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Damn Boo, I went to a chicks blog and left her a thank you note because she had stopped to visit at my blog. Now being the kind soul that I am, I read the post that she had up. In it she had stated several facts, and had asked a question or two. 

 

First off she says that she had made that post so that "only one person in the whole world could not read it", that person being her sister. 

 

Now me with my fucking inquisitive ass, I want to know "How do you do that?" Anyway, if I can read it and dextron5  can read it, doesn't it make sense that her sister will also be able to read it? Just like the rest of the world can read it.

 

*sniff,sniff,sniff = I smell dead pussy around here* If it doesn't smell right, then it deserves a second look. In other words, I think that  

 

"she was lying all the way through her post". 

 

Hi People, I am adding this to my post so that no one will say that I was unfair, it is the reply that I had left for summer101  on her blog. Oh yeah, you have to look down towards the bottom of her post to see it.

 

So what, you ask? Well I answered her question and this is the reply that she sent back to me.

 

Anyway this *pointing up* is the reply that I had left for her. What do you guys think about here story of true family fidelity there?

 

Isn't she just the best sister ever? You can tell her how you feel about her plight, if you like. Hell, I guess that she will be on the jerry springer show before long.

 

♥ Wendy

 

By Samantha L. Quigley

American Forces Press Service

 

June 5, 2007 – Reality met Hollywood last month when the cast and crew of the Lifetime Network's new series "Army Wives" hosted a picnic honoring real Army wives in Charleston, S.C., where the series is filmed. The actors who hosted the May 5 picnic included Catherine Bell, who played Marine Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie on the long-running CBS series, "JAG." She was joined by actress Kim Delaney, who has had recurring roles on several TV series, including "China Beach." Brigid Brannagh, Sally Pressman and Roland Burton also attended with their "Army" spouses, actors Brain McNamara, Terry Serpico, Jeremy Davidson, Drew Fuller and Wendy Davis.

 

"This wasn't a mandatory, 'You have to show up for this,'" Regina Galvin, editor of CinCHouse.com, said. "The actors were very interested in really hearing the experiences of these women and where they're coming from.

 

"There was genuine respect, mutual respect, for what the actors were doing and also for what the Army wives were doing in holding down that home front," she said.

 

The event, which included pampering for the real-life wives from North Carolina and Kansas, provided an opportunity for Lifetime to publicize its new series. More importantly, however, it allowed the network to bring awareness to Operation Homefront, a troop-support group founded by a military spouse, Galvin said.

 

Lifetime accomplished this through a short film called "Wives on the Homefront." The film, which runs just over 11 minutes, gives voice to the challenges wives face and their feelings about facing those challenges alone. It also allowed for the cast members to reflect on what they learned during their day with the wives.

 

"Not enough people know what the wives and families of our troops do and how strong they are and how much support they give our troops," Bell said.

 

Davis agreed. "These are the women who are really what I consider to be unsung heroes," she said. "These are the women who are raising the children; they're holding down the fort at home."

 

Jane Biter, wife Army Staff Sgt. Robert Biter, currently serving in Afghanistan, is one of those unsung heroes. She is raising her 7-year-old son and 5- and 2-year-old daughters.

 

"It's hard having to be both Mommy and Daddy," she said. "But it's workable."

 

The film also included comments from Stefani Pelkey, a former Army captain, whose husband, also an Army captain, took his life after returning from service in Iraq. "When he came back he was not the same happy-go-lucky person as he was before," Pelkey said. "He was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (and) unfortunately, he was not able to get that help when he needed it."

 

Pelkey now is a contributor to Operation Homefront's online community, CinCHouse.com, a community of military spouses offering support in all areas of military life. As a representative of Operation Homefront's Wounded Warrior Wives program, she works to help other military spouses identify signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and where to find help.

 

The new program helps wives of wounded servicemembers navigate the many challenges they may face.

 

Operation Homefront and CinCHouse.com are members of America Supports You, a Defense Department program connecting citizens and corporations with military personnel and their families serving at home and abroad.

 

The network of support that the wives offer each other impressed the cast.

 

"They really look to each other," Fuller said. "It's the best support group I've ever seen."

 

Missy Reese, an Army wife, said she can always count on other Army wives when she needs anything, and other wives can count on her. "Whatever I need, or whatever they need, we're always there," she said. "It's like a pot of support."

 

To further express their support and appreciation for the real-life Army wives and the work of Operation Homefront, the cast members helped the wives pack care packages. The boxes were put together to fill orders Operation Homefront received through its "eCarePackage" program.

 

Through this program, visitors to the Operation Homefront Web site can choose items to fill a care package for a servicemember for just the cost of the shipping and handling.

 

"Wives on the Homefront" originally aired June 3 on Lifetime TV, the same day as the premiere of "Army Wives." In addition, to the TV program, Lifetime TV is offering blogs from four military spouses, three of whom also contribute to CinCHouse.com.

 

Article sponsored by criminal justice online leadership; and, police and military personnel who have authored books.

 

By Megan Han

Special to American Forces Press Service

 

April 30, 2007 – Being an Army wife can be difficult. Being an Army wife at the 10th Mountain Division's Fort Drum can be even more challenging, since the 10th is one of the Army's most deployed divisions.  Of the three brigades at Fort Drum, one can usually assume that two are deployed simultaneously while the other is vigorously training and planning for an impending deployment.

 

Being an Army wife is a job in itself. Deployments prove challenging and Army wives meet the task of holding the family together, standing by their husbands, and managing the myriad routine responsibilities of everyday living, such as home and auto maintenance.

 

Most Army wives will tell you that it's friends, family, faith and fun that gets them through the multiple deployments. Roanne Speedie, for example, has found a fun and creative diversion to help her through deployments.

 

Speedie is a quilter, and her craft has helped her get through the seven deployments that she and her husband Rick, a soldier with the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry regiment, have endured during their 13 years of marriage.

 

Speedie first became interested in quilting when she was in college, dabbled in it when she and Rick moved to Fort Polk, La., but her hobby really took off when they arrived at Fort Drum in November 2002. Rick has deployed twice since then, so she feels fortunate to have such a close-knit group of friends in the Fort Drum quilt guild.

 

"Rick came home from work one day and said 'Captain Oscar's wife is a quilter and belongs to a quilt group on post; you should give her a call,'" Speedie said. "Once I got past the 'How the heck did that conversation start?' reaction, I was excited about meeting some other quilters."

 

Speedie went on to say the "quilt guild here on post is made up of ladies that are spouses of active-duty soldiers, active-duty soldiers - yep, we have a couple of those -- retirees from the military, and Defense Department civilian employees."

 

The quilters represent a wide age range and skill level, but they enjoy getting together to quilt, share quilting advice and talk about child care, deployments and their spouses.

 

"Some of us jokingly call it our monthly therapy session," Speedie said. "It's the one time a month that some of the ladies have just to themselves, for their own enjoyment. It also gives us a way to give back to the Fort Drum community while doing something we love. And, while you're busy with your project, you aren't constantly thinking, 'Is he all right?'"

 

Carrie Murray turns to her faith for guidance and strength throughout deployments. Murray's husband, Larry, is a soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, and they have weathered five deployments in the 14 years they have been married. Three of those deployments have been with units out of Fort Drum.

 

"Reading my Bible daily helps immensely. I feel like God is talking to me during my devotions," Murray explained.

 

The Murrays have two children, so Carrie also fills her time planning activities for their kids and keeps Larry informed of their many goings-on by sending him weekly e-mails. She said that "helps me feel like he isn't so far away... he is able to know exactly what we are doing here and he stays connected."

 

Along with planning activities to get through the deployment, Murray also helps her children focus on the fun things they will get to do when Larry comes home. They have even developed a new word in their vocabulary: 'whendaddycomeshome.'

 

"That's all one word because it's now a word in our house," she said.

 

Murray and her children pray together for Larry as well. She feels that is one of the best ways for her to show support for her children while their dad is away.

 

"We pray for Larry's safety daily," she said. "Prayer is amazing, because you can do it. Worrying is an idle activity, while prayer is an active activity."

 

Some wives go home to be with their friends and families during deployments. Leigh Niven is one such wife. She moved back to Chicago, Ill., when her husband deployed in March 2006.

 

Niven and her husband, Brian, a soldier with the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, are currently experiencing their second deployment since being assigned to Fort Drum in February 2004.

 

Brian and Leigh quickly learned what life would be like as a married couple in the Army at Fort Drum.

 

"I realized very quickly what life would be like with an Army man. Five days after we married, Brian left for his first tour to Iraq," Niven said.

 

"We have been married for three years (now)," she said. "Two of those years, Brian was deployed. The year he was home was full of training and courses around the country. We have spent a total of approximately six to seven months together."

 

Niven said she feels fortunate to be with her family and have so many friends from home close by. Yet she finds her greatest support from Fort Drum friends, with whom she is in frequent contact.

 

"The best support I've received is from my fellow Army wives," she said. "There is no one else in the world who can understand the pain and stresses of these deployments. Whenever I need to vent, cry, complain, I just call one of my Army wife friends. I know I can always count on them."

 

Although all Army wives handle deployments differently, they all have one thing in common. Each wife said she has her own individual way of keeping busy and facing each day with her head up, ready to take on the challenge.

 

Niven summed it up well by saying, "I have learned how to deal with emotional pain and stress in ways that I never knew I could. To be an Army wife is something really special. This job is not for just anyone. Army wives are one of a kind."

 

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     Global Hawk to Fly 1st Mission Over U.S

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BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - They've become a fixture in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, a new breed of unmanned aircraft operated with remote controls by "pilots" sitting in virtual cockpits many miles away.

 

But the Air Force's Global Hawk has never flown a mission over the United States.

 

That is set to change Monday, when the first Global Hawk is scheduled to land at Beale Air Force Base in northern California.

"This landmark flight has historic implications since it's the first time a Global Hawk has not only flown from Beale, but anywhere in the United States on an official Air Combat Command mission," base spokesman Capt. Michael Andrews said in a statement.

 

Beale-based pilots are flying the drones daily on combat missions in the Middle East, Andrews said. The planes are operated by four-person crews from virtual cockpits the size of shipping containers.

 

The planes are designed to fly at high altitudes for 40 hour-missions covering as much as 10,000 miles, mostly providing aerial surveillance. The aircraft, which can cost more than $80 million each, can reach an altitude of 65,000 feet and send back high-resolution imagery.

 

The Hawks are among a growing fleet of unmanned aircraft that also includes the missile-carrying Predators and five-pound Ravens that are small enough to be carried in soldiers' backpacks.

 

Beale is to have seven Global Hawks by 2009. It is currently the only U.S. base with the drones. Eventually the Air Force's fleet will include 54 of the Global Hawks, but most will be based overseas.

 

 

OK, so once again I find myself having to ask all of you guy's "Is it just me...?" or do any of you wonder just what the fuck our government is up to with this fricking shit?

 

"Why does The United States Government feel the need to fly SPY PLANES over America?"

 

and

 

"Why the fuck isn't the security conscious Democratic congress bitching as loud about this shit as they did when they thought that their phone calls might be being recorded?"

 

Don't they realize that those drones are going to be taking pictures of them while their out fucking those little boy pages in the ass hole? 

 

♥ Wendy