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Current Events and Musings => Political Forum => Topic started by: Nut44x4 on August 20, 2007, 09:16:14 AM



Title: Troop greeters meet 500,000th soldier to pass through BIA
Post by: Nut44x4 on August 20, 2007, 09:16:14 AM
Full article here>>
http://www.bangordailynews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=153324&zoneid=500

BANGOR, Maine - The 500,000th service member welcomed by the Maine Troop Greeters at Bangor International Airport was barely awake when she disembarked from the military transport carrying her and her unit to Iraq, but the cheering and flashing cameras quickly opened her eyes.



Title: Re: Troop greeters meet 500,000th soldier to pass through BIA
Post by: blah on August 22, 2007, 06:24:25 AM
Full article here>>
http://www.bangordailynews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=153324&zoneid=500

BANGOR, Maine - The 500,000th service member welcomed by the Maine Troop Greeters at Bangor International Airport was barely awake when she disembarked from the military transport carrying her and her unit to Iraq, but the cheering and flashing cameras quickly opened her eyes.




very nice article, thanks for posting it Nut!!

I think you should put a copy of this post in the Musing thread.  I know certain people over there call for any good news on the troops or the war to be deleted but the hell with them.


Title: Re: Troop greeters meet 500,000th soldier to pass through BIA
Post by: MuffyBee on August 22, 2007, 10:33:35 AM
Full article here>>
http://www.bangordailynews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=153324&zoneid=500

BANGOR, Maine - The 500,000th service member welcomed by the Maine Troop Greeters at Bangor International Airport was barely awake when she disembarked from the military transport carrying her and her unit to Iraq, but the cheering and flashing cameras quickly opened her eyes.


Nut thank you for bringing this to SM.  When I was traveling a lot, I would see our men and women in armed services at airports, and would often approach  to talk to them, ask  about family and things and see if I could buy  lunch.  If nothing else, thank them. 


Title: Re: Troop greeters meet 500,000th soldier to pass through BIA
Post by: blah on August 22, 2007, 12:27:21 PM
that wasnt supposed to say "good news", just "news"


Title: Re: Troop greeters meet 500,000th soldier to pass through BIA
Post by: MuffyBee on August 22, 2007, 12:48:42 PM
that wasnt supposed to say "good news", just "news"

Thank you for that correction.  I was going like  :smt017.