I just love videos like this on WelcomeHomeBlog.com. I loved how he ran out of the tunnel. Welcome home Petty Officer Cook! Thank you for everything you do for us and most importantly God bless all of our troops this holiday season and each and every day.
Thank you to all who serve in the USAF from this former Air Force veteran.
Great op-ed in the Washington Times from Ted Nugent about the warriors in the military (like my son-in-law) fighting for our freedoms.
Freedom isn’t free. Never has been, never will be. Very special warriors have provided freedom at supreme sacrifice since time immemorial. Good people will never forget, and we celebrate Memorial Day with a hard-charging spirit in appreciation for hard-charging warriors.
With his lifeblood pouring out of him from a mortal RPG wound to center mass, Pvt. 1st Class Todd Balding from Texas was, on the surface, but a bundle of red gauze and bandages, a jumble of tubes and numerous electronic apparatus beeping away. He was surrounded by a dedicated team of U.S. military medical experts at the Landstuhl hospital in Germany doing everything in their power to save the young American’s life.
Toby Keith and I literally stood in the young hero’s blood and said a very solemn prayer. Moments later, Pvt. 1st Class Todd Balding died. He was 21 years-old. He died fighting for freedom. That was one of many defining moments that struck me deep inside during my USO tour in 2004, and a defining moment in my life.
Toby and I were humbled beyond words to be allowed to join a presentation guard of warriors on the tarmac of the Iraq air base as we saluted a procession of flag-draped coffins being loaded onto a massive C-130 aircraft. Like our tears, the coffins just kept coming – and coming and coming and coming.
When I received the call, I immediately sent out an all-points bulletin to my management, staff and family to clear my schedule of all events. Within an hour, I had arranged a private plane, guitars and various electronic sound equipment. I had been requested to perform the national anthem and my song “Fred Bear” by Navy SEAL hero Chris Campbell in his will. How could I not honor his request. Regrettably, Chris Campbell’s dying request was thwarted by a politically correct bureaucrat, we believe by his commander-in-chief. On the night of his public memorial, all alone, I played the songs anyway in his honor in my home.
Read the rest at this link. You won’t be disappointed.
I just LOVE these videos from WelcomeHomeBlog.com. In this one, a father-in-law literally starts crying as soon as he sees his son-in-law back home from the middle east.
Talk about picking the wrong house to break into.
Via MassCops.com:
Two Camp Lejeune Marines returned home early Sunday morning to find two men in their house. The intruders didn’t make it out of the house alive.
33-year-old, Maurice Skinner and 33-year-old, Diego Everette were identified by police as the men killed in the burglary attempt. Both men are from Jacksonville.
Skinner and Everette were pronounced dead at the scene, but according to Jacksonville Police Chief, Mike Yaniero it is unlikely that anyone will be charged in the shooting.
“The investigation is ongoing, however at this time there is no evidence to suggest that criminal charges be filed.”
Chief Yaniero says the department will increase their patrols in the neighborhood.
“We’ll be in the neighborhood. We try to stay in those neighborhoods but we will be especially vigilant in that particular neighborhood in the next couple weeks.”
Marine Corps officials have not released the names of the Marines who shot the intruders.
Michael Ramirez, the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist from Investor’s Business Daily hits the nail on the head when it comes to the LA Times releasing photos of our troops overseas posing with dead suicide bombers.
If you like political cartoons, be sure to check Michael Ramirez’s work in his book titled ‘Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion.’ It’s awesome.
Feel-good video of the day and a great palate cleanser as the Mariners help an Army Sergeant, returning home from an overseas tour, surprise his family during a recent game. Well done.
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