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For me it would have to be my father. I remember when he came home from Vietnam when I was 7. As he was walking through the airport in Kansas City, MO. He was cursed, spit on, called baby killer and all other sorts of vile names. I remember his reaction to all of this. He never lost his military bearing, never spoke, he just looked straight ahead, wrapped his arms around us, gathered his baggage and led us out the door. He is the reason I went into the military. To me he was all that was right with this Country and the World. Rest in Peace dad.
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My Momma. :)
Her unconditional love never wavers. Her support never wanes.
Her unconditional love never wavers. Her support never wanes.
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No harassment taken, CSM! Thank you so much!
I have perfected her Irish accent, so all I need is a blonde wig. Haha. She really is uber-awesome!
No harassment taken, CSM! Thank you so much!
I have perfected her Irish accent, so all I need is a blonde wig. Haha. She really is uber-awesome!
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Love this! My daughter is 13, and I adore her. When she grows up, I hope we have the amazing relationship you have with your mom!
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Hi Ma'am!
Thank you! The teen years were VERY hard because I was rebellious and, well, it is tough when you know everything at a young age. (LOL.) After I enlisted at 20, all seemed to fall into place and then she became my best friend. In hindsight, her strict discipline was what I loathed, but it is, in fact, the cornerstone of my successes. I always joke that between my strict Irish Mom and the nuns all through school, I was very ready for the Drill Sergeants. Haha
Hi Ma'am!
Thank you! The teen years were VERY hard because I was rebellious and, well, it is tough when you know everything at a young age. (LOL.) After I enlisted at 20, all seemed to fall into place and then she became my best friend. In hindsight, her strict discipline was what I loathed, but it is, in fact, the cornerstone of my successes. I always joke that between my strict Irish Mom and the nuns all through school, I was very ready for the Drill Sergeants. Haha
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MAJ (Join to see). My heros are ordinary people who volunteered to operate most often unarmed alone under conditions of extreme risk of capture, torture, or death without protections ordinarily accorded to any uniformed prisoner of war. My heros are our prisoners of war who remain faithful and loyal under even the most arduous of circumstances. My heros are partisans striking back at powerful foreign invaders with whatever weapons they may have at hand. My heros are oppressed minorities rising up against insurmountable odds and executing mass escape by rushing labor camp guards and fences under withering machine gun fire. My heros are pilots, crews, doctors, nurses, medics, corpsmen, and others who risk their lives to rescue, diagnose, treat, and ease the suffering of others. My heros are scientists and engineers who conceive, design, and produce technologies to detect and defeat overwhelmingly superior forces. My heros are brave men and women who pick up their weapons to protect us from enemy forces. Most of my heros cannot be individually identified or given any public acknowledgement or award for their critical / vital contributions to the demise of totalitarian states and the rise national and international peace, security, stability, and public welfare.
Warmest Regards, Sandy
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Warmest Regards, Sandy
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1LT Sandy Annala As usual Sandy; you have exceeded what anyone else could post!
With your backround and vast experiences, your wide knowledge and awareness certainly adds you to that list of American Heroes.
Please, write your book! I expect it to describe more personal interactions than GEN Hayden’s, ‘Playing to the Edge’.
V/r,
Chuck
With your backround and vast experiences, your wide knowledge and awareness certainly adds you to that list of American Heroes.
Please, write your book! I expect it to describe more personal interactions than GEN Hayden’s, ‘Playing to the Edge’.
V/r,
Chuck
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