DG, must not have been a good airplane! GMC
Have a great day!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "prosperityfbc" <prosperityfbc@...>
To: <pastorsforum@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Airborne Wings


> Enough of the squid talk - David :-)
>
> Jeff, tell your son to "keep his knees in the breeze"!
> Then, give him his "blood wings".  Thats when you take the wings, without 
> the backs on the pins, push them through his BDU shirt and punch them into 
> his chest so that the prongs stick through the skin.  Yea, it hurts a 
> little but the prongs won't go in too deep.  My dad pinned mine on me at 
> the graduation ceremony in 1985 but one of my buddies gave me blood wings 
> later on in the day.  I know, it sounds crazy but it will be a good memory 
> for the rest of his life.
> From that day forward he will never be a "leg" again.  I just hope he 
> won't be a "5 jump chump" (5 jumps is what you have to make in order to 
> get your wings) but will go on to either an airborne unit or maybe even a 
> Ranger or SF (Special Forces / Green Berets) unit.
> I was in the 2/187th and then the 1/508th in Panama in the late 80's ( man 
> that seems like a lifetime ago) and had 40 jumps in both airplanes and 
> helicopters. I would jump again today if someone put me on a big iron 
> bird!  And don't let everyone tell you "there's no since in jumping out of 
> a perfectly good airplane".  I saw 7 guys die in one!
> Although I don't use or condone the language, one of the best movies I 
> have ever seen that depicts the attitude, courage, and spirit of the 
> paratrooper is 'Blackhawk Down".  Check it out, but get a curse box first!
> Hooooahhhh!
>
> DG
> I Cor. 15:58
>
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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "DAVID POWELL" <dpowellaz@...>
> Reply-To: pastorsforum@...
> Date:  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:22:39 -0700
>
>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>
>>Jeff, tell your son that I said a great big thank you for serving his 
>>country.  The only thing that would have made it better would have been 
>>for him to be in the NAVY!
>>God Bless
>>doc
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: Brian La Croix<mailto:abwesleyan@...>
>>  To: pastorsforum@...<mailto:pastorsforum@...>
>>  Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:38 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Airborne Wings
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>>
>>        Pass on Congratulations from the gang here, Jeff.
>>
>>        Thanks for raising your son in such a way that he is willing to 
>> serve his country in such a proud fashion.
>>
>>        I'm grateful to God for your son's willingness.
>>
>>        Brian
>>
>>
>>
>>        Pastor Brian La Croix
>>        Aberdeen Wesleyan Church
>>        1701 8th Ave NE
>>        Aberdeen, SD  57401
>>        (605) 225-2873
>>        www.aberdeenwesleyan.org<http://www.aberdeenwesleyan.org/>
>>        P_B@...<mailto:P_B@...>
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>>        -------Original Message-------
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>>        From: 
>> pastorsforum@...<mailto:pastorsforum@...>
>>        Date: 11/01/05 13:07:09
>>        To: pastorsforum@...<mailto:pastorsforum@...>
>>        Subject: [PastorsForum] Airborne Wings
>>
>>        Greetings from the city of Roses, Tyler, Texas.
>>
>>        I just found out my son, Andrew will be getting his Airborne Wings 
>> on Friday November 18. So I am making a trip to Ft. Benning @ Columbus 
>> GA.
>>
>>        Is there anyone along the way from DFW along I-20 to GA. who I 
>> might have a cup of coffee with?
>>
>>        Jeff
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