Comments on: Happy Birthday, Army

By: sfcmac

sfcmac — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:23:44 +0000

On June 15th, 2008 at 4:23 pm, GJCorby said:

The author of that poem is a former Vietnam Vet by the name of George L. Skypeck:
http://www.281stahc.org/SAM/soldier.html

By: Barry F.

Barry F. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:12:37 +0000

Happy birthday, Army!

Here’s wishing you many, many more!

By: DianeK

DianeK — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:58:25 +0000

Hmmm, seems a good place for my first post. I was in Basic Training 33 years ago, it was my first week. It was a time I will never forget or regret, the Army treated me well.

Happy Birthday Army and best wishes to all who served.

By: GJCorby

GJCorby — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:23:53 +0000

I was that which others did not want to be.

I went where others feared to go and did what others failed to do.

I asked nothing from those who gave nothing and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness should I fail.

I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear, and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moments love.

I have cried, pained and hoped… but most of all I have lived times that others would say were best forgotten.

At least someday I will be able to say that I was proud of what I was…
A Soldier
-anonymous

By: terrig

terrig — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:03:26 +0000

I was at the Army Birthday Ball last night at the DC convention center with my former father in law who is a retired full bird. They thought it would be nice for me to get out of the house and dress up. It was great. The Vice President, Dick Cheney was there with is lovely wife Lynne and General George Casey was as well. They had a fantastic band Keni (something) & Cornbread, former Army Ranger who saw action in Mogadishu.
For all the naysayer trolls who won’t venture on to this thread; when the toast came up for the Commander in Chief-the crowd went WILD! Also in attendance were some Cadets from West Point (the f-i-l’s Alma Mater) and of course they were very nice young men (not sure if there were women or not, we had three at the table behind us) as well as the dog. One of the Emcees was the current Miss Utah who is a medic who has done a tour in Afgahnistan who did 33 push ups in her gown. We were blessed to be at a table with some wounded warriors who all had incredible stories and a longing to return to the front.
They honored a journalist from Time who had lost his hand in the early days of the war and was the first civillian treated at Walter Reed. His parents had survived the Holocaust and spoke of the family’s love for the Army as they were at a camp that was liberated by the US Army.
God Bless the Army-terri 12 years, 3 months, 19 days-separated due to marriage to Navy pilot.
Hubby Michael-1988-1996-to go Green to Gold. May 1998-until present currently back in Iraq.
HOOAH!!!

By: The LLama Butchers

The LLama Butchers — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:02:54 +0000

Happy Birthday to the force which has done more to free the oppressed than any other in the last two centuries….

I write of course, of the United States Army whose birthday was yesterday. LMC fav Michelle Malkin sends her greetings. http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/14/happy-birthday-army/ Here is your Army’s song:……

By: ammo john

ammo john — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:50:15 +0000

I wore my patriotic flag shirt, rode in a fundraising ride with the PGR and others to help raise money for a Utah Freedom monument at Ft Douglas, then went to see the traveling Vietnam Mem. wall in Ogden last night. It was a full, long day. Worth every bit of it, too!

By: greenfairie

greenfairie — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:42:21 +0000

Happy Flag Day and happy birthday to the great U.S. Army!

By: Boomer

Boomer — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:39:19 +0000

A belated Happy Birthday to those that serve or have served in the United States Army from an old retired fly boy. Thanks for defending our way of life for 233 years.

By: sfcmac

sfcmac — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:13:41 +0000

The Soldier’s Creed
I am an American Soldier.
I am a Warrior an a member of a team.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier.

For those of you who are able, hoist a few in memory of our fallen comrades, and those yet to return from Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, or wherever they are deployed.

Since 1775, Still the best!

HOOAH!
sfcmac

By: Ned

Ned — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:28:15 +0000

Happy Birthday, Army! and THANK YOU!!! and GOD BLESS YOU!!! to all who have served.

By: Bluejester

Bluejester — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:14:35 +0000

Happy Flag Day to all! Today is/was my grandpa’s birthday. He passed away a few years ago, but I always thought it was great that his birthday was the same day that we celebrate our flag and all the thought and passion that went into its creation.

By: GJCorby

GJCorby — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:49:29 +0000

10:46 pm, apacherat said:
But what army ? The Continental Army or the U.S. Army ? There wasn’t an United States in 1775.
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Here is the excert from U.S. Army FM-1 Chapter 1

THE ARMY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
1-9. The Army traces its heritage to the colonial militias. These were precursors of today’s Army National Guard. Citizens answering the call to protect their homes and families began a heritage of selfless service and sacrifice that continues today. Opposition to British colonial policies in the eighteenth century led to war in 1775. After the battles at Lexington and Concord, militia forces from across New England surrounded British forces in Boston. The Continental Congress assumed command of these units as “Troops of the United Provinces of North America” on 14 June 1775.

This date is taken as the Army’s birthday. The next day, Congress gave command of all “Continental forces” to George Washington. Washington’s forces were the first American military organizations responsible to an authority other than that of the individual colonies or the British Crown. Born in this quest for freedom, the Army has served the Nation in peace and war for over 230 years.

By: Tennessee Dave

Tennessee Dave — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:47:47 +0000

Almost forgot-
Happy birthday to my wife. She’s 45 today.
Love ya honey.

By: apacherat

apacherat — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:46:14 +0000

But what army ? The Continental Army or the U.S. Army ? There wasn’t an United States in 1775.

By 1781 there was a United States of America. In 1784 the Congress of Confederation of the United States disbanded the Continental Army and the U.S. Army was established.

The Army considers itself to be descended from the Continental Army.

Like wise with the U.S. Marine Corps. First established by a resolution of the the 2nd Continental Congress on November 10, 1775. The Continental Marines were disbanded in 1783 along with the Continental Navy. But Congress resurrected both the navy and Marines in 1798, established as the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. But the U.S. Navy uses October 13, 1775 as their birthday and the Marines use November 10, 1775 as their birthday.

So one would think that since the U.S. Air Force was descended from the U.S. Army’s, Army Air Corps and later on during W W ll the U.S. Army Air Forces, they would use August 1, 1907 when the first army air unit was established but the U.S. Air Force use September 18,1947 as their birthday because that was when Congress established the U.S. Air Force.

I guess the air force just wanted to make a clean separation from the army.