Well this will be my first PGR mission. i met this soldier/hero, at my shop  about a week before he deployed to afghanistan. i had to repair a watch he got from a baghdad street vendor, and i sized his and his wifes wedding rings. we shot the shaZam! for a while, and i mentioned after hearing of his deployment. i said something of like " well hell that will be a bit of a climate change , and we shot the shaZam! and joked for a while longer, before they left. and i had NOT charged him for my work. ( a personal policy of mine), and as he was leaving i said. hey man, when you return , both you and your wife ( were married 6 weeks before his deployment) , the drinks are on me. any place you wanna go , then the other day i heard his name on EARLY am radio, as being killed, im like aww shaZam! no  , so if im a bit of a short tempered ass for the next lil bit. this would mainly be the reason why.

http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/924475/view/topic/Default.aspx

Still got that KJV you said you read?  There are a few reassuring scriptures in there.  Unfortunately, we'll have to witness things getting worse before they ever get better.  Perhaps you could think of a kind gesture of sorts for his wife, but at the time I'm not sure what to suggest.  Even a card would help though!  Anyway you can channel inward emotion into outgoing concern will be therapeutic.

Yama, my dear friend,
     Spiros Zodhiates published/translated one of the most exellent "study Bibles" known to modern man. It ranks in the top 5 and there is quite an argument as to which is the best. His is often at number one in the King James Version as well as the New American Standard.
Death to the New World Order, you know who.

We finished the first leg today. we rode up to scott county airport. where a chartered jet came in. i believe it was from kalitta charters <--- that plane there. i pulled flag duty. and was five feet from the aircraft wingtip when it came in. we got him into the hearse. then stood down. and prepared to leave. out on hwy 63 there were TWO large fire engines, ( hook and ladder type) with teh ladders up and over the highway. with a giant ass american flag, seems like 8 feet on the short side. and everyone was in tehir parade uniforms. we had about 36 bieks we started with, and picked up about 50 more  , and had all of 63 goin toward i75, and from exit 141 on i75 to exit 129 we had 2 miles of the southbound lane all to ourselves. and no one seemed to mind at all. , oart two starts tomorrow at 4pm, and part 3 on tuesday at 8am

Glad things have gone well so far and that proper respect has been shown.  It is very much deserved.

well, lol until we get to knoxville, well be iin a VERY redneckish area, so the anti war people, err the protesters, will prolly not be there. hell even if they do show. hey no problem. thats what we and our two wheeled noisemakers are for

The only people I have heard or read about protesting at veteran's funerals are the far-RIGHT a-holes from Topeka, AKA Fred Phelps and his "church."  Anti-war people protest the war and those who started it, not the people implementing it.

This is the true cost of the Iraq invasion and occupation, and it is sickening.  I am very sad for his family and friends.  I hope that no other families must feel such pain.

Quote from: trumpetguy on July 20, 2008, 08:57:54 PM
The only people I have heard or read about protesting at veteran's funerals are the far-RIGHT a-holes from Topeka, AKA Fred Phelps and his "church."  Anti-war people protest the war and those who started it, not the people implementing it.

This is the true cost of the Iraq invasion and occupation, and it is sickening.  I am very sad for his family and friends.  I hope that no other families must feel such pain.

or as my brother ( 101 abn said) If youve gotta Buddha Loves You, Buddha Loves You at the COmmander in chief, and the congress who voted the war into being. BUT dont disresp[ect the soldiers

terry and i would f%$king disembowel anyone protesting a veterans funeral.  my count, friends, fellow seals, men and recruits stands at 86 right now.  eventually you just become numb.

I'm so sorry for the loss of your new friend, Yama. A fallen-soldier PGR mission is the toughest; I've only done welcome-homes so far. Bless your heart for being able to participate, and bless his heart for serving. 

part 2: today we finsihed the funeral, i stood at attention for 3.5 hours holding a flag, well there were 25 of us doing that , ran into a minor  protester today. as long as ive known her, she had been almost ultra left, she griped about teh war the pres etc. and evidently unbeknownst to her. she wasnt paying attention, the service station i was at, hada memorial banner on the sign, she evidently was unable to read or put 2+2 together. i ahd informed her. of what we just finished. and kindly asked her to tone it down out of respect. she declined. the station owner sawi was seeing red. as was he, well we BOTH asked again, she declined again. and he told her to leave. and we both escorted her out of there. i just hope i never see her again  , but i have a sinking suspicion that i will 

Some people are just so clueless, self-absorbed, and insensitive.  It'd be nice to drop her in the middle of Iraq or Afghanistan.

i wanted to clobber teh f%$k out of her. BUT tehn i remember, i dont hit women, nor would i have liked to waste my time wiht that one , but hey its all good  , ill update thi spost tomorrow night, after work, , i gotta get up at 7, head out to the rally point, then we escort him to the cemetary

I say drop her in Afghanistan!! She won't be able rant at all!

just ignore the protesters anything else is just playing into their hands and gives their cause merit.  they are looking for attention and  if no one gives them any they 1 looks stupid, or stupider and 2 will eventually go away because there will be nothing left to report.   protesting politicians or things like that if fair game but doing it to the injured or dead is no cosher

agreed. frankie. but good news, today there was NOTHING but teh best in east tn  http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8715706 ( watch teh video my skinny ass is near teh end lol) btw the gs is running good. ( per the other thread, the knocking noise was the chain hitting the centerstand , since i put teh gixxer can on it, theres no support for it, so eventually something would have had to hit it. she performed well, BUT TBH i would have rode her to her death today regardless 

AND teh funeral train was near 3 MILES long 

'Lastly, I am proud of my country and it's flag.  I want to look back and say I am proud to have served my country as a Soldier'
-Last line of the Soldier's Creed (at least the version I learned)

We should all take a moment to contemplate an appropriate expression of pride in this country, our flag and this particular Soldier.

Every time I hear of a Soldiers' death over there, a part of me sets off an alarm telling me that there's unfinished business that needs to be taken care of.  Call it vengeance, call it stupid, but I'm going back in.

if you do man, be careful and throw a party before you deploy. ill buy the drinks