Michael Yon Embed Canceled British Military..

To the right I have linked to an article written by one of my favorite overseas reporters and author, the British Ministry of Defense cancelled his embed with the British soldiers after he wrote an article called "Bad Medicine". He tweets ;"that the British are under reporting their war casualties and that they need more helicopters." He is on his way to join U.S. forces. should be there as we speak...

Manny Update August 26, 2009!

Manny called last night about 1:45 A.M.! Delighted as always to hear from my son..he just started laughing the minute I answered the phone guess he was happy too! He says that they expect to be in a safe zone (Camp Leatherneck or Camp Bastion in Afghan) by the mid to late Oct or at the very latest beginning of Nov. he expects to be home before Thanksgiving! He said he hoped to be here before my Birthday but I'll take anytime! He sends out shouts to all of his buds "hey"! He also sends all his love to his Dad and all of his sisters.....wanted me to make sure and tell you Dad that he loves you. We have if I am lucky, about 10 minutes on the phone...he wanted to know how I was doing though, didn't want to talk about him anymore always concerned about everyone else. I let him know that Mom was doing great. Maybe life will feel right again when he is home......a huge piece of my heart and soul left to go to Afghanistan in June, I forgot to pack for the trip however.....maybe the next deployment won't be so difficult?
Who am I kidding. So that is the latest guys.....I will update the news portion of my blog today. Keep sending those letters guys he was just getting mail when he called, said he was getting Junes mail (this includes moto mail) as well as newer mail I guess some things got mixed up. I will ask him who's letters he has received John next time I speak to him. I am sure he has received most of your letters. A little birdie(confidential from overseas) has told me that we may be seeing some pics of our boy very soon and his Marine buddies. Let's hope so because I haven't seen anything new lately except what I passed along to you all! God Bless to all and keep those letters and pkgs going over remember pkgs take about 30 days he will need refueling on socks and boxers, food stuff, razors, (fusion) shave cream and yeah don't forget the beef jerky! My friends at Beefjerky.com would never forgive me LOL! He still has months to go! Magazines are a good thing too, you know Manny, Newsweek, stuff like that. Good Bye for now...

Manny Called Wednesday morning!

I wanted to let u all know that Manny called this morning he is doing good he says. He received 2 out of 3 pkgs we sent that means he has his ipod he seemed pretty happy about that! He received another pkg don't know who from I should have asked but didn't...not much time on the phone with him they make them keep it very short. He was not one of the Marines that went into Dahaneh to secure the area yesterday before the elections next week, the taliban had a stronghold over this area. They had 8 hrs of very heavy fighting as the Taliban put up quite a fight, it was the Marines 2/3 Golf who went in. Of course Manny can not tell me anything. I try not to ask questions that would put him at risk. I do know that he is in an area that is a dangerous, high stress area . But what isn't over there? I am leaving a link to the news report on the U.S. Marines 8 hr fight with the Taliban in my link column to the right. I ask God to protect his heart and mind during his time over there. I can only imagine what he has done and what he has seen so far. So keep the letters and pkgs going over to him he needs all he can get from home love, encourgaement and pretzels & BEEF Jerky! I will hear from him again next week and will update u at that time......My prayers are with our Marine men...& all who serve and cover this war for us.

My latest thoughts

For now I have completed a small update for those of you who are following Manny updates, as well as news from Afghanistan. I plow through lot's of different news pieces thanks to my military journalist buddies on twitter most of whom are currently overseas with our Boy's and a few that have been. They have the most current take on what's really going on over there. Great thanks to Milblogging, Camomillan, and Michael Yon to name a few I hope my readers can take the time to read some of the articles I posted today by these guys.

Manny sounded good I could hear the smile on his face... there are rumors that he could be home in November, he said not to get my hopes up though. He said he would be back way before Christmas at the very least. Home in good shape and healthy is all I am looking for, of course the sooner the better, but I will take what I can get! He sends his love and says hi to family and his buds back home! The last mail he received a few days before he called was dated June 24...he did receive a package from his sister Diane thanks he says! They let it stockpile and then get it to these guys when there is a bunch. Disheartening to know that moto mail is not getting to these guys the way it is supposed to, they are moving around everyday and are not readily accessible. So hopefully he will receive our packages and letters and moto mail soon. He needs more socks he goes thru a pair every three days ( I think that means they have to be burned!)
There wasn't enough time to really talk about much, he said he should be able to call again in a week, so possibly this week. It is like Xmas when they get their care pkgs he said. Take care everyone and God Bless to all....

Manny Update!

Manny called from Afghanistan just before 3 am this morning, more later need to go back to sleep all is right with the world....

Marines Need supplies NOW!

This is a article I thought I would pass on to all who have loved ones in Afghanistan ....bad enough these Marines are over there "Doing it for all of us", but come on give me a break ! Let's get these guys the supplies they need.... ............http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2009/07/marines_waiting_on_basic_suppl.htm