Theodore's World: Checking In With Our Troops

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June 30, 2007

Checking In With Our Troops



Spreading good will - Staff Sgt. Joe Filipek and other members of the U.S. Central Air Forces expeditionary band "Thunder Roll" feed infants during a visit to an orphanage near Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. The band was visiting the area for a five-day concert tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)


06/27/07 - U.S. Army Soldiers secure the area surrounding a fire burning within the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment's command point area at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Iraq June 27, 2007. DoD photo by Senior Airman Steve Czyz, U.S. Air Force.



Welcome to the Air Force - Cadet 2d Class Carl Gatwald inspects basic cadet trainees as they inprocess as the Class of 2011 June 28 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. The 1,304 members of the U.S. Air Force Academy's Class of 2011 arrived to inprocess and begin basic cadet training here. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Armer)



06/26/2007 - Mounted Patrol - U.S. Army Pfc. Arthur Wallace, a soldier from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, secures communications equipment to the front of his vehicle with zip ties after a mounted patrol near the village of Mostowfi, Afghanistan, June 4, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 28, 2007) - An A-6 Intruder is lowered by a crane into place at the gateway display on Highway 20 at the north end of the city. More than 50 Sailors and civilians from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island volunteered their time to rehabilitate and paint the aircraft for its use as a display. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bruce McVicar

Posted by Wild Thing at June 30, 2007 02:47 AM


Comments

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!
Our troops truly are the BEST of the BEST.

Posted by: Lynn at June 30, 2007 06:56 AM


WTF? A U.S. MILITARY installation in Washington and on the left coast? IMPOSSIBLE! The same looney left coast that is banning the USN Blue Angels from flying in public? Happy 231st Birthday Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty and Baldy Eagle
#1!

Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at June 30, 2007 07:01 AM


American troops, God Bless Them!

Posted by: TomR at June 30, 2007 04:29 PM


I was in the Squadron depicted from 1979 to 1982.

Posted by: Glenn M. Cassel at June 30, 2007 06:50 PM


Darth, good point, that was such a slam what they said about the USN Blue Angels.

Posted by: Wild Thing at June 30, 2007 11:56 PM


Glenn M. Cassel nice to meet you. THank you for your service to our country.

Posted by: Wild Thing at June 30, 2007 11:59 PM