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Service Flag Information Page - What it means, the history, Yellow Ribbon Bracelet. Links to Sites you can purchase at
Marine Corps announcing a single toll-free Operation Iraqi Freedom Hotline.
The toll-free hotline number is 866-227-2708
Submitted by Anita Tomforde
This page was last updated on: June 18, 2008
Security Note - I will never, to the best of my ability, divulge any information that could conceivably put our soldiers and their mission at risk - and they will do the same by not telling you all they know. So, please keep that in mind if you don't read as many details as you'd like to see. We never know who is listening on phone lines from Iraq to the US nor do we know who might be reading these updates that I send out.
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Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act - Have you ever heard of this act, from 1940? Do you know what it covers? More important - do you know what it does not cover?
New York Congressman Steve Israel is trying to gather information to modify and update this federal act. Please read this page and check the links that detail this obsolete act.
If you know of any military having, or had problems after being deployed, please go to this page and let the Congressman know.
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This is the link for the brownies, there is a list of 9 various recipes for "brownies in a jar". The only problem I see is that all the recipes call for either or all eggs, oil, milk. That's good for the states, but what about Iraq or Afganistan?
However - I have been urged not to send the "brownies in a jar" to Iraq - the heat will cause a fast growth in bacteria, also this was mentioned on www.military.com.
A warning also from Joe & Chris - There has been some information, as well as an official request from the Military, NOT to send brownies in a jar - they may not bake at suffienctly high temperatures to kill the bacteria.
--Mike
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American Legion
Post 694
Box 58
Northport, NY 11768
Special Note - Our primary News Source is Bob Babcock
Bob Babcock - "Deeds not Words"
President, Americans Remembered, Inc.
President, 22nd Inf Regt Society
Past President/Historian - Nat'l 4th Inf Div Assn
Thanks Bob for all you do!
If you click on this time clock, you will notice the top of the page show the 24 hour clock in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This is also know as "Zulu time".
The theme for our page is called "Armed Forces Medley". The order of the music is: Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard. The music is provided by The Regimental Band of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
The Director of Music is Captain Kenneth R. Force.
The Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) provides college scholarship grants, based on need, along with financial aid and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident.
WALL OF HEROES
MAPS OF IRAQ
PICTURES TAKEN BY THOSE DEPLOYED
PICTURES SENT IN BY READERS
INFORMATION ABOUT BROWNIES IN A JAR
Get 4ID Operation Iraqi Freedom Gifts Online!
The News updates are provided as a free public service to the families and friends of our deployed 4ID soldiers in Iraq by Bob Babcock, President of Americans Remembered, Inc..
They are always looking for donations and volunteers to help the non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in our efforts to preserve memories of America's veterans and home front workers.
If you would like to volunteer or make a tax deductible donation to our efforts, please go to our web site at www.americansremembered.org or email at info@americansremembered.org or write us at PO Box 682232, Marietta, GA 30068.
This is a program that we have just been notified about and we think its great.
On a personal note - If you were in the service, or away from home, remember those people that neverr got mail from home? This program is meant for them. Think of how you shared with that person, (I even let him read my letters from home and my girlfriend).
The Program Mission Statement:
Our Mission is to send our soldiers without family or family support, things they want and need. We want to comfort them with a taste of home. We want to let them know that they are important to us, that they matter. We want to reach out and be a lifeline from America.
My name is Mary Harper and I am the founder of Operation Shoebox. We are a non profit organization that sends care packages to our troops deployed. Currently we are supporting 10 units that are deployed in Iraq and afghanistan.
You can check out our website at www.operationshoebox.com
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
55 Central Park Drive
Plainview, NY
Ph: 516 349-1966
Pat
We buried Nate yesterday at Arlington with full military honors. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with Valor. He unfortunately, has joined a group of heroes who served with him in Operation Iraqi Freedom and other heroes from our war on terrorism worldwide.
Arlington is a beautiful place but one should not have to go there to visit a loved one. Those souls buried there have protected our rights and freedoms and we the American people owe them a debt which can never be repaid.
Please forward this to all and tell them that we pray for the safe and speedy return of everyone's loved ones.
Sincerely
Ric Bruckenthal
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Dear Readers
We are trying to update our/your deployment list with new names and put the present people where they belong. In order to do this, we need your help. Please feel free to email me with the names of those deployed and those that came home.
Use the button on the side to send in any information you can. If you send along any APO addresses, I wont post them on the web, but I will keep them with me.
--Mike Bardunias
Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Allman returns home! Ryan was seriously injured on June 2, 2004 when his humvee rolled over a land mine while out on patrol in Balad, Iraq. He has undergone five surgeries to repair damage to his legs, after being med-flighted to Landstuhl Germany. He is a scout platoon leader with the 1-77 Armor Battalion stationed out of Schweinfurt Germany.
His Family and friends will greet him at Cleveland Hopkins Airport on Monday, July 19th @ 6:15 PM his flight is coming from Louisville, Kentucky where he had been invited by the Steel Tiger 77th Armor Association to participate in there 2004 reunion, as a Purple Heart recipient and recent combat solider.
Ryan has documented his injuries and experience in Iraq with pictures and postings on a web site www.ryanallman.com I think if you read some of his postings you would agree that he is a very special young man. He is on convalescent leave until September. Ryan enlised in the Army in 1998 and plans to reenlist again upon his return to Germany.
Kathy Allman - Ryan's Proud Mother
Reported "killed in action" September 03.
He made the ultimate sacrifice for us. May God bless him and keep him and give comfort to his family and friends.
--Mike
1st Lieutenant Ronald Winchester, 25, of Rockville Center, N.Y., died Sept 3 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Winchester was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
Army Pfc. Rahseen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, New York.
Killed north of Al Hawd, Iraq, when his military convoy came under enemy fire. Heighter was assigned to the 2/320th Field Artillery, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Died on July 24, 2003.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Chaminade High School Athletic Fund
The First Marine Division Association Scholarship Fund
14325 Willard Rd., Suite 107
Chantilly, VA 20151-2110
OR
OR
Naval Academy Scholarship Fund
25 Maryland Avenue,
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
410-267-8651 or 800-468-7623
FAX: 410-280-5534
email: Ed.Wallace@usna.com
Please take a moment to review the new entries in the guest book. Some people are asking questions and I dont have the answers, perhaps you can help.
--Mike
Note to All
At our meeting in October 2005, Ft O'Farrell said he would put our name in the book on the Altar of Rememberance to be prayed for daily at his Church - St Anthony of Padua. I gave him our latest copy of the deployed military list.
If for any reason you would like your military's name removed, please let me know. Also, any new additions, I can add them to the list if you would like, please let me know when you submit new names.
--Mike
Matthew D. Lynch died Oct. 31, 2004, from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Age: 25 Hometown: Jericho, N.Y.
Died: 10/31/2004
Service: Marine Rank: 1st Lt.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
--Mike
Friends:
My daughter and friend Polly have organized and starting a donation memorial in honoring Ron. They have ordered olive green bracelets with Ron’s name on them. They are starting at 2500. The money they collect will go to Ron’s three scholarships. A donation will be $5.00 each bracelet sold.
To orderplease email – Marianna - CoachWin2@aol.com
please email – Marianna - CoachWin2@aol.complease email – Kristine - winniegk17@aol.com
Thanks you
Love Marianna Winchester
If you are looking for yellow bows and cant find them - click on the bow for a link to the Paper Mart.
From the folks at National Lampoon to the members & families of the US Military
The Deployed list is as of 06/05/08 and has been put on the Altar of Rememberance. This is the altar that the Priests use to remember the military.
--Mike Bardunias
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