This brings a tear or two to my eyes
This is an old Army recruiting video from the early 90's which I had not seen in AGES and even to this day it brings a tear or two to my eyes whenever I see it.
I had been chatting with an Army recruiter this afternoon and I had mentioned this particular video and right away he did a little bit of digging through some old DVD's he had and found it and damn if he did not give me the whole DVD for me to take home and grab what I wanted off of it. Needless to say the next time I stop by there, I am probably gonna have to treat him to a beer or a cup of coffee. Or better yet I will probably buy the guy dinner!!!!
Enjoy!!
Neal
This is an old Army video from the late 80's to early 90's which I had not seen in AGES and even to this day it brings a tear or two to my eyes when I see it. I had been chatting with an Army recruiter this afternoon and I had mentioned this particular video and right away he did a little bit of digging through some old DVD's he had and found it and damn if he did not give me the whole DVD for me to take home and grab what I wanted off of it. Needless to say the next time I stop by there, I am probably gonna have to treat him to a beer or a cup of coffee.
Enjoy!!
Neal
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq
When some claim that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the following:
A. FDR led us into World War II.
B. Germany never attacked us ; Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost . An average of 112,500 per year.
C. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea . North Korea never attacked us .. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost ... An average of 18,334 per year.
D. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us
E. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost .. An average of 5,800 per year.
F. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us . He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
G. In the years since terrorists attacked us , President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled Al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya , Iran , and, North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation..
We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida !!!!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts
But Wait
There's more!
Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living.
This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served think of the military.
Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
"How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn (D-Ohio):
"I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank."
"I ask you to go with me ... As I went the other day... To a veteran's hospital and look those men ... With their mangled bodies in the eye, and tell THEM they didn't hold a job!"
"You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and Orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... And you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a job."
"You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery , where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch yhose waving flags."
"You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?"
What about you?"
For those who don't remember. During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA Now he's a Senator!
It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating
You Are 100% American |
![]() Tough and independent, you think big. You love everything about the US, wrong or right. And anyone who criticizes your home better not do it in front of you! |
A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I Want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."
The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold.
The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, "What the world is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"
The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid stuff like that and act like that. So, He sent me."