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| This webpage is dedicated to Antonio (Tony), deployed on August 9, 2005, lovingly from his Aunt Mary and Uncle Aldo and his cousins, and to all our servicemen and women who are fighting for peace and freedom all over the world. Our thoughts and prayers are sent to our country's servicemen and women deployed in Iraq and all other countries where we defend freedom and peace, and to their families. Thanks for giving all of your fellow countrymen the gift that we cherish most ... our FREEDOM! May God bless you and all those you love, and return you to them safely and soon. Know that you and your families are in our hearts, each and everyday as we pray for your quick return home to American soil. Thank You for your bravery and commitment. |
| Pray for Those Who Serve
Lord Jesus, Savior of the World and Prince of Peace, watch over our loved ones as they serve their country. Protect them from the physical and moral dangers of military life. Keep them close to You and help them live in such a manner that is pleasing to You. Lord Jesus, give them courage to serve their country with honor and dignity. Be with them when they are in danger, strengthen them when they face hardships. Above all Lord, grant that when their service is finished they may return to us, sound in mind, body and soul. And Lord, for those who give the ultimate sacrifice with their lives for serving our country, please touch and minister grace and healing to their families. Amen. |
| http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/
“America Supports You,” a nationwide program launched by the Department of Defense, will recognize citizens’ support for our military men and women and communicate that support to members of our Armed Forces at home and abroad. |
| http://www.fisherhouse.org/
Supporting America’s military in their time of need, we provide “a home away from home” that enables family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful time – during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury. |
| http://www.homesforourtroops.org/
Homes for Our Troops is a 501 ©(3) nonprofit organization strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to their country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries. We assist injured service men and women and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and coordinating the process of building a new home or adapting an existing home for handicapped accessibility. With our growing network of professionals in the building industry, building material manufacturers, and generous donors from across the USA, we are able to provide this service at little or no cost to the veteran. |
| http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/fallenheroes/index.php?MERCURYSID=626f7148823 7f919308e1ebcdd5a0726 "The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund provides unrestricted grants to the families of military personnel who have given their lives in the current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The gifts, $11,000 to each spouse and an additional $5,000 to each dependent child, are intended to help these families through any immediate or long-term financial difficulties they may face. They are also intended to tell these families that our nation will never forget them in their time of need." |
| http://www.semperfifund.org/
On May 18, 2004, a small group of concerned Marine Corps spouses founded the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund to provide financial grants and other assistance to the Marines, sailors, and families of those injured serving our nation. In the summer of 2004, General Alfred Gray, the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps, two retired general officers, and a retired sergeant major joined them. In their first ten months, the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund provided financial assistance to over 700 families with more than $1,000,000. |
| http://www.operationuplink.org/
Operation Uplink is a unique program that keeps military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones by providing them with a free phone card. Using contributions from supporters like you, Operation Uplink purchases phone cards and distributes them to servicemen and women who are separated from those they care about. |
| http://www.adoptaplatoon.org/new/
The AdoptaPlatoon Soldier Support Effort™ founded in 1998 is a nonprofit 501C-3 organization managed nationwide by volunteer mothers to ensure that deployed United States Service members in all branches of the military are not forgotten by providing needed mail support and to promote patriotism in our schools and communities. To provide a better deployment quality of life, lift morale, and assist military families, the AAP created projects that meet the need of military requests, established special projects for holidays, and assigns individual morale lifting mail support to service members of all branches of the U.S. military serving their Nation around the world. |
| http://www.anysoldier.com/
AnySoldier.com features emails from different military personnel regarding the type of support needed in the field. The support could be in the form of a simple letter or package, or it could toiletries, food or even newspapers and magazines. Donors address their letters and packages to the writer’s name, but also add the words “ATTN: Any Soldier” on the second line. The writer shares the mail with fellow servicemen and women. If there is “any soldier” who is not receiving a lot of mail from home, that soldier will be the first person to receive the letter. |
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| This is a letter from Ray Reynolds, a medic in the Iowa Army National Guard, serving in Iraq: As I head off to Baghdad for the final weeks of my stay in Iraq, I wanted to say thanks to all of you who did not believe the media. They have done a very poor job of covering everything that has happened. I am sorry that I have not been able to visit all of you during my two-week leave back home. And just so you can rest at night knowing something is happening in Iraq that is noteworthy, I thought I would pass this on to you. This is the list of things that has happened in Iraq recently: (Please share it with your friends and compare it to the version that your paper is producing.) * Over 400,000 kids have up-to-date immunizations. * School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war. * Over 1,500 schools have been renovated and rid of the weapons stored there so education can occur. * The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off-loaded from ships faster. * The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August. * Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in Iraq. |
| * The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the war.
* 100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed, compared to 35% before the war. * Elections are taking place in every major city, and city councils are in place. * Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city. * Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets. * Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country. * Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with US soldiers. * Over 400,000 people have telephones for the first time ever. * Students are taught field sanitation and hand washing techniques to prevent the spread of germs. * An interim constitution has been signed. * Girls are allowed to attend school. * Textbooks that don't mention Saddam are in the schools for the first time in 30 years. |
| Don't believe for one second that these people do not want us there. I have met many, many people from Iraq that want us there, and in a bad way. They say they will never see the freedoms we talk about but they hope their children will. We are doing a good job in Iraq and I challenge anyone, anywhere to dispute me on these facts. If you are like me and very disgusted with how this period of rebuilding has been portrayed, email this webpage, www.sunnytees.com/tributetotroops.html to a friend and let them know there are good things happening. Ray Reynolds, SFC Iowa Army National Guard 234th Signal Battalion and passed on by Jack Pettit. |
| Some of you may not approve of the Iraqi war, and I hope this doesn't offend anyone, but it's the BEST explanation of the war that I've ever read, and I feel I must pass it on.
This is the BEST explanation of WHY we are AMERICA, the Home of the Brave and the Land of the FREE! The other day, my nine-year-old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation. My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window. He told him: "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?" "I see trees and cars and our neighbors houses." he replied. "OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America and you are President Bush." Our son giggled and said "OK." "Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a different country" my husband said. "OK Dad, I'm pretending." "Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and see that man come out of his house with his wife and he has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and afraid of their father. You see all of this son.... what do you do?" "Dad?" "What do you do, son?" "I call the police, Dad." "OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take your call, listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you do then, son?" "Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine. "They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husband says. "But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims. "I know he did...but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children." |
| "Daddy...he kills them?"
"Yes son, he does. What do you do?" "Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says. "Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him," my husband says. "But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!" "WHAT DO YOU DO SON?" Our son starts to cry. "OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?" "What Daddy?" "He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?" "Daddy..." "WHAT DO YOU DO?" Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the blinds, Daddy." "My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him... "Why?" "Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help...people who needs it....and they won't help....You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't help me stop him...I'm afraid....I can't do it by myself ..Daddy.....I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and...and.....do nothing...so....I'm just going to close the blinds....so I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening." I start to cry. My husband looks at our nine-year-old son standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husbands questions and he tells him...."Son" "Yes, Daddy." "Open the blinds because that man.... he's at your front door..."WHAT DO YOU DO?" My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitation he says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!" I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs my son to his chest and hugs him tight, and cries..."It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son.....you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone, before......it's too late." my husband whispers. THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen is the greatest EVIL of all. Our President is doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this war is a war of humanity. WE must remove evil men from power so that we can continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out our window. So that my nine-year-old son won't grow up in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" the blinds the atrocities in the world won't affect him. "YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!" BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM! SUPPORT AMERICA! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS...." ~ Author Unknown "The liberty we prize is not American's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush |
| It is the soldier, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer Who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, Who serves under the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag. Please thank a soldier for serving our country. |
| "Let us have faith that right makes might;
and in that faith let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. " - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
| "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke |
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| OFFICIAL MILITARY SITES |
| http://www.army.mil/ US Army Home Page http://www.af.mil/ US Airforce Home Page http://www.navy.mil/ US Navy Home Page http://www.usmc.mil/ US Marine Corps Home Page http://www.uscg.mil/USCG.shtm US Coast Guard Home Page http://www.dfas.mil/index.htm Get information on current Military Pay rates |
| MEDICAL AND DENTAL |
| http://www.tricare.osd.mil/ Get information on Tricare benefits and providers http://www.ucci.com/was/ucciweb/home.jsp Find a dental provider |
| RELOCATION LINKS |
| https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/ Information on military installations world wide http://www.armycommunityservice.org/ Check this out for information on ACS programs http://www.realtor.com/ Links to homes for sale, realtors and more |
| CHILDREN AND RESOURCES FOR PARENTS |
| http://www.parentsplace.com/ Parents Place http://www.parentsoup.com/ Parent Soup http://www.kidsgrowth.com/ A parent's resource by pediatricians http://www.kidscom.com/home_flash.html A great site for kids. Find a pen pal, play games, write stories and more. Includes info for parents and teachers. |
| LINKS FOR SPOUSES AND FAMILY |
| http://www.sgtmoms.com/home.asp SGT Mom's, the Internet site for Military families http://www.spousenet.com/default.cfm SpouseNet.com http://www.armywives.com/ Army Wife's Website |
| MISCELLANEOUS LINKS |
| http://www.cpol.army.mil/ Look at job openings, creat a resume or check out programs offered by the Civilian Personnel Office. http://www.odedodea.edu/web/ This site has links to web pages for many DoDDs schools world wide. http://www.armymwr.com/ Check out all the different programs offer by Moral Welfare and Recreation. http://www.crossnet.org/afes/index.html Get information on programs and services offered by the Red Cross. http://www.uso.org/ Get information on services offered by the USO. http://www.radiocares.org/listings2.asp RADIO STATIONS Are Supporting Our Military. Here you can read how stations are keeping their communities connected through email, newsletters, website stories, editorials and more. http://www.biblehelp.org/unsung.htm Bible Help Org. http://www.purpleheart.org/service.htm Help With VA Claims |
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| Thank you for visiting Sunnytees ... Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. We ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen. |
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| The photo above was forwarded from one of the last U.S. Marine companies in Iraq. They would like to have it passed to as many people as possible, to let the folks back home know that they remember why they're there and that they remember those who've been lost.
"The proud warriors of Baker Company wanted to do something to pay tribute to our fallen comrades. So, since we are part of the only Marine Infantry Battalion left in Iraq, the one way that we could think of doing that is by taking a picture of Baker Company saying the way we feel. It would be awesome if you could find a way to share this with our fellow countrymen. Was wondering if there was any way to get this into your papers to let the world know that "WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN" and are proud to serve our country." Semper Fi 1stSgt Dave Jobe |
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