12-08-2004, 11:03
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Remembrance, December 20 - 15th anniversary of Operation JUST CAUSE - Panama
Casualties of Operation Just Cause To Be Honored
The White House Commission on Remembrance will honor those who died in Operation Just Cause, Panama. A 15th Remembrance Ceremony will be held at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, December 20 at noon. This will be followed by a luncheon at Fort Myer.
If you lost a loved one or are a veteran of Operation Just Cause and want to attend, email the Commission at commission@remember.gov.
If you know families who lost loved ones in this operation, please pass this information along.
The White House Commission on Remembrance is an independent government agency established by Congress. The Commission’s website is http://www.remember.gov/
If you are planning to attend, please contact the Commission before December 14.
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12-08-2004, 18:17
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Thanks to all who served in that operation.
Good to see recognition being given.
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12-08-2004, 19:21
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I wonder if Flipper gets a free ticket? 
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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12-20-2005, 09:31
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Another year has come and gone.
En paz descansen hermanos.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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12-20-2005, 19:06
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Hahaha!
Good one.
RIP, hermanos.
TR
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12-20-2005, 19:30
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Rest in Peace Warriors. Never forget.
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12-20-2005, 19:34
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No living man put his ass on the line for Panama like our Flipper. He deserved better.
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12-20-2005, 19:44
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Originally Posted by a-3-7
No living man put his ass on the line for Panama like our Flipper. He deserved better.
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LOL
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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12-20-2005, 20:09
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Originally Posted by a-3-7
No living man put his ass on the line for Panama like our Flipper. He deserved better.
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Well, it wasn't the PDF who shot him.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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12-23-2005, 16:30
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Same Flipper that was a TmSgt later on 79? about the same time NDD was there?
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12-24-2005, 08:22
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There can be only one...
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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