BigPapaDean Posted March 17, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6521 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63389 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 06:23 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted March 17, 2011 Will You give this to my Daddy? As a Company, Southwest Airlines is going to support 'Red Fridays.' Last week I was in Atlanta , Georgia attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed One of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen. Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camos. As they began heading to their gate, everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and Cheered for, it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red-blooded American who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families. Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal. Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our Service men and women, a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said 'hi...' The little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her... The young soldier, who didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek. The mother of the little girl, who said her daughter's name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter Courtney missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second... Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military-looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.. After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you.' He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying 'your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon.' The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet, he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek. We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be an American. RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the 'silent majority'. We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday - and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear something red. By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the USA is covered in RED. The first thing a soldier says when asked 'What can we do to make things better for you?' is.....We need your support and your prayers. Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Bryuk Posted March 17, 2011 Member ID: 266 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 673 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 3852 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2022 Birthday: 11/16/1964 Share Posted March 17, 2011 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BUDMAN Posted March 17, 2011 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6946 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4490 Achievement Points: 58237 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Android Share Posted March 17, 2011 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Half-A-100 Posted March 17, 2011 Member ID: 600 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 125 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 840 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 6 Birthday: 01/25/1958 Device: Windows Share Posted March 17, 2011 Amen! - I admit I've dropped the ball and often take our troops for granted. I will again fly my American Flag over my business daily. Thanks Dean for the inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Fire Posted March 17, 2011 Member ID: 496 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 282 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3249 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 1083 Achievement Points: 22334 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 5, 2017 Birthday: 10/26/1969 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Very nice Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Boomer Posted March 17, 2011 Member ID: 2083 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3554 Content Per Day: 0.73 Reputation: 4992 Achievement Points: 23761 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 14, 2014 Birthday: 10/20/1962 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Beautiful story! I come from a family of Military People, My Father (USMC) Korea & the beginning of Vietnam, my oldest brother (US ARMY) served the last few years of Vietnam and went on to college and became Lt. Commander (US NAVY) retired 18 years ago, he was also either the youngest or 2nd youngest Commissioned Officer in Navel History to recieve his own ship , my oldest sister (US ARMY) a medic during the last year of Vietnam, my other brother (USAF) voted top cop in the UK while serving there at Lakenheath and top recruiter here in the U.S. after coming back home, and me I am just BAH BAH BAH! After seeing and feeling the effects of war from my father while he lived, I vowed to never enter the military, because sometimes the effects of it, don't end when the fucking war is over! But I love my God & Country and ALL that it was suppose to stand for! Our government has ruined this country and the princibles it was founded on, I am sure that our real founding fathers are doing fucking backflips in their graves because of the things our government has done and is still doing, things are only going to get much worse and they will not get better, ever! It saddens my heart to see the things that I have seen, just in my lifetime alone. At 48 I am not an oldman by any means, even though I feel old from to many bumpy roads. To read your story was touching, to say the least, but that little girl will never know what it truly means to be free, not like it was in the late 60's & 70's during my youth and teenage years, or even the times before me and we are losing more and more of our God Given Rights everyday and the people that are suppose to stop this from happening are the exact ones that are doing it to us! The problem is that so many people say well it doesn't affect me so what do I care, I refer to (We The People) they don't look and they don't listen and they won't care, until its to late for anything or anybody to do anything about it! I say we fire the MOTHER FUCKING LOT OF THEM and start over before its to late, but thats just me... I will share the Red Friday with all the people I know and meet, it would be a beautiful site to see our Country truly support our troops and the freedoms they fight for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer Posted March 17, 2011 Member ID: 2083 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3554 Content Per Day: 0.73 Reputation: 4992 Achievement Points: 23761 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 14, 2014 Birthday: 10/20/1962 Share Posted March 17, 2011 sorry didn't mean to harp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPapaDean Posted March 18, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6521 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63389 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 06:23 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Boomer sorry didn't mean to harp! Boomer I agree with you 100%> Good to hear there are still red blooded American men that still cares about this country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hoth Posted March 18, 2011 Member ID: 64 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1037 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 874 Achievement Points: 9649 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 12/09/1969 Device: Windows Share Posted March 18, 2011 Great story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Boomer Posted March 19, 2011 Member ID: 2083 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3554 Content Per Day: 0.73 Reputation: 4992 Achievement Points: 23761 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 14, 2014 Birthday: 10/20/1962 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Bigmeandean Boomer sorry didn't mean to harp! Boomer I agree with you 100%> Good to hear there are still red blooded American men that still cares about this country! thanks Dean, I will forever & always truly be: A SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ! I'll remain that way until my blood stops pumping and I return to Mother Earth GO SIOUX! yeah I think thats where my temper comes from lolz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaDHeaD Posted March 20, 2011 Member ID: 2306 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 46 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/17/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17, 2012 Birthday: 12/18/1982 Share Posted March 20, 2011 respect to all soldiers that fight for us and protect our rights....2003 i go with my armyunit to kosovo,it was a hard time for me that show me how hard it can be...support our troops...really good dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WANTED Posted March 20, 2011 Member ID: 971 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 526 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 172 Achievement Points: 3690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26, 2023 Birthday: 12/08/1973 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Um ok, For some reason I'm just not getting this. please clarify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Bushape Posted March 20, 2011 Member ID: 839 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1334 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 64 Achievement Points: 7776 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 12, 2020 Birthday: 07/17/1958 Share Posted March 20, 2011 What is there to clarify. Support our troops that keep our country free. That doesn't mean support our government. That don't give a shit about our sorry ass. I am part of the Sons of the Revolution, too. I had relatives that fought to make this a free country. My Grandpa did that long march from France to Germany in WWI when over 90% of that unit was killed with mustard gas and such. He was one of the few that lived. No wonder he was a mean SOB. That was some tough ass war back then. Not like it easy now. But it was a little different in them days. Red Friday sounds like a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WANTED Posted March 20, 2011 Member ID: 971 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 526 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 172 Achievement Points: 3690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26, 2023 Birthday: 12/08/1973 Share Posted March 20, 2011 LOL I was trying to quote on someones comment, It's not a general statement. they removed there post. And yes by looking at my Avatar you can well see that i'm a supporter of the Troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted March 20, 2011 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 265 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18145 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20164 Achievement Points: 132974 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 264 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted March 20, 2011 Right on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted March 20, 2011 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4669 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5853 Achievement Points: 41044 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted March 20, 2011 10-4 and Roger that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Angel Posted March 20, 2011 Member ID: 46 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 104 Topic Count: 132 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4316 Content Per Day: 0.81 Reputation: 2955 Achievement Points: 34774 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 18, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Very nice story...I saw this a little while back somewhere and I can say I have since been wearing a red shirt every friday. Sometimes I forgot but for the most, I remember. I hope they realize that we still care...my nephew came back from 2 tours and u wouldnt believe the soldiers that think they are alone over there, it breaks my heart. I try and do what i can to show support cause damn those Marine uniforms get me everytime!! MMMM!!!! Thanks to all that serve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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