Got this from a friend this morning and I was suprised to learn about this so I thought I'd pass it on!

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I have very few pictures of myself in uniform (Yeah can you believe it? Me the camera nazi!) but here are a few from my first year in ROTC at CMU!


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If I die before you wake... (slideshow & song)

lyrics for the song

If I die before you wake... Back home now I know you're probably sleepin ( Read more... )

Hey all--- Cabalas is having an appreciation day sale for all EMS, Firefighters, Law Enforcement, Military & Veterans! We get 10% off any purchase plus a free gift (it's duffle bag of some sort).

I don't know about you but I could use a new tent... although we need a new car too. *snicker*

Just in time for the holidays, there's a special place in Hell just waiting to be filled by some as-yet-unknown Pentagon bureaucrat. Apparently, thousands of wounded soldiers who served in Iraq are being asked to return part of their enlistment bonuses -- because their injuries prevented them from completing their tours.

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Just sharing some of my favorite military holiday forwards...

( Keep The Home Fires Burning )

Tonight I listen to TAPS ( Read more... )

Yes, that's right... you heard it here first... the MPN website is getting a much needed face lift thanks to Kerri! I am so excited about the new website launch. New pages and updates go live seemingly every day! *high fives* YOU GO GIRL!

milpagan.orgAnyways, I am finally caught up with all of the updates. It seems like we're getting some fresh ( Read more... )

Go Jim, Go Jim.... the chain of command that Jim works for out here in "Baby Nightstalker Country" just awarded Jim another Army Commodation Medal (ARCOM)! This makes his third one I think! Anyways, they gave it to him as an achievement medal for some specific projects that he has taken on and completed, that are well beyond his "station" and ( Read more... )