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Happy 4th of July (Independence Day)

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That's a pain in the buns
Happy 4th of July felllow BPers. Make sure to have a nice relaxing day, but remember those who fought and is still fighting for this country so that we may have the greatest privalage in the world, Freedom.

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SSGT Rebecca Romero-Sutton Comes Home
Taose-a returns from Iraq, carries on family legacy

A family affair
Taose-a returns from Iraq, carries on family legacy
By Chandra Johnson
The Taos News
Entering the Air Force straight out of Taos High School eight years ago, Taose-a Rebecca Romero­Sutton has seen both sides of the war, married a man who is also serving in Iraq, and was forced to leave her infant son behind in the call of duty.
And last Monday (June 1), Staff Sgt. Romero-Sutton finally came home to stay.
?The hardest part was being separated from this one,? Romero-Sutton said, mean­ing her nearly 2-year-old son, Andrew. ?Being deployed, I was physically OK. But emotion­ally and mentally, the void of not having my son around was hard.?
But for Romero-Sutton, being in the Air Force wasn?t just about serving her country, it was also about being another in a long line of family soldiers. Romero-Sutton?s father had already retired from the Army when he joined the National Guard. And many people on Romero-Sutton?s mother?s side of the family were in the mili­tary, which had a big impact on her as a child.
?When my dad was in the National Guard and I was little, we used to go to the base,??
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Happy Birthday America! and Many, many more.
Hey Gang Happy 4th to all of you I hope you all celebrate the heck out of it and appreciate what it stands for.
I will be eating grilled brats tonight and going to see the fireworks.
I can't light any more off today, the neighbor is still pissed about her cat. :biggrin:
 
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