It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the VETERAN, not the re porter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the VETERAN, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the VETERAN, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.



It is the VETERAN,
who salutes the Flag,

It is the veteran,

who serves under the Flag,


ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD,
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.

I don't know if you saw this in the news but it really impressed me. Funny, our US Senate/House took 2 days off as they couldn't work because of the expected storm.

On the ABC evening news, it was reported tonight that, because of the dangers from Hurricane Isabelle approaching Washington DC, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment.

They respectfully declined the offer, "No way, Sir!"

Soaked to the skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the Tomb was not just an assignment; it was the highest honor that can be afforded to a service person.

The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 24/7, since 1930.

I don't usually suggest that many emails be forwarded, but I'd be DAMN proud if this one reached as many as possible.

We can be very proud of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve.

God Bless them.

Denzel Washington ( Patriotism )

 

Subject: Denzel Washington, and

Brooks Army Medical Center



Don't know whether you heard about this

but Denzel Washington and his family visited

the troops at Brook Army Medical Center , in

San Antonio, Texas (BAMC) the other day. This

is where soldiers who have been evacuated from

Germany come to be hospitalized in the United

States, especially burn victims. There are some

buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher

House is a Hotel where soldiers' families can stay,

for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying

in the Hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses

on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled

most of the time

While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave

him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how

much one of them would cost to build. He took his check

book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there

on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear

this story and want to get the word out to the American

public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it.


The question I have is why does:

Alec Baldwin,

Madonna,

Sean Penn and

other Hollywood types

make front page news with their anti-everything -

America and Denzel Washington's Patriotism

doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of

any newspaper except the Local newspaper in San

Antonio.


























A true American and friend to all in uniform!




This needs as wide a distribution

as we can create.


GOD BLESS YOU DENZEL

FOR YOUR PATRIOTISM

 

 

 

Christmas In Iraq

Well it’s Christmas Eve in Iraq and all through the FOB every creature is stirring even the dog.
The chow hall is decked up with care knowing that the Christmas meal will soon be there.
The Soldiers worked and toiled with nothing to say. As they hoped we wouldn’t get bombed that day.
The locals watched with a fiery eye and hoped soon all of us would die.
As they aimed their mortars and set their IEDs the Infantry set upon them with ease.
And the Engineers with demo in hand destroyed their best laid plans.
As the Snipers set upon their prey they hope to have off Christmas day.
But for now they work throughout the night to stop the insurgents try as they might.
And EOD with escort in tow go out to see what IEDs they can blow.
And the Field Artillery point their cannons to a mortar site not yet abandon While the MPs guard their prison and continue mission All the TOCs listen with care to what’s going on out there.
They send their reports and updated the troops.
On where they need to go and what they need to do.
Commanders keep a watchful eye on everything going on And the XO briefs him on where we went wrong.
The 1SG does what he can to ensure his Soldiers are the best in the land.
While the PSG check and double check to make sure nothings been left.
Another mission another patrol Soldiers mount up its time to go.
As the strykers roll out of site I hear them say merry Christmas to all and to all a safe night.

Writer Unknown

I don't care!

Could not have said this any better myself! The lady who wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home planning. She recently wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq....... Read it!

 WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS?

 "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on
 September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan,
 across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?   Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible,
 burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

 And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't.
 I don't care at all.

 I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.

 I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.

 I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.

 I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.

 I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.

 I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.

 In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this:   I don't care.

 When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.

 When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.

 When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.

 And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and
----  you guessed it, I could not have said this any better myself!

 If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior! If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button.   Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country.

 

 

Wesley N. Shoemaker

wesley@wesleyshoemaker.com

 

Today in Iraq

Today in Iraq

Vacation

Hello
I just got back from Vaction.
I went to See my Daughters Here is thier picture.









I also got to go tothe Cabelas store.All in All I had a very busy vacation.
I now need a vaction from my vaction.

Car Show In Fairbanks

These are just a couple trucks and Cars that was at the Car Show at the Fairbanks, Alaksa Staate Fairground on the 26 of June 2005.

My New Web Site

Well I have a New Web site up And Running. It has alot of photo galleries on it of some of my vacations and many other things.
Go ahead and Check it out. and plaese sign my guest book.
www.wesleyshoemaker.com

This is me on Missouri for Christmas. 

The Zamboni from the UAF Hockey Game.
This is the first time I have ever been to a Hockey Game. I Had good time at it.

Rudy

Picture of Rudy today after his Hair cut today.

The Snow is here to stay.

Hello all, this is what it looks like here today. Looks cold doesn't it. I think the high today was 25 degrees. Well I might add more later.

Exercising a freedom doesn't make a good American,
Remembering where it came from does.

My Truck In Front of Horse shoe Falls

This was taken when I was on Leave in July. When Mommy and Jody Came up to Alaska. We Toured around most of the state. We put 2000 miles on the truck in 2 weeks time.

My Truck

Well this is my 2004 Ranger Pick up. This picture was taken the day I bought the truck.
I just figured out how to post pics to my blog so this should give me more stuff to write about.

It Is Snowing again

Well Yesterday we went skiing for PT. That was Differant I ackuley didn't fall as much as I thought I would. Other than that it was a same ole day.

Today it has been snowing since I got up this morning. I guess I should just get use to it. even though I don't wanna. But that is life in alaska.

New Webcam Site

Well, Trial and error I'll get a site that I like for my web cam I think I Found one Now.

Here it is.

http://geocities.yahoo.com/webcam/public/wesleyns

October 19th 2004

Not much going on today. I got my webcam on a live stream now so you can check it out that is about all.

Here is the link :
http://wesleyns.ww.com/

Sunday 19 September 2004

Well Today not much happened today. I have been really busy since last posting. Being in the field and every thing. It makes it kinda hard to keep up with every thing else going on. this next week is going to be a busy week being that it is range week so that means late night all week. well I am going to sign off for now.

Laters all.

Sunday

Well today I started using this browser. it seems to be a top notch browser. it has tab browsing and build in popup blocker.




http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Saturday

Well Sapper Stakes is over and leave is just around the corner. I am getting excited about leave. My mom and Sister are coming up here for vacation. We going to tour this state and see what we can see. I hope we get to see a lot of it but, I know it is going to be hard to do since this state is so large. Today is 87 Degrees I never knew Alaska got this hot. Well that is about all for now


Exercising a freedom doesn't make a good American,
Remembering where it came from does.