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Wounded Heroes of Maine program |
Posted By Administration,
Friday, October 09, 2009
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We are proud to announce the launch of pilot program that we hope to take nationwide, the Woiunded Heroes Program which starts out in Maine. Thanks to Pam, Carmen and Lauren for making this happen. They are holding a fundraiser this weekend and if you are anywhere near please try to make it. We are honored to have been chosen by the Falmouth
Rotary to benefit from an event they have
planned on Sunday, October 11th, at Hadlock Field.
Organized by their group, as well as Ray Richardson from WLOB Radio (www.wlobradio.com), they have the Marshall
Tucker Band on board to perform, as well as others, food, great vendors, etc. This event is
specifically put together to benefit Maine's military.
We are one of only four Maine non-profits that will
receive much-needed funding to continue our
work.
Keep in mind that the most difficult months are coming
fast with heating oil needs, winter tires and vehicle repairs, not to mention
the holidays, and more. I saw first hand last year around this time that,
had groups that offer help not been there, many military families - especially
our wounded - would have not had Thanksgiving dinner OR Christmas for their
little ones.
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Explaining Population-Centric COIN to the public |
Posted By Administration,
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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There is an important debate underway about what strategy we should
pursue in Afghanistan. This decision is important for all Americans,
but many don't have a very good understanding of the Population-Centric
Counterinsurgency strategy advocated by Gen. McChrystal, the new
commander there. The Warrior Legacy Institute had three of it's fellows
write an explanation that doesn't require a military background. It is
designed for you and anyone you want to share it with. We have not
taken a position advocating one strategy over another and we will be
releasing a primer on the Counter-Terror option soon as well. We
believe that educating the public about the choices will allow them to
make informed decisions about what they think is best. You can download the full report here.
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Great American Supporter Stories - Update |
Posted By Leta Carruth,
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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I have been remiss in posting stories about Great American Supporters.
Blame it on summertime, family, work, weddings, etc.
The good news? I've got several posts to publish in the coming days so stay tuned!
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July 4th Fundraiser in Dallas |
Posted By Uncle Jimbo,
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
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Well we had quite a fiesta in Dallas on the 3rd of July courtesy of the USO Girls and quite a few BLACKFIVE readers. The Tap In Grill in Grapevine hosted an event for us and it went like gangbusters. The far and away crowd sensation was the official "Hugging and Kissing Grandmas". They were amazing and raised a ton of money one pair of hugs at a time. It was great to meet all of the great patriots down in Big D and I even said that WLF is hardly needed in Texas, those folks already understand the value of military service, it is the rest of the country we need to work on. Thanks to the Tap In, the USO Girls and all their compatriots and all the good folks who showed up to help us out and enjoy some fun.
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Save the Mojave War Memorial |
Posted By Administration,
Friday, June 19, 2009
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Some of you are already aware of this but there is an effort to remove a long-standing war memorial in the Mojave Desert because it is a cross. You can go here and read more about this and find out how you can help. They have now boarded it over so it can't be seen, but the case will be heard by the Supreme Court later this year.
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Operation: Love Boxes For Our Troops - Great American Supporters |
Posted By Leta Carruth,
Sunday, June 14, 2009
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I encourage you to watch the Operation Love Boxes for our Troops Info Video before reading the remainder of the story about Operation:Love Boxes For Our Troops.
Operation: Love Boxes for our Troops’ sole mission is to encourage American citizens to fill a box and mail it themselves to a Soldier far from home.
Operation Love Boxes for our Troops’ motto is “We aren’t a company or an individual – it is an idea.
I was “introduced” to John Baker, founder of Operation: Love Boxes For Our Troops, by Retired Army CW3 Frank Eckrode. Frank’s son, Frank, Jr. is a paratrooper with the 173rd, 2-503 and was deployed to Afghanistan at the time. John Baker, like so many Great American Supporters, is a humble man who wants no personal recognition for what he does. We reached out to John and his group when we were in need of assistance in sending support to the 173rd, 2-503. At a packing party near the end of 2007 John and his group packed and sent over one TON of power tools, hand tools, nails, screws, hand and foot warmers, socks (several hundred pairs), thermal underwear, food and snacks. Yes, over one TON! I cannot even begin to imagine how many tons of support have been sent via the monthly packing parties and by those the organization has assisted with information on how to pack and send a box.
John shared photos with me of the packing party they had for the 173rd, 2-503 in late 2007.
From the Love Box website the story of how it all began:
My wife and I became acquainted with Bill and Jan Schutz through the friendship of our daughters at school and at our church. Early in 2005 Lt. Col. Bill Schutz volunteered to go to a combat zone. He didn't have to go. He had already been through one deployment and spent months away from his family at that time. I couldn't understand why a Soldier who had fulfilled his duty would volunteer to place himself in harm’s way. The last time we saw each other before he left, I presented him with a flag and asked him what could be done. All he said was to send him an e-mail every so often and we left it at that. Bill arrived in Baghdad, Iraq and sent the first e-mail with pictures to his friends on April 29, 2005. Bill said that all his needs were met and that he was doing fine.
Four months went by with very little communication because my life was busy with a family business, a wife who has a demanding career and three teenagers at home. In September, I called Jan and asked her what I could do for Bill beyond what I was presently doing, which was nothing. Jan gave me Bill's address and suggested that I go down to the post office, pick up a domestic flat rate box and for very little postage, mail some items to him. Armed with a box I went to my grocery store and began walking up and down the aisles trying to decide from the packed shelves what to include in the box. I suddenly realized I had taken for granted that the groceries would always be there, that the success of my business or the safety of my family was in my control, and how trivial my "problems" were in comparison to those of the military families. The box in my hands was now not big enough to say thanks to Soldiers like Bill.
On October 1, 2005 a single box was mailed to Baghdad filled with granola, snacks, canned goods, and a book on CD and one week later I received a most grateful and heartfelt e-mail from Bill. If one box is so fulfilling an experience, what about a few dozen? The pastors and staff at Morningstar Community Church in Salem Oregon were excited about the idea of asking the church members to send boxes to deployed Soldiers that were from families within our membership and to their buddies within their units.
On November 14, 2005 with a pile of 147 boxes, prayer support from friends, and a hope that 50-75 people would take a box, the project was presented in our first service. The boxes lasted 6 minutes. Some grateful spouses of deployed Soldiers were in tears, and many a veteran expressed their thanks to the church for this effort. After second service, the sign up sheet contained the names of members requesting 246 more boxes. The Lord had answered our prayers. We began to receive thanks from Soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Bahrain. On December 4, 2005 with a mountain of over 600 boxes, the members took over 500 home with them. It became clear that this was a larger project than just one church. On that day Operation: Love Boxes for our Troops was born. Its sole mission is to encourage American citizens to fill a box and mail it themselves to a Soldier far from home. The two purposes it serves are to thank the Soldiers and their families for their sacrifice on our behalf and to raise the awareness of those of us at home the debt of gratitude that we owe the men and women who put on the uniform. Now, thousands of boxes later with other box efforts starting up all over the area, this website is for the use of every American to start their box project in their own city or state. But if you do, be ready to see tears from veterans that were never thanked for their service, be forewarned to gracefully accept the appreciation of deployed Soldiers families, and be prepared to understand why American Soldiers continue to volunteer to place themselves in harm’s way.
I spoke to John recently to find out how things were going. They are planning for their monthly "Love Box Packing Party". Along with encouraging and inspiring others to get involved John holds a packing party once each month at his office. He told me they recently shipped out their 20,000th box from packing parties. WOW! Twenty thousand that he knows of that have been shipped. There’s no telling how many more have been sent because of this great idea that was started in Salem, Oregon.
I’m on John’s month email list. I received an email today and would like to share just a part of it with you:
Here are last month’s accomplishments:
Radio Interviews with KPDQ and KPAM
Presentations to:
Oregon Legislature (Thanks to Rep. Kevin Cameron and the Oregon Association of Realtors)
Salem Chamber “Show Biz”- 256 boxes and many DVD’s handed out.
Love Box Packing Party at the Capitol- Approx 400 boxes sent to Oregon National Guard in Iraq and Georgia
Leadership Salem- 25 boxes handed out
Jackson County Association of Realtors- 91 boxes and some DVD’s
NW Regional Meeting of the Exchange Club- Look for the project to get started in Tacoma, Wash. 45 boxes and DVD’s now out to chapters all over Or and Wa
Conversations with the following organizations who will be adopting the project:
Coos County Association of Realtors
East Metro Association of Realtors
Grants Pass Association of Realtors
The Oregon Association of Credit Unions
The Oregon Democratic Party
The Oregon Patriots
Walters & Wolf Curtain Wall in Mukilteo, Washington
Plus multiple individual calls!
John also shares emails and letters his organization has gotten from those who receive packages. Those notes of gratitude can be viewed on the website. This month, along with many “thank you” emails and letters John also shared the following in his monthly email:
Last month my daughter Summer and I attended our first Love Box packing party. We had such a great time that she would like to make this event part of her senior project for Silverton High School next year. She would like to host a packing party next fall, and would like any information (one of the CD's maybe) that she can present to our local community to help raise awareness and support for future mailings of goodies for our troops. Her big sister Autumn is a member of the National Guard and enjoyed receiving these special boxes when she was deployed (and actually Summer is planning on joining the guard herself). Please let us know if you can be of any help in this endeavor...Thank you for all you do, we are energized and so impressed by your continued support of all of our men and women in our military; you inspire us to help as much as we can...
Always,
Robin and Summer
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Good Morning
I live in Puerto Rico. My boyfriend is in Iraq and I have a few friends serving our country. I just want more information how can I start a program here to send a little of happiness to our soldiers. I saw your website and you guys are doing an excellent job. I’m so proud, our soldiers need all our support.
Thanks,
C. Rivera
Puerto Rico? The word about Operation: Love Boxes For Our Troops has made it from Salem, Oregon to Puerto Rico!
The organization has developed a DVD that they will be happy to send to you so that you can share it with others and get your own “Love Box” group going. The link to the DVD from their web site is http://www.loveboxesforourtroops.com/video.html. One of the many statements made on the DVD that I find profound is, “What is an hour of your time compared to a year of another person’s time?”
In addition to the DVD the website http://www.loveboxesforourtroops.com has many helpful tools about packing and shipping boxes, addresses that have been given to the organization with permission to be shared, tons of photos and messages from the troops on the receiving end of this great work.
Now you know why John Baker and all of those who support and participate in Operation: Love Boxes For Our Troops are Great American Supporters.
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Review of the CNAS report- Triage |
Posted By Administration,
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Fighting an insurgency is one of the toughest tasks there is. Doing
so as an occupying power is tougher yet. My first mission was 20 years
ago in the Philippines and a Maoist insurgency called the New People's
Army assassinated COL Nick Rowe, a Special Forces icon, while we were
there. I had a chance to ask some questions of the current head of
Philippine Special Ops Command last year and he said that same group is
still their greatest problem. A long war indeed. The Center for a
New American Security has released a report on US efforts in
Afghanistan and Pakistan called "Triage: The next twelve months in
Afghanistan & Pakistan". The report represents a look at what the
concept of Smart Power means when applied to this situation. There is
plenty in the report to agree with, but it also showed why CNAS is thought of as the Obama adminstration's go-to think tank. Michèle Flournoy is the Co-Founder of the Center for a New
American Security (CNAS). She served as President of CNAS
until February 9, 2009, when she was confirmed as Undersecretary of
Defense for Policy under Secretary Gates in the Obama administration. That is not a bad thing, but worth noting as we look at this report. The authors are Andrew M. Exum, Nathaniel C. Fick, Ahmed A. Humayun, David J. Kilcullen.They begin with some policy recommendations. In Afghanistan: Adopt
a truly population-centric counterinsurgency strategy that emphasizes
protecting the population rather than controlling physical terrain or
killing the Taliban and al Qaeda. They present this as an
either-or and that is fundamentally flawed. Any policy must be a
combination of both balanced due to the particularities of each area.
In addition physical terrain control is a major part of how you protect
a population. You can't control all of it, but there are always key
pieces that must be dominated to even consider safeguarding a populace. Use
the “civilian surge” to improve governance and decrease corruption in
Afghanistan. Place civilian expertise and advisers in the Afghan
ministries and—to a lesser degree—the provincial reconstruction teams,
rather than in the embassies. I wholeheartedly agree with this,
but I doubt the ability to implement it. The risk-averse mentality of
the State Department and most other civilian agencies is the main
reason the military has taken the lead in virtually all elements of our
policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The military does not want to do
this and we heard this directly at a journalism seminar from LTC Brian
Mennes CDR, 1st Ranger Battalion who stated that he was forced to do
many of the tasks that should fall under these agencies because they
would not leave the embassies. I also asked the State Department
official directly responsible for these efforts Amb. John Herbst if
they were willing to get some foreign service officers killed, because
if not they were not going to be effective. His stammered answer was
not really, but we are working on it. They are attempting to recruit
several hundred more civilian experts but not having much luck. That
has been the problem with our efforts in far too many conflict zones
and is unlikely to change significantly. Many of the people they have
been able to recruit for these positions are military reservists who
have the civilian specialties necessary. In Pakistan: Strictly
curtail the counterproductive drone strikes on non-al Qaeda targets in
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest
Frontier Province (NWFP). The expansion of the approved target list for
U.S. drone attacks to include non-al Qaeda individuals should be
reversed. I would challenge the assertion that the drone attacks
have been counterproductive. We have killed scores of senior al-Qaeda
and Taliban leaders and that is quite productive. The question is
whether they create more ill will among the populace than their value
in eliminating terror leaders and greatly hampering their ability to
plan. It is a question worth considering, but to present it as a
decided issue is not helpful. The enemy attempts to influence the
information war by misrepresenting civilian casualties in these strike
and we have been deficient in countering those claims.To say we should
categorically restrict a very effective tool is not good advice and
speaks again to the smart/soft power mentality espoused in this report. Strengthen
the Pakistani police, with an emphasis on areas—such as Punjab and
Sindh—where the Taliban has not yet exerted control. Absolutely. They
open their situational assessment with a stunningly dense statement
from a group of folks who ought to have more common sense than this. In counterinsurgency campaigns, if you are not winning, then you are losing. I
don't know how this bit of tripe made it past any marginally competent
editor. I will go out on a limb and state that in a football game, if
you are not winning (or tied) you are losing.Let's move on. A
swift victory over the Taliban regime in 2001—facilitated by Special
Operations Forces and airpower acting in partnership with local Afghan
allies—was quickly followed by an insurgency of increasing intensity.
After late 2002, the vast majority of U.S. assets and attention were
focused on Iraq, while Afghanistan was relegated to an “economy of
force” mission.3 Safe havens in the neighboring tribal areas—the likes
of which facilitated the September 11th attacks—are expanding, not
contracting. This is where the talking points mentality rears
it's head. That paragraph reads like a Democrat campaign speech, Bush
took his eye off the ball and let Afghanistan fester because of an
obsession about Saddam Hussein. The problem is this is not an accurate
description, as the insurgency did not follow quickly after the initial
toppling of the Taliban. It actually leaves out a huge contributing
factor to the deteriorating conditions there, Pakistan's agreement
ceding control of the tribal areas and allowing them to become safe
havens. From CFR. In 2004, the Pakistani government reached a deal with Pakistani Taliban
led by Nek Mohammed in South Waziristan whereby the militants agreed to
live peacefully and not use Pakistani soil against any other country.
Hailed as a breakthrough, by late 2007 the deal was regarded as a
failure. It
was a complete failure and a major reason why the Taliban and al Qaeda
were able to regroup, recruit and retrain. Then they simply went back
over the border and started back to their old game in Afghanistan. To
ignore that is to falsely blame a lack of focus on Afghanistan i.e.
invading Iraq for the deterioration of conditions. A fair analysis
would include this Pakistani decision which the US opposed. More Triage.
While
much of the U.S. military establishment is prejudiced in favor of
enemy-centric operations, political wars such as the one being waged in
Afghanistan demand a focus on the population. Because populations in
civil wars tend to side with whichever group exerts control, the
population in Afghanistan can be expected to react positively to a
persistent presence by security forces. Forces able to create
conditions under which the people feel secure will reap the rewards of
the population’s participation in security operations and the political
process. Only by securing large swathes of the Afghan
population,thereby denying their passive or active support to the
Taliban, can the coalition create conditions conducive to the kind of
negotiations necessary create stability in Afghanistan. I don't
know how they determined the prejudices of much of the military
establishment, but it does seem like an anecdotally, accurate idea. The
question is whether that stops them from adapting to use different
strategies and tactics. We moved quite well to a combination of kinetic
and population-securing efforts in Iraq and that would be the proper
move in Afghanistan as well. You cannot say it is a choice between one
or the other. Limiting civilian casualties is a vital piece of the
puzzle, but they seem to ignore the fact that killing bad guys helps in
that. At this
time, it is the Taliban, unpopular as it may be, that exerts greater
control over larger numbers of the population. As a result, it is the
Taliban—and not the government in Kabul—which enjoys the greater degree
of the public’s collaboration and cooperation. The United States and
its allies must demonstrate to Afghans that a persistent U.S. and
allied presence means decreased Afghan civilian casualties; the
coalition will then reap the rewards of the cooperation and
collaboration of the Afghan people against the insurgents. The
statement that the Taliban exerts control over larger numbers of the
population is hard to swallow. They control zero major cities and their
influence is highest in the sparsely populated areas along the border
with Pakistan. They have infiltrated some of the poppy growing areas
but it defies bleief that they exert more control than the government
and coalition forces. Open source reports from Pakistan suggest that drone strikes there since early 2006 have killed
around 14 terrorist leaders and more than 700 Pakistani civilians, or just over 50 civilians for
every militant killed—a hit rate of less than 2 percent.45 U.S. officials vehemently dispute these
figures, and it is likely that more militants, and fewer civilians, have been killed than is reported by
the
press in Pakistan. Nevertheless, every one of these dead non-combatants
represents an alienated family, a new revenge feud, and more recruits
for a militant movement that has grown exponentially even as drone
strikes have increased. I mentioned before that the enemy has
learned to use the media to spread misinformation about civilian
casualties. There is no question that dead civilians are a contributing
factor to enemy recruiting, but the numbers cited are fantasy and steal
credibility from this report by their inclusion. Additionally saying
the militant movement has grown exponentially is ridiculous. Words have
meanings and the growth has been linear and not all that steep a line
at that. As of mid-2009, the situation in both Afghanistan and Pakistan is dire and getting worse. In both
countries,
strategies must be adopted which recognize the state of the insurgency
today. That means adopting a form of triage—utilizing an ink blot
approach at the strategic and operational levels—which prioritizes the
security of the population over other considerations while setting the
stage for strengthening the institutions of the Afghan and Pakistani
states. Agreed and the first time they acknowledge that population security and "other considerations" are not mutually exclusive. All
in all the report is worth reading and is certainly getting
considerable thought with the national security team. I didn't see much
in the way of original thinking, more of a rationalization for the
shift from kinetic to COIN or even to soft power. That should certainly
be a goal, but I question the idea that you can make this shift without
first inflicting some serious kinetic damage to the enemy.
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Howard "Papa" and Connor Love - Great American Supporters |
Posted By Leta Carruth,
Sunday, June 07, 2009
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I received several emails today with stories about some Great American Supporters. I'm excited to be sharing many of them with you in the coming weeks. Thank you for your responses and keep them coming.
Without further ado I'd like to introduce you to Howard and Connor Love. Howard (the grandfather) sent me the following email:
I read your request for stories about supporters on the WLF website and thought I would send mine. I have been sending packages to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for 5 years. My biggest helper with the shopping and packing is my grandson Connor. On payday I have 12-15 caring coworkers ( Jim, Pete, Art, Dave C, Jules, Frank, Don, Jeff, Pam, Shellee, Dave E, JR, Eli, George, Tom, Rico (all co-workers) that bring me some money (and they never forget) and I go shopping and get the boxes together for shipping. I also have one Vietnam vet (ELF) that raises money to help me by having a pistol shoot twice a year. UPDATED at the request of Howard: Could you add my chiropractor Dr. Dave to my supporters he waves my co-pay and collects supplies from his other patients for the troops. End Update Last year we sent 320 boxes and this year are up to 152 already. It is a lot of work and time consuming but not as much work as those soldiers and marines are putting out to protect our country and I am grateful and honored to be able to this. The pictures are of Connor helping with the packing and with one of the soldiers we supported.
Thank you, Howard Love
I spoke with Howard (Connor just calls him Papa) by phone today and found out many interesting facts about Connor and him. Howard served in the Navy on an aircraft carrier from 1965-1969 during the Vietnam War. He has a son who is in the Air Force and currently deployed.
Howard and I had barely begun to talk when Connor decided to say hello. Quite outspoken for a 5 year old young man. I asked Connor why he wanted to send packages to the Soldiers. His reply, "Because they have bad food over there." He was off the phone about as quickly as he got on it. because he had packing to get done.
Howard and Connor have been involved in sending care packages to deployed personnel for about 5 years now. Howard says that each payday, without fail, each member of the group he lists in his email voluntarily hands him a donation. Each gives the same donation every time which makes it easier for Howard to plan his shopping and postage expenses. He and Connor do all of the shopping. Once they adopt a Soldier, Marine, Airman or Sailor they send a box every two weeks as long as that person is deployed. Connor helps with shopping, packing, mailing and quality control. If Howard goes shopping without Connor he hears about it for days. Howard reports that if this duo receives a donation of some new food, particularly candy, that Connor isn't familiar with Connor will try it out and give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. Some candies just don’t cut the mustard and never make it into the boxes. Connor won’t allow candy that he thinks is “yucky” to be sent to his Soldiers.
I'm particularly intrigued by Connor's manner of folding the Flat Rate boxes:
Connor is a very patriotic lad. He recently attended Memorial Day ceremonies with Papa who reports that Connor ALWAYS wears his “Soldier hat”. A Marine approached Connor at the ceremony and slowly saluted Connor. Connor now mimics that slow salute. He even salutes his mother each time she leaves him for “duty” at Papa’s house. He won’t stop saluting until she returns the salute.
Connor has been visited by several of his adopted military personnel. Some have driven hundreds of miles out of the way to meet the little guy from whom they have received packages and with whom they have corresponded. One Soldier gave Connor his survival map along with a few lessons about how to read it.
Connor has also been invited by his battle buddies to several special events. One particular invitation was to a Marine’s wedding. Howard reports that Connor was a little confused about the attire the men were wearing and turned to him to say, “Papa, those boys are wearing skirts.” It took a little explaining about Kilts. Howard isn’t so sure Connor really understands the concept yet. Along with packing and sending care packages of edible goodies to deployed personnel Howard and Connor have also adopted children of deployed personnel at Christmas time. One year they used the generous donations from the co-workers mentioned in Howard’s email and others to purchase 86 gifts for children of moms and dads who couldn’t be home for Christmas. One mother had a request for a specific type of doll for her daughter. She wanted one with really soft hair. Papa and Connor spent two hours shopping before finding the perfect doll. That’s commitment!
Apparently Connor stays on top of things and gets quite irritated with Papa if he packs boxes without Connor’s assistance.
Howard wouldn’t let me hang up before reminding me that this is a team effort. It’s not just about Connor and him. It’s about all of Howard’s co-workers who donate EVERY payday and about Teri. Teri works at the Post Office in Mesa. Howard takes his boxes in, hands them over to Teri along with a blank check. Teri takes the boxes to the back, works her Post Office magic and writes out the check. Howard returns later in the day to pick up the receipt and copies of the customs forms. Yeah, Teri gets my THANKS, too!
Now you know why Connor, Howard and their group of friends are Great American Supporters.
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Great American Supporters - A New WLF Feature |
Posted By Leta Carruth,
Thursday, June 04, 2009
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There are many incredible volunteer and non profit organzations in this country who, day in and day out, provide incredible types and levels of support for our military. They provide services for the deployed and their family members, the wounded and their family members, families of the fallen and for veterans, They reach out to hundreds of thousands each year. I cannot begin to imagine what our military personnel (past and present) would do without these dedicated organizations.
We also know there are individuals, civic groups, Sunday school classes, school groups, bowling buddies, card groups, scrap booking clubs and any number of ordinary Americans who are providing support in a myriad of ways. You probably know of many like that in your community. We'd like to tell the rest of the nation about them. There is no doubt that by telling these stories the exchange of ideas will help others who are involved in support and will inspire many who have wondered how they can get involved.
We want to hear it all. Tell us about the grandmother in Iowa who knits or sews scarves; the veteran or non-veteran who spends time at a local military hospital, VA Hospital or Nursing Home with the wounded or Veterans; the Boy Scout or Girl Scout whose merit badge was earned via a project related to support of active duty personnel or Veterans. The sky is the limit.
We will be using the acronym GAS for this feature. Every successful "vehicle" must have "fuel" (GAS) to keep up momentum and moving forward. Support of our military is certainly an important "vehicle".
Please email your stories with photos, if available, to tankerbabelc at gmail dot com. We already have a couple of stories to share and look foward to receiving many more from all of you.
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David Bellavia on Pundit Review Radio |
Posted By Jim Hanson,
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Warrior Legacy Foundation's Executive Director was on Pundit Review radio to discuss the group's launch and as always he delivers the information and the entertainment.
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