RAI Newsletter
Volume 220 11-10-06 @ 1:43 PM(cst)

In This Issue
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!!!! THANK YOU
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HAPPY VETERANS DAY ARMY!!!-AIRFORCE
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HAPPY VETERANS DAY NAVY!!!!
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Plus -- The Conservative Quote of the Day


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!!!! THANK YOU


COMPILED BY JIM LEAHY
The last election might have made it look as though the American people have forgotten the sacrifices our men and women of the armed forces have made for us. I want to let them know, me and my family will never forget what they have done and what they are still doing. I am angry at the outcome but the outcome is part of the process, we just have to make sure we don't allow the new Democratic majority does not get the chance to repeat the disaster of Viet Nam!
It's easy for a opposition party to stay on the sidelines and criticize without having to come up with a plan themselves.
I want the troops to understand that no matter what, they have people here at home you will never give up on them or their mission and that we will not allow history to repeat! Mostly they should know that their fallen comrades and their families will not have paid the ultimate price for freedom in vain! SO HELP ME GOD!
Semper FI!
MAY WE NEVER FORGET

Marine Lance Cpl. Minhee Kim
20, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Lansing, Mich.; died Nov. 1 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

Marine Cpl. Gary A. Koehler
21, of Ypsilanti, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 1 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.

Marine Cpl. Michael H. Lasky

22, of Sterling, Alaska; assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; killed Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

Marine Cpl. Gary A. Koehler, 21, of Ypsilanti, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 1 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.

THANK YOU YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN !

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HAPPY VETERANS DAY ARMY!!!-AIRFORCE


COMPILED BY JIM LEAHY
LEST WE FORGET

Army Pvt. Michael P. Bridges
23, of Placentia, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Nov. 2 from a non-combat related incident in Taji, Iraq.

Army Lt. Col. Paul J. Finken

40, of Mason City, Iowa; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Nov. 2 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad. Also killed were: Lt. Col. Eric J. Kruger and Staff Sgt. Joseph A. Gage.

Army Spc. James L. Bridges
22, of Buhl, Idaho; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Ala.; killed Nov. 4 when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations in Baghdad.

Army Spc. Douglas C. Desjardins

24, of Mesa, Ariz.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Ray Barracks, Giessen, Germany; died Nov. 5 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.

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Air Force Master Sgt. Brad A. Clemmons

37, of Chillicothe, Ohio; assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska; killed Aug. 21 when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle. The vehicle was part of a transportation convoy enroute to Taji, Iraq.

Air Force Senior Airman Adam P. Servais

23, of Onalaska, Wis.; assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.; killed Aug. 19, when his vehicle came under hostile fire in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton

32, of Miami, Okla.; assigned to the 3rd Security Forces Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; killed Jan. 22 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while he was conducting convoy escort duties in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy.

THAK YOU YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN


http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2349352.html

HAPPY VETERANS DAY NAVY!!!!


COMPILED BY JIM LEAHY
LEST WE FORGET!!

Navy Hospital Corpsman Charles O. Sare
23, of Hemet, Calif.; assigned to Naval Ambulatory Care Center, Port Hueneme, Calif.; currently serving with Multi-National Corps – Iraq; killed Oct. 23 from enemy action while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province, Iraq.

Navy Construction Electrician 2nd Class Charles V. Komppa

35, of Belgrade, Mont.; assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 18, Detachment 0618 in Billings, Mont.; serving with the 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, Multi-National Corps – Iraq; killed Oct. 25 during enemy action while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

Navy Master-at Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor
25, of Garden Grove, Calif.; assigned to a West-Coast based command; killed Sept. 29 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.

Navy Chief Petty Officer Paul J. Darga

34, of Lansing, Mich.; assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, serving with the 1st Marine Logistics Group; killed Aug. 22 when his Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team was struck by an improvised explosive device while responding to a previous strike. His unit was conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq.

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2349352.html

Conservative Quote of the Day

``Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.''

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