Racial Justice...

[Her454]

:rollside: :rollside:
Two Arabs boarded a flight out of London. One took a window seat and the other sat next to him in the middle seat.
Just before takeoff, a Marine sat down in the aisle seat. After takeoff, the Marine kicked his shoes off, wiggled his toes and was settling in when the Arab in the window seat said, "I need to get up and get a coke" .
"Don't get up," said the Marine, "I'm in the aisle seat,I'll get it for you."
As soon as he left, one of he Arabs picked up the Marines shoe and spat in it. When the Marine returned with the coke, the other Arab said, "That looks good, I'd really like one, too." Again, the Marine obligingly went to fetch it.
While he was gone the other Arab picked up the Marines other shoe and spat in it. When the Marine returned, they all sat back and enjoyed the flight.
As the plane was landing, the Marine slipped his feet into his shoes and knew immediately what had happened.
"Why does it have to be this way?" he asked."How long must this go on?"
This fighting between our nations? This hatred?" "This animosity?"
"This spitting in shoes and pissing in cokes?" :rollside: :rollside:

[Her454]

Raytheon Company
Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine
sergeant in Dress Blues traveling with a folded flag, but I did not put two
and two together. After we'd boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant,
who'd been invited to sit in First Class (and was seated across the aisle
from me), and inquired if he was heading home.
"No sir" he responded.
"Heading out?" I asked.
"No. I'm escorting a Marine home."
"Going to pick him up?"
"No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq. I am taking him home
to his family."
The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't know the
soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's family
and felt as if he did know them after so many conversations in so few days.
I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, "Thank you.
Thank you for doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do."
Upon landing in Chicago, the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the
following announcement over the intercom. "Ladies and gentlemen, I would
like to note that we have had the honor of having Sergeant Steeley of the
United States Marine Corps join us on this flight. He is escorting a fallen
comrade back home to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats
when we open the forward door [so as to] allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane
and receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt sign."
Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the
casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize two
things: I am proud to be an American, and I will continue to fly on American
Airlines because it respects what our soldiers do every day.
So here's a public thank-you to our military for doing what you do so we can
live the way we do.
God Bless our Military.

[Warlockjer]

Amen to that. I have two in the Military right now. They are my Heros :)

[wanna B V]

Wow.....that hits deep. A big difference from when I came home in uniform and Americans spat on us at the airports.God bless all our people in the military......

[OGShocker]

Wow.....that hits deep. A big difference from when I came home in uniform and Americans spat on us at the airports.God bless all our people in the military......
Thank you for your service, WBV!

[Her454]

Wow.....that hits deep. A big difference from when I came home in uniform and Americans spat on us at the airports.God bless all our people in the military......
Thank you for your service to our Country WBV -

[Jbb]

Im glad escorts take their duty...seriously... (http://www2.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45646&highlight=casualties+war) ...fallen hero's deserve no less... :frown:

[SeaSlut]

I don't care whether or not you support the action in Iraq, but every american owes the american soldiers our support. Those are our sons and daughters!!!
And that goes for the freaking immigrants stealing their way across our borders.

[Her454]

Im glad escorts take their duty...seriously... (http://www2.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45646&highlight=casualties+war) ...fallen hero's deserve no less... :frown:
I remember that Jbb, nice post.

[OGShocker]

Some picture I ran across, this morning. (http://vikingphoenix.com/photos/Iraq_War/too-shocking-for-msm.htm)

[Schiada76]

Some picture I ran across, this morning. (http://vikingphoenix.com/photos/Iraq_War/too-shocking-for-msm.htm)
Damn that Geroge Bush! That's all his fault!

[Her454]

Those two posts deserve seperate thread T. The first one was pretty funny.
My Father was given a 21 gun salute and full military burial. At first they (military) were not going to do it because of budgetary reasons. It is because there are so many veterans dieing these days that they can't keep up with all the burials. My brother (retired from military) made sure this got provided for my Father and our family. It is sad that every soldier doesn't recieve the same consideration. There are a lot of veterans that are trying to resolve this issue and provide the proper military burials for any and all that served the military. It sent a chill up my spine during the salute and made us all proud of my Fathers service to his country.
I can't imagine families being cheated from that. You must be very very proud.

[Dave C]

funny how you never see that on the news..... only bad news....
Some picture I ran across, this morning. (http://vikingphoenix.com/photos/Iraq_War/too-shocking-for-msm.htm)

[hoolign]

kudos (http://www.redneckworld.com/Redneck_Humor/200602/BestCommercial.asf)

[Garrddogg]

Those escort stories and even that busch comercial puts tears in my eyes EVERY time I see or read them!!
God bless our soilders!!
Force 26 aka Gary.

[Her454]

kudos (http://www.redneckworld.com/Redneck_Humor/200602/BestCommercial.asf)
OMG, I had never seen that commercial and it made me cry...........something so simple, yet so strong.
Thanks for posting that Hooli.

[Mardonzi]

The 2 events that get to me every time (both my wife and I are former military) is the sounding of taps and the missing man formation.
Everytime I either hear that song or see the fly by, it's an extremely emotional experience...

[Mardonzi]

My brother (retired from military) made sure this got provided for my Father and our family. It is sad that every soldier doesn't recieve the same consideration. There are a lot of veterans that are trying to resolve this issue and provide the proper military burials for any and all that served the military. It sent a chill up my spine during the salute and made us all proud of my Fathers service to his country.
Glad to see that you were able to receive the benefit that should be due to all veterans.
I have an Uncle that spent 26 years in the Navy. Retired Pilot, recipiant of the Navy Cross, spent 22 months in a North Korean POW camp, and one of the people who pushed through legislation on the creation of a Veterans Cemetary in Utah.
The best the military could come up with for him was a VFW 3 member honor gaurd (granted, this was 8 years ago).
Hopefully this is starting to change...