everyone is complaining?
In WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, we lost more than that in a few days in one battle. During the first two days of D-Day, we lost approx. 9000 soldiers to enemy fire.....in just 2 days. On Iwo Jima, there were 6,825 Marines killed in just 36 days of fighting for that little island.

So.......3000 in 4 years? Pft! What's the problem?

2007-01-02 21:41:56 · 23 answers · asked by RangerBob 2