| Author | Message | ||
     Hardcorps |
With all the videos out there this one seems to have a good message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0 Does every one remember all the flag waiving after 9/11? What happened to all that support. Hard Corps Sgt USMC 1999-2006 | ||
| Glitch |
 I'll never forget, nor will I ever stop supporting our troops, or all the others that have the good sense to fight by our side. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I still have the flag on my front porch and the flag on my car. You denigrate a serviceman in my presence and you will be very sorry. For those to whom honor, courage, and sacrifice matter most, the support has never wavered. | ||
| Birdy |
It's always been the same song sung for the men and women. Sometime hated mostly loved. I found this on line from WW II. If you ever read Starship Troopers you know the name of the ship. That was a song this in truth. The Ballad of Rodger Young Frank Loesser Oh, they've got no time for glory in the Infantry. Oh, they've got no use for praises loudly sung. But in every soldier's heart in all the Infantry Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young. (Shines the name, Rodger Young! Fought and died for the men he marched among. To the everlasting glory of the Infantry. Lives the story of Private Rodger Young.) Caught in ambush lay a company of riflemen Just grenades against machine guns in the gloom. Caught in ambush till this one of twenty riflemen Volunteered, volunteered to meet his doom. Volunteered, Rodger Young! Fought and died for the men he marched among. In the everlasting annals of the Infantry Glows the last deed of Private Rodger Young. (It was he who drew the fire of the enemy That a company of men might live to fight. And before the deadly fire of the enemy Stood the man, stood the man we hail tonight.) On the island of New Georgia in the Solomons Stands a simple wooden cross alone to tell. That beneath the silent coral of the Solomons Sleeps a man, sleeps a man remembered well. Sleeps a man, Rodger Young! Fought and died for the men he marched among. In the everlasting spirit of the Infantry Breathes the spirit of Private Rodger Young. No, they've got no time for glory in the Infantry. No, they've got no use for praises loudly sung. But in every soldier's heart in all the Infantry Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young. Shines the name, Rodger Young! Fought and died for the men he marched among. To the everlasting glory of the Infantry Lives the story of Private Rodger Young. | ||
| Rocketman |
Chris Terrill is a documentary maker with more than 100 films to his name. Terrill photographs, records and directs all his own films which range from the purely observational to the investigative. Born in Brighton in 1952, Terrill's previous experiences include living with the Acholi tribe of southern Sudan. He has also worked as a producer on the BBC World Service and a range of TV documentaries, winning a Royal Television Society Award for Innovation for his Soho Stories series. In 2005, Terrill also documented singer Charlotte Church's transformation from Voice of an Angel to Rock Chic in Charlotte Church - Confessions of a Teen-angel for ITV. During the ground-breaking eight-part series Commando: On the front line - filmed over a 12 month-period - Terrill not only follows the 50 raw recruits of 924 Troop, he also trains alongside them. Embedded within the troop, Terrill undergoes the same rigorous regime as the rookies - from learning ambush techniques and carrying back-breaking loads in blistering heat, to pushing body and mind during gruelling tests. Then, after winning his own Green Beret, Terrill follows the successful few onto the front line in the Helmand region of Afghanistan and right into the teeth of battle. Watching this series unfold, and the rigours of training a 55 year old man goes through to fight as a Commando on the front line in Afghanistan in order to make this documentary series, is nothing short of unbelievable. http://www.itv.com/News/commando/profile/default.h tml The official website will take you some time to get through, no doubt, and I'm sure it will open anyone's eyes to what those fighting on the front face. To be clear about how deep this series goes, some of the guys at training camp in the early episodes pay the highest price in Afghanistan. Peace, respect, Sean. | ||
| Jumpinjewels |
I have a picture of the World Trade Centers on my refrig that will never leave that spot. I see it everyday. Our prayers are with our troops all the time and thank GOD they are out there to protect this country. God Bless all you service men and women | ||
| Rocketman |
Oops (Message edited by rocketman on October 29, 2007) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Seeing the WTC buildings in movies is like seeing a ghost. I have the same reaction each time it happens. | ||
| Rocketman |
http://www.itv.com/News/commando/default.html Apologies, this is the correct link for the Comando documentary. Rocket | ||
| Brinnutz |
Good to see the support. Thank you. And I support the troops by serving with them. Though I've been in since 2002. US Navy (Reserves now, about time to head to active again). | ||
| Djkaplan |
Through the efforts and donations of people I'd never met at the time, T-shirts and pogey bait were paid for by BadWebbers and sent to a friend of mine and his men in Afghanistan...  These guys know that everyday Joes still remember them. My buddy Eric is the guy in the middle of the flag. I'm crying a little here... |
