Colorado, USA
Let the ice cream games begin... ha!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
PGR Mission: TX-USAF Vietnam Veteran
January 24, 2012
Colorado, USA
Texas - Today Patriot Guard Riders of North Texas roll out to honor the service of:
SM/SGT Michael R Voyles, USAF, Vietnam Veteran who during his twenty years of service was the only enlisted officer to work in the Office of the Joint Chief of Staff under President Ronald Reagan.
Patriots will stand the flag line at the funeral services in Wichita Falls, TX followed by interment services in Olney, TX.
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of this Veteran.
Rest in Peace Sir, And Thank You for your Service!
Obituary: SM/SGT Michael R Voyles
Colorado, USA
Texas - Today Patriot Guard Riders of North Texas roll out to honor the service of: SM/SGT Michael R Voyles, USAF, Vietnam Veteran who during his twenty years of service was the only enlisted officer to work in the Office of the Joint Chief of Staff under President Ronald Reagan.
Patriots will stand the flag line at the funeral services in Wichita Falls, TX followed by interment services in Olney, TX.
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of this Veteran.
Rest in Peace Sir, And Thank You for your Service!
Obituary: SM/SGT Michael R Voyles
Monday, January 23, 2012
Remembrance: Marine Sgt Gary S Johnston
January 23, 2012
Colorado, USA
Colorado, USA
A moment of respect for our friends
"Nubbin" and Angela Johnston
and the family and friends of
and the family and friends of
~~~
Marine Sgt. Gary S. Johnston
May 24, 1985 (Windthorst, Texas)
January 23, 2007 (Anbar Province, Iraq)
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
3rd Marine Division
III Marine Expeditionary Force
January 23, 2007 (Anbar Province, Iraq)
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
3rd Marine Division
III Marine Expeditionary Force
What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose.
All that we love deeply
becomes a part of us.
~ Helen Keller ~
we can never lose.
All that we love deeply
becomes a part of us.
~ Helen Keller ~
Saturday, January 21, 2012
mBSc Alert
January 21, 2012
Colorado, USA
This just in from an unknown source:
Texas - Oh nooooooooooooooooooo!
The mBSc was spotted last night at the "Cotton Patch" eatery. Let me tell you... all 5 members and of course auxiliary personnel were in attendance along with 4 other people making a lot of noise and rowdy conversation. I did notice people gazing at them and probably wondering what they were so hyped up about. I overheard one person say I think it is somebody's birthday, because I saw some kind of funny birthday cards being passed around the table of about 14 people. Whoa that is a lot of people. The table consisted of 12 people eating and then two younger ones left to do other things rather to sit around and listen to the mBSc discuss worldly problems and how to solve them.
It was a fun evening, the food was tasty, and the company was extraordinary. But beware! I think I overheard they are planning a repeat event this morning at RRHD. Do you think I should put out a bulletin warning RRHD that there will probably be 5 so called motorcycle bikers heading that way? No-no-no, let’s let them take care of the coffee-drinking, donut-eating and loud-talking supposed customers wanting to buy a ten dollar hat, I said ten dollar hat, not a ten gallon hat.
Beware the mBSc are on the loose today and nobody knows, the trouble these rough bikers can get into...
Signed: Unknown source
My sources confirm the rumor although I have it that one mBSc almost went MIA... as he had yet to come out of his pj's - LOL!
Colorado, USA
This just in from an unknown source:
Texas - Oh nooooooooooooooooooo!The mBSc was spotted last night at the "Cotton Patch" eatery. Let me tell you... all 5 members and of course auxiliary personnel were in attendance along with 4 other people making a lot of noise and rowdy conversation. I did notice people gazing at them and probably wondering what they were so hyped up about. I overheard one person say I think it is somebody's birthday, because I saw some kind of funny birthday cards being passed around the table of about 14 people. Whoa that is a lot of people. The table consisted of 12 people eating and then two younger ones left to do other things rather to sit around and listen to the mBSc discuss worldly problems and how to solve them.
It was a fun evening, the food was tasty, and the company was extraordinary. But beware! I think I overheard they are planning a repeat event this morning at RRHD. Do you think I should put out a bulletin warning RRHD that there will probably be 5 so called motorcycle bikers heading that way? No-no-no, let’s let them take care of the coffee-drinking, donut-eating and loud-talking supposed customers wanting to buy a ten dollar hat, I said ten dollar hat, not a ten gallon hat.
Beware the mBSc are on the loose today and nobody knows, the trouble these rough bikers can get into...
Signed: Unknown source
My sources confirm the rumor although I have it that one mBSc almost went MIA... as he had yet to come out of his pj's - LOL!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
PGR Mission: TX-Belated Welcome Home for Vietnam Veteran
January 19, 2012
Colorado, USA
Texas - This evening Patriot Guard Riders of North Texas will ride out on a Welcome Home Mission for Vietnam Veteran Carl Gustafson. Severely injured in 1967 while serving, Gustafson is returning home today from a VFW-sponsored remembrance trip to Vietnam. His daughter has asked the PGR to welcome her Dad home from Vietnam in a manner that should have been the standard over 40 years ago.
Welcome home Sir! And thank you for your service!
Followup: January 20, 2012
Vietnam Vet Received Hero's Welcome Home
By: Mechell Dixon
Great video report! Thanks Mechell!
Carl Gustafson was an E-5 Marine Sergeant in the Vietnam War.
A $1 million dollar endowment grant to the VFW provided him with an all expense paid trip to Vietnam.
He returned home from that trip today, and thanks to his daughter and dozens of other Texomans, Gustafson received the hero's welcome home he never got 40 years ago.
As soon as Carl Gustafson walked off a plane this Vietnam Veteran became curious.
However, once he walked into the lobby of Wichita Falls Municipal Airport curiosity turned to crying.
Gustafson's daughter organized this hero's homecoming to give her father the welcome home he never got four decades ago.
"I never dreamed that it would get this big. I hoped it would but it feels like a dream that I was able to do this for my dad," says Shannon Turnbo, Gustafson's daughter.
Active duty military, civilians and Patriot Guard Riders all joined in to show their support.
It's support thousand of soldiers say was missing when they returned home from the war.
"I came back in 1968 and we were not allowed to wear our uniforms," says Vietnam Veteran Carl Gustafson.
"People spit on you. They'd give you the bird sign and it got to the point when we got home we took our uniforms off and we wouldn't even tell nobody that we was Vietnam Veterans," Gary Tedford, who is a Vietnam Veteran and a Patriot Guard Rider member.
"They didn't want to see us. We were the bad people. They didn't realize that we were helping them and they didn't care," explains Ted Foster, Patriot Guard Rider and Vietnam Veteran.
But folks here used cheers, smiles, hugs, flags and military music to show they cared.
That caring continued as Gustafson received a police and Patriot Guard limousine escort to a reception at Faith Baptist Church where a cake and punch reception just added icing to this sweet event.
Gustafson says today's welcome was amazing and it's something he'll never forget, but he also says he just wishes other Vietnam vets could get the same treatment even if it is 40 years after the fact.
Source: Times Record News
Colorado, USA
Texas - This evening Patriot Guard Riders of North Texas will ride out on a Welcome Home Mission for Vietnam Veteran Carl Gustafson. Severely injured in 1967 while serving, Gustafson is returning home today from a VFW-sponsored remembrance trip to Vietnam. His daughter has asked the PGR to welcome her Dad home from Vietnam in a manner that should have been the standard over 40 years ago. Welcome home Sir! And thank you for your service!
Followup: January 20, 2012
Vietnam Vet Received Hero's Welcome Home
By: Mechell Dixon
Great video report! Thanks Mechell!
Carl Gustafson was an E-5 Marine Sergeant in the Vietnam War.
A $1 million dollar endowment grant to the VFW provided him with an all expense paid trip to Vietnam.
He returned home from that trip today, and thanks to his daughter and dozens of other Texomans, Gustafson received the hero's welcome home he never got 40 years ago.
As soon as Carl Gustafson walked off a plane this Vietnam Veteran became curious.
However, once he walked into the lobby of Wichita Falls Municipal Airport curiosity turned to crying.
Gustafson's daughter organized this hero's homecoming to give her father the welcome home he never got four decades ago.
"I never dreamed that it would get this big. I hoped it would but it feels like a dream that I was able to do this for my dad," says Shannon Turnbo, Gustafson's daughter.
Active duty military, civilians and Patriot Guard Riders all joined in to show their support.
It's support thousand of soldiers say was missing when they returned home from the war.
"I came back in 1968 and we were not allowed to wear our uniforms," says Vietnam Veteran Carl Gustafson.
"People spit on you. They'd give you the bird sign and it got to the point when we got home we took our uniforms off and we wouldn't even tell nobody that we was Vietnam Veterans," Gary Tedford, who is a Vietnam Veteran and a Patriot Guard Rider member.
"They didn't want to see us. We were the bad people. They didn't realize that we were helping them and they didn't care," explains Ted Foster, Patriot Guard Rider and Vietnam Veteran.
But folks here used cheers, smiles, hugs, flags and military music to show they cared.
That caring continued as Gustafson received a police and Patriot Guard limousine escort to a reception at Faith Baptist Church where a cake and punch reception just added icing to this sweet event.
Gustafson says today's welcome was amazing and it's something he'll never forget, but he also says he just wishes other Vietnam vets could get the same treatment even if it is 40 years after the fact.
Source: Times Record News
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Behinder I get...
January 17, 2012
Colorado, USA
Yep, I am the personification of the further I go the behinder I get.... In answer to you queries, working on getting out of last year before it is riding season this year - stay tuned.
Colorado, USA
Yep, I am the personification of the further I go the behinder I get.... In answer to you queries, working on getting out of last year before it is riding season this year - stay tuned.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas to the best of the best!
December 22, 2011
Colorado, USA
To those who have served or are serving our country. Know that in our collective Christmas hearts Americans far and wide wish you and yours the best of the holiday season and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Bright Blessings! Thank you for your service!
A Soldier's Christmas Card... http://www.crosscards.com/cards/holidays/christmas/christmas-soldier.html
Colorado, USA
To those who have served or are serving our country. Know that in our collective Christmas hearts Americans far and wide wish you and yours the best of the holiday season and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Bright Blessings! Thank you for your service!A Soldier's Christmas Card... http://www.crosscards.com/cards/holidays/christmas/christmas-soldier.html
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
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