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If you're in NOLA or Gulf Coast area, my husband just got activated to come help you!

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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:04 PM
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If you're in NOLA or Gulf Coast area, my husband just got activated to come help you!
In the event that Gustav does what they say he will. :scared:

He's a National Guard member and got the call this morning. He doesn't know when he leaves yet and he only knows he will be going to the Gulf Coast area. He could be gone for 30 days. We will be sad to see him leave, but we are happy he is helping out the citizens of our country who need him.

We'll be praying for you! :hi:

:patriot:
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   Thank you to your husband.  sarge43   Aug-30-08 05:07 PM   #1 
   You're welcome from him.  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:22 PM   #9 
   I hope everyone will be safe  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-30-08 05:08 PM   #2 
   I'm counting on that  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:42 PM   #28 
   My prayers go out to your husband and everyone on the Gulf Coast  LSparkle   Aug-30-08 05:08 PM   #3 
   So true, thank you! n/t  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:23 PM   #10 
   Well, that's part of the job but he may be home before 30 days... hopefully!  Breeze54   Aug-30-08 05:10 PM   #4 
   I think we all hope that happens!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:24 PM   #11 
   Thank you and thank your husband  texastoast   Aug-30-08 05:11 PM   #5 
   You're welcome  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:26 PM   #13 
      My son got out of the Guard after he got back from Iraq.  Breeze54   Aug-30-08 05:30 PM   #16 
         Thanks!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:36 PM   #19 
   Your post just gave me goose bumps  PearliePoo2   Aug-30-08 05:11 PM   #6 
   Thank you!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:27 PM   #14 
   Now THAT'S what we call serving one's country.  kestrel91316   Aug-30-08 05:15 PM   #7 
   Thank you!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:44 PM   #30 
   God bless him!  librechik   Aug-30-08 05:18 PM   #8 
   I will.  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:30 PM   #15 
   I'm glad your husband is here where he belongs and not in Iraq.  Finnfan   Aug-30-08 05:25 PM   #12 
   You're welcome.  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:34 PM   #17 
   A giant thank you and hug for his service.  Frustratedlady   Aug-30-08 05:35 PM   #18 
   You're welcome  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:38 PM   #22 
   Sailors don't know how to march ......  Husb2Sparkly   Aug-30-08 05:37 PM   #20 
   Thank you!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:39 PM   #24 
   Hope he's safe!!!!  valerief   Aug-30-08 05:37 PM   #21 
   Thanks!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:41 PM   #25 
   Many thanks to your family!  sfexpat2000   Aug-30-08 05:38 PM   #23 
   You're welcome!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:41 PM   #26 
   Good for him.  goodcitizen   Aug-30-08 05:41 PM   #27 
   Thanks and welcome to DU!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 05:43 PM   #29 
      Thank you...  goodcitizen   Aug-30-08 06:06 PM   #32 
   I have a good friend who's active duty in Ft. Walton Beach  XOKCowboy   Aug-30-08 05:47 PM   #31 
   that`s what the guard is for....helping americans in time of need  madrchsod   Aug-30-08 06:20 PM   #33 
      Thanks!  WakeMeUp   Aug-30-08 10:11 PM   #34 
 
sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:07 PM
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1. Thank you to your husband.
:patriot:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:22 PM
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9. You're welcome from him.
He doesn't read DU, but he likes hearing some of the things I read. When I post about him he likes hearing the responses. :D
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:08 PM
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2. I hope everyone will be safe
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:42 PM
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28. I'm counting on that
He has a great Captain and these guys really look out for each other.

Thanks so much!
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:08 PM
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3. My prayers go out to your husband and everyone on the Gulf Coast
And, yes, if I were a National Guard member, I'd be
MORE THAN HAPPY to go and help my fellow Americans
in a time of need. (That's what the National Guard
is really for, after all -- guarding our country!)
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:23 PM
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10. So true, thank you! n/t
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:10 PM
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4. Well, that's part of the job but he may be home before 30 days... hopefully!
I hope the hurricane does wind down to a dull roar like that other map predicts.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:24 PM
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11. I think we all hope that happens!
:hi:
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:11 PM
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5. Thank you and thank your husband
It's hard to be without your partner. We are hoping the storm will hit hardest in some less developed place. Louisianans have had their share.

:hi:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:26 PM
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13. You're welcome
This will be the first time since he came home from Iraq that he will be activated. I will be fine, but our 6 y/o automatically thinks he will be gone a loooong time. She's the one I'm worried about.

I certainly am hoping this storm dies down, as I'm sure you are, too!
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:30 PM
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16. My son got out of the Guard after he got back from Iraq.
He said No More of that, No Way, No How!

I'm glad your hubby made it home safe! :hug:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:36 PM
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19. Thanks!
Most of the people he was in Iraq with are also out. His term is up in '09, but he wants to reup so that he can become a Warrant Officer. I'm hoping by then that we are out of the mess in Iraq!

:hug:
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PearliePoo2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:11 PM
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6. Your post just gave me goose bumps
My sincerest admiration to you and your husband.
Families like yours making sacrifices to help the citizens of this country are the REAL patriots.
May all the volunteers and response people be safe and come home soon.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:27 PM
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14. Thank you!
As my Mom said when we called her, "It's better than dodging bullets!" ;)
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:15 PM
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7. Now THAT'S what we call serving one's country.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:44 PM
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30. Thank you!
:hi:
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:18 PM
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8. God bless him!
I bet it feels good to be helping out your country in that way.

thank him for me.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:30 PM
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15. I will.
He is happier about doing this than about going to Iraq, which I'm sure doesn't surprise you. ;)
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:25 PM
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12. I'm glad your husband is here where he belongs and not in Iraq.
Thanks to both of you. :thumbsup:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:34 PM
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17. You're welcome.
The funny (as in weird, not ha ha) thing is that I had a dream (O.K., nightmare) two day ago that he had been activated to go back to Iraq. When he answered the phone this morning and I heard "Alert notification" I just about passed out!

I can handle this one. :D
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:35 PM
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18. A giant thank you and hug for his service.
Gee, I didn't think we had any National Guard in the USA...I thought they were all on their 5th tour, or whichever.

Thank you too for the sacrifices you and your loved ones have made. I know, we don't tell you often enough, but we sure think it.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:38 PM
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22. You're welcome
And yeah, he and his unit have tried to keep from saying very often that they've only been on one tour.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:37 PM
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20. Sailors don't know how to march ......
..... but we know how to salute.

Here's to your hubby. :patriot:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:39 PM
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24. Thank you!
I will pass it along! :hi:
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:37 PM
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21. Hope he's safe!!!!
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:41 PM
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25. Thanks!
I have every confidence in his Command staff, so I'm not as worried as I was when he was in Iraq.

:hi:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:38 PM
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23. Many thanks to your family!
:hug:
:grouphug:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 05:41 PM
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26. You're welcome!
:hug:
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goodcitizen (27 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 05:41 PM
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27. Good for him.
I'm sure things will be handled in a much better fashion this time around. Especially with the convention being right around the corner.
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29. Thanks and welcome to DU!
I'm honored that you chose my thread to make your debut!

:hi:
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goodcitizen (27 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Aug-30-08 06:06 PM
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32. Thank you...
...for the welcome.
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31. I have a good friend who's active duty in Ft. Walton Beach
I guess I need to give him a call. He said it's been a stormy summer down there.
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33. that`s what the guard is for....helping americans in time of need
he`s one of the good guys...!!
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Aug-30-08 10:11 PM
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34. Thanks!
This will be his first active domestic call in the five years he's been in the guard. Kinda tells ya something, huh?
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