Say a prayer for the 20 Ohio Marines that have died this week

[Steve19]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml


CBS/AP) Fourteen Marines and a civilian interpreter were killed Wednesday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in western Iraq. One Marine was also wounded.

The Marines were members of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines – the same Ohio-based battalion that lost six Marines two days ago, a spokesman said.

Wednesday's explosion occurred just outside Haditha, which is 140 miles northwest of Baghdad.

The Marines were riding in an amphibious assault vehicle, which is designed to carry troops from ship to shore and on land. It has a road speed of about 45 mph and can carry up to 25 Marines. It is not as heavily armored as the Bradley fighting vehicles that the army uses.

The names of those killed were not released.

 

[BuckBackHome]

I just learned that a friend of a friend's son was one of the Marines killed. My prayers go out to all of the families and friends.

 

[JiMuzik]

All of us should be pausing and praying for our brave men and women who are in harm's way, whether overseas or on our home soil. That one unit should suffer so many casualties is terrible. I am sure that, with our readership's common love and devotion to all things Buckeye, many will be touched by these tragedies in a personal way. We shall all grieve together.

It appears that our forces are involved in attempting to close the so-called Syrian rat-lines. For those interested, an excellent analysis and detailed, up-to-date reports appear on a website called The Fourth Rail.
http://billroggio.com

 

[Best Buckeye]

I like this teacher.

A lesson that should be taught in all schools . . And colleges

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a
social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did
something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the
permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building
supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.

When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the
right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'
'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.'
She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period.
Still no desks in the classroom.

By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in
Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and
opened it.

Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that
classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the
school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those
kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just
how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..

Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'

By the way, this is a true story.

 

[Apache]

Semper Fi

God bless all marines who face danger.

Semper Fi