Watermelon is my favorite summertime snack. The letter W painted for my children’s bennefit. They’re learning their letters and this was the letter of the week.
This is what is right about America
December 22nd, 2009 | Posted by in Military | Stories - (Comments Off)
- Massachusetts National Guardsmen (L-R) Staff Sgt. Edward Cole, headquarters Company, 25th Maneuver Enhanced Brigade, Spc. William Vargas, 379th Engineer Company and Staff Sgt. Dominic Whitamore, 101st Engineer Battalion, help pass in some lumber for the carpenters to frame in walls for Staff Sgt. Michael Downing’s new home, Dec 11, 2009. Homes for our Troops and more than 240 volunteers are building the house for Downing who was severely wounded in Afghanistan in 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs
MIDDLEBORO, Mass. – Nearly 100 Massachusetts National Guard members braved freezing temperatures to help one of their own at the construction site of his future home here, Dec. 11, 2009.
Staff Sgt. Michael Downing, who lost both his legs in an improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan in 2008, was on hand to see the more than 240 volunteers as they helped out on the Homes for our Troops project.
Homes for our Troops is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to helping out service members who have returned home with severe injuries or disabilities since Sept 11, 2001, by providing no-cost housing to veterans. (more…)
Well isn’t technology grand?
I just set up my iPhone to directly access my blog. Maybe Now I’ll post a bit more.
I’ve attached a photo of my monitor to test the photo stuff.
Well I’m getting pretty close to having this blog up and running the way that I want. I’m still having some issues with the way the fonts get squished together but once I figure that out I should be good to go.
Over the next few weeks I’ll be doing allot of backdated posting to get all my old blog posts all in one archive.
keep checking back for some new material that I’ll post as well.
1st Lt. Justin Prophet, 747th Military Police Co., conducts a pre-flight inspection of the RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial vehicle during a flight demonstration at Devens, Mass., May 6, 2009. (U.S. Army photo: Staff Sgt. Don Veitch)
DEVENS, Mass. – Six kilometers Northeast of Mosul, Iraq, Soldiers of the 747th Military Police Company, Massachusetts National Guard, speed towards their objective; the village of Olmush. The daily activities of the village unfold before the eyes of 747th, despite being 2 kilometers away. Shopkeepers hawking wares, sheppards tending flocks and insurgents placing improvised explosive devices are all clearly visible on 1st Lt. Justin Prophet’s laptop screen.
Prophet marks the location on his screen, radios in to report the suspicious activity and continues scanning the screen for additional danger. Moments after calling in the threat, Prophet maintains watch on the insurgents as the Quick Reaction Force moves in and neutralizes the IED and apprehends the suspects.
Olmush has recently been the focal point of a new round of insurgent attacks and the 747th has been sent in to investigate. With the threat to Prophet’s convoy removed, the MPs are clear to complete their mission.
Happy Birthday!!! … Now get to work.
December 13th, 2008 | Posted by in Military | Photos - (Comments Off)
A front loader from the 379th Engineer Company knock ice covered branches away from powerlines in Gardner, Ma., during cleanup from the Great Ice Storm of 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard)
Today marked the 372nd birthday of the Massachusetts National Guard-The Nation’s First. There was no cake, balloons or party to speak of. Why no celebration, you ask? The guard celebrated by performing their mission; helping out the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There was no better way to celebrate the anniversary of the formation of the nation’s first defenders than to perform the vital mission they were created for.
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