Comments on: Final Salute http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Angel http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Angel Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:27:28 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1169 Thank u for sharing this.........always in my thoughts and prayers. Thank u for sharing this………always in my thoughts and prayers.

]]> By: Well Seasoned http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Well Seasoned Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:57:55 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1155 Beth ... My daughter just returned from a year working trauma with the 86th CSH in Baghdad ... I understand the elephant. It changed me however. Now when we sit down for a meal and all our chairs full, I can't help but think of those families with empty seats ... some temporarily, some forever. You and yours, as well as all in harms way and their families, are in our prayers. As to the little snots at UC Santa Cruz, they have yet to learn that nothing is free. I'm mindful of the words "Forgive them, they know not what they do". Please pass my appreciation to your son for serving our country ... and thanks to you for also serving. John G Wheelock LTC, USA (Ret) jgw4miscmail@adelphia.net Beth …

My daughter just returned from a year working trauma with the 86th CSH in Baghdad … I understand the elephant. It changed me however. Now when we sit down for a meal and all our chairs full, I can’t help but think of those families with empty seats … some temporarily, some forever. You and yours, as well as all in harms way and their families, are in our prayers.

As to the little snots at UC Santa Cruz, they have yet to learn that nothing is free. I’m mindful of the words “Forgive them, they know not what they do”.

Please pass my appreciation to your son for serving our country … and thanks to you for also serving.

John G Wheelock
LTC, USA (Ret)

jgw4miscmail@adelphia.net

]]> By: Freedom Watch http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Freedom Watch Sat, 15 Apr 2006 04:07:58 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1104 <strong>Carnival of the Rant - Week Six...</strong> Welcome to another “Carnival of the Rant!” I always search for different images for my blog and for my carnivals. This caught my eye. First because I am into retro, secondly because the past represents a simpler more straightforward time. A time that... Carnival of the Rant – Week Six…

Welcome to another “Carnival of the Rant!” I always search for different images for my blog and for my carnivals. This caught my eye. First because I am into retro, secondly because the past represents a simpler more straightforward time. A time that…

]]> By: Doll http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Doll Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:55:53 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1087 Oh Beth this was written so beautifully and gave a glimpse into your heart and mind more than anything else I have read that you wrote. First, let me say that I will keep your son in our family prayers as we keep all our troops in our prayers. Second, I do not know or comprehend the elephant in your living room so I will not pretend to. My best friends son has been in Iraq almost a year and will be home in September. I know she is holding her breathe. This was his second tour of duty. I made it down to Walter Reed with the Freepers on a Friday night ahwile back and will go again to welcome and support our wounded soldiers. I am going to the Milblogs conference this year as it is being held in D.C. I try to do my miniscule part. Like you I have no respect for those that spit in the faces of soldiers and derail and lie about this war and our troops. They are like you said cowards. I lost a son ten years ago, eight and a half to a drunk driver. The story is at my blog. You can search it "My Son" if you missed reading it. That is about the closest I could come to understanding what you may be feeling or what these brave families have gone through losing their loved one. God bless you Beth and you will be in our prayers. Oh Beth this was written so beautifully and gave a glimpse into your heart and mind more than anything else I have read that you wrote. First, let me say that I will keep your son in our family prayers as we keep all our troops in our prayers. Second, I do not know or comprehend the elephant in your living room so I will not pretend to. My best friends son has been in Iraq almost a year and will be home in September. I know she is holding her breathe. This was his second tour of duty. I made it down to Walter Reed with the Freepers on a Friday night ahwile back and will go again to welcome and support our wounded soldiers. I am going to the Milblogs conference this year as it is being held in D.C. I try to do my miniscule part. Like you I have no respect for those that spit in the faces of soldiers and derail and lie about this war and our troops. They are like you said cowards.

I lost a son ten years ago, eight and a half to a drunk driver. The story is at my blog. You can search it “My Son” if you missed reading it. That is about the closest I could come to understanding what you may be feeling or what these brave families have gone through losing their loved one.

God bless you Beth and you will be in our prayers.

]]> By: Echo9er - aka David http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Echo9er - aka David Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:40:06 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1085 This is one of those real "tear-jerker" stories. I firs posted this back in November 2005 <a href="http://www.echo9er.net/blog/?p=430" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I posted then that the duty of Casualty Notification and Assistance is one of the tougest jobs any Commissioned or Non-commissioed offers can be called upon to perform. While it is tough duty, it is very satisfying. You are helping one in need. You are there, every step of the way to provide aid and comfort. You are the person to call for help and you provide a most valuable service. I speak from experience here. I have performed this duty on more than one occasion. I have also been on the other end, briefing and training those that are chosen to serve. This is an awesome presentation by the media. More newpapers need to take a lead and publish this side of the issue, rather than the idots that protest or otherwise try to minimize the impact of a Soldier's death as "just a number." Thanks, Beth, for reminding me of this post and reminding me of the importance of these fine Servicemembers that provide such a vital service to the families of the fallen. This is one of those real “tear-jerker” stories. I firs posted this back in November 2005 here.

I posted then that the duty of Casualty Notification and Assistance is one of the tougest jobs any Commissioned or Non-commissioed offers can be called upon to perform.

While it is tough duty, it is very satisfying. You are helping one in need. You are there, every step of the way to provide aid and comfort. You are the person to call for help and you provide a most valuable service.

I speak from experience here. I have performed this duty on more than one occasion. I have also been on the other end, briefing and training those that are chosen to serve.

This is an awesome presentation by the media. More newpapers need to take a lead and publish this side of the issue, rather than the idots that protest or otherwise try to minimize the impact of a Soldier’s death as “just a number.”

Thanks, Beth, for reminding me of this post and reminding me of the importance of these fine Servicemembers that provide such a vital service to the families of the fallen.

]]> By: yankeemom http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 yankeemom Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:41:05 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1084 Final Salute After a week or so of what seems like an inordinant amount of bad mouthing, slandering, military bashing, and just plain nastiness, I came across this post at Blue Star Chronicles, "Final Salute"... Final Salute
After a week or so of what seems like an inordinant amount of bad mouthing, slandering, military bashing, and just plain nastiness, I came across this post at Blue Star Chronicles, “Final Salute”…

]]> By: chez Diva http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 chez Diva Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:10:59 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1083 <strong>A knock at the door…...</strong> the knock every military family dreads. The Rocky Mountain News wrote a moving twelve-part series: The Final Salute and I learned about it thanks to Blue Star Chronicles . She writes: I know I’m overly sensitive to stories like this. With my son sche... A knock at the door……

the knock every military family dreads.
The Rocky Mountain News wrote a moving twelve-part series: The Final Salute and I learned about it thanks to Blue Star Chronicles . She writes:
I know I’m overly sensitive to stories like this. With my son sche…

]]> By: yankeemom http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 yankeemom Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:07:47 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1082 Beth, thank you for posting about UCSC's students. I know the recruiters who had to deal with them this year and last year. I deal with these students all the time here, in the grocery store, the bank, downtown. I live just down the hill from the campus. To say the least, they are lacking in manners for the most part. I also went to the recruiting station yesterday with a big batch of cookies for the guys. and a big Hooah and hugs. They are more irritated than anything as they are kept from doing their job and that's what they try to do every day under mostly adverse circumstances here. These guys are the best! Beth, thank you for posting about UCSC’s students. I know the recruiters who had to deal with them this year and last year. I deal with these students all the time here, in the grocery store, the bank, downtown. I live just down the hill from the campus. To say the least, they are lacking in manners for the most part.
I also went to the recruiting station yesterday with a big batch of cookies for the guys. and a big Hooah and hugs. They are more irritated than anything as they are kept from doing their job and that’s what they try to do every day under mostly adverse circumstances here. These guys are the best!

]]> By: Tammy http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Tammy Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:06:54 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/2006/04/12/final-salute/#comment-1078 Great post. I'm glad you decided to expand on it. Great post. I’m glad you decided to expand on it.

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