I received a direct message on Twitter today from Angela Alegna. She is a singer and a patriot. She is involved with America Helping Heroes. This is charity that helps returning veterans deal with the aftermath of war. They believe that the troops that have sacrificed for us should not be forgotten, instead should be [...]
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Comments OffSixty-eight years ago President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered this speech. Our nation rallied together and supported our troops who in the end, got the job done. I was not yet born so I do not remember, but I have been told that it was just a shocking and devastating as 9/11. We must not forget.
With three months left in the service, Will (Ben Foster) has spent a good deal of time in army hospitals, healing scars from his time in Iraq. To make things worse, the girl he left behind (Jena Malone) has moved on with her life. Ironically, his chance at a fresh start lies in working shoulder [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Afghanistan, deployment, father, marines, military, military families, son, USMC, video Comments OffI talked about the new Marine ad campaign in Friday’s post. The commercial is out and feel free to watch it Our.Marines.com. I tried to embed it but Woodpress just will not cooperate today.
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: ad, commercial, marines, military, military Monday, recruitment, video 2 Comments »On 9.19.09 the Marines will launch a new advertising campaign designed to portray what it takes for America’s youth to answer the call to become one of the few and one of the proud. The campaign is called ‘What it Takes’ and is a prequel to the ‘America’s Marines’ campaign which was launched in January of 2009. Boot [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: campaign, LCpl Honda, marines, military, our.marines.com, video Comments OffOn Sunday, August 2nd I baptized my daughter Cinderella and granddaughter Butterfly. I was most honored and did so in memory of my grandson, Lolly Pop Kid. We are the thirteenth group in the video. It was a wonderful day. You have to wait a few seconds. But it is worth it.
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: baptism, Butterfly, cinderella, grandchild, Lolly Pop Kid, video Comments OffI came across an article about an 11 year boy whose father is deployed to Afghanistan. Xavier Johnson misses his dad very much just as many other children that have parents deployed to war zones. Xavier found a way to cope by making a rap song about his father’s deployment. He preformed the song at [...]
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