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Comment by Paymaster on September 22, 2012 at 11:31pm

NV....Congrats so exciting, a visit then on to a ship. 

Comment by nvmomma on September 22, 2012 at 4:54pm

Hi everyone, dropping in to check on y'all, and see if I have missed any M&Gs. A bit of news to report: my Sailor is now a qualified nuclear reactor operator, and graduates Prototype the end of next week. We are looking forward to a nice long visit before he reports to his ship, the USS George H.W. Bush in Norfolk, VA near the end of October. Pretty exciting stuff! On to a new chapter...

Comment by Christine-OS2 proud mom on September 21, 2012 at 9:21pm

Cool picture Paymaster!!!! NevadaSierra, I'm going to borrow your story....that was awesome!

Comment by Paymaster on September 21, 2012 at 1:47pm

Here's a photo of the Space Shuttle as it flew over City Hall this morning.  It was a thrill for me to see it as my mother worked on the Shuttle when she worked at Aerojet.

Comment by Paymaster on September 19, 2012 at 9:01pm

You all are just lucky you don't work with me, because I just keep putting out the pirate jokes every hour.

 

 

Comment by JudyM on September 19, 2012 at 8:06pm

NevdaSierra, that was inspiring. I sent a copy of it to my DS.

Comment by JudyM on September 19, 2012 at 8:06pm

Paymaster, you always find the best stuff.

Comment by Alison(LS A school) on September 19, 2012 at 7:57pm

Fun stuff today....... :)  Thanks Paymaster and NevadaSierra.

Comment by NevadaSierra on September 19, 2012 at 6:31pm

I just receive this, and wanted to share:

When the Music Stopped...
(For those who are unaware: At all military base theaters, the National Anthem is played before the movie begins.)

This is written from a Chaplain in Iraq :

I recently attended a showing of 'Superman 3' here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium that we use for movies as well as memorial services and other large gatherings.

As is the custom at all military bases, we stood to attention when The National Anthem began before the main feature.
All was going well until three-quarters of the way through
The National Anthem, the music stopped.

Now, what would happen if this occurred with 1,000 18-to-22-
Year-olds back in the States? I imagine that there would be hoots, catcalls, laughter, a few rude comments, and everyone would sit down and yell for the movie to begin. Of course, that is, only if they had stood for The National Anthem in the first place.

Here in Iraq 1,000 soldiers continued to stand at attention, eyes fixed forward. The music started again, and the soldiers continued to quietly stand at attention. Again, though, at the same point, the music stopped. What would you expect 1,000 soldiers standing at attention to do?? Frankly, I expected some laughter, and everyone would eventually sit down and wait for the movie to start.

No!!. . . You could have heard a pin drop while every soldier continued to stand at attention.

Suddenly, there was a lone voice from the front of the auditorium, Then a dozen voices, and soon the room was filled with the voices Of a thousand soldiers, finishing where the recording left off: "And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave."

It was the most inspiring moment I have had in Iraq , and I wanted you to know what kind of U.S. Soldiers are serving you! Remember them as they fight for us!
Pass this along as a reminder to others to be ever in prayer for all our soldiers serving us here at home and abroad. Many have already paid the ultimate price.

Written by Chaplain Jim Higgins, LSA Anaconda is at the Ballad Airport in Iraq , north of Baghdad .

Please share only if you are so inclined. God Bless America and all of our troops serving throughout the world.

Comment by Paymaster on September 19, 2012 at 12:42pm

In honor on National Talk like a Pirate day, here's a laugh for you.

A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!"
"What do you mean?" the pirate replies, "I'm fine."
The bartender says, "But what about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Well," says the pirate, "We were in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit my leg but the surgeon fixed me up, and I'm fine, really."
"Yeah," says the bartender, "But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands."
"Well," says the pirate, "We were in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and my hand was cut off but the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, and I feel great, really."
"Oh," says the bartender, "What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes."
"Well," says the pirate, "One day when we were at sea, some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them shat in my eye."
"So?" replied the bartender, "what happened? You couldn't have lost an eye just from some bird shit!"
"Well," says the pirate, "I really wasn't used to the hook yet

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