Wednesday Hero 9 April 2008

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael T. Williams
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael T. Williams, a kennel master with Task Force Military Police, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, and his dog "Kitt", search for ordnance and firearms during a route reconnaissance operation through the western Anbar province of Iraq April 1. The dog handlers conduct operations in support of 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion to bring peace and stability to Iraq and its people.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Steps To Our Soldiers

STEPS TO OUR SOLDIERS FUNDRAISING WALK

SATURDAY * MAY 24, 2008

It’s roughly 7,000 miles from Geneseo , NY to Kabul , Afghanistan , where soldiers from the Alpha Company 2-108 Infantry ARNG unit are deployed to, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom- Afghanistan .

The Alpha Co 2-108 Family Readiness Group (FRG) will be taking 7,000 steps –each step representing 1 mile - to raise awareness of our deployed soldiers, as well as funding that will enable us to send care packages and have a “Welcome Home” party & formal banquet for the men, upon their return.

WHERE & WHEN

Date: Saturday May 24, 2008

Time: Check-In 10am – 10:45am (*Pre-Registration Required)

Walk begins at 11am (Rain or shine)

Place: Geneseo Armory, 34 Avon Rd. Geneseo , NY

Route: 1.5 miles, beginning & ending at the Armory.

Lunch: Will be provided after the walk.

Have children? Why not take advantage of our free babysitting service in the armory play room while you walk?!

**Don’t forget about the 50/50 drawing after the walk**

Please leave a comment here or send me an e-mail if you are interested and I will forward registration contact information. You will need to provide number of walkers & children attending. Register by May 16 and collect donations to sponsor your walk.

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Wednesday Hero 2 April 2008

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Spc. Jeffrey Jamaleldine
Company C, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor


"How can I say to my sons, stand up for something, fight for what you think is right, if I don't do anything myself?"

The Jeffrey Jamaleldine that you speak to today is a complete 180 from the Jeffrey Jamaleldine that you would have spoke to in the past. In 1991, Jamaleldin was living in Germany when joined in anti-American protests on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm boulevard during Operation Desert Storm. "That was the way it was back then," he says. He was 15 and "America was simply the enemy." And today, Jeffery Jamaleldine is a wounded veteran of the U.S. Army. On June 6, 2005, after the terror bombing in Madrid, Spain, in the middle of the Iraq war, he showed up at the U.S. Army recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to enlist. His father, Bashir, told him at the time: "Son, this won't be a picnic."

On June 30, Jamaleldine was on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq. The patrol ahead of him had been ambushed by at least 70 combatants and were now under fire. During the fight, Spc. Jeffrey Jamaleldine was hit in the face by a bullet. In the end, the battle lasted into the next morning and the soldiers were able to stop the enemy from returning to Ramadi.

The article on Spc. Jeffrey Jamaleldine is five pages long, and I simply can not condense it down to only a few paragraphs. You can read the entire story here.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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