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April 8, 2008
Under cloudy skies that spit and threatened to open up on us, several dozen hardy souls gathered at The Capitol on Monday. In advance of General Petraeus‘ and Ambassador Crocker’s testimony Tuesday and Wednesday, GOE, and some of our friends from DC Protest Warrior and the DC Chapter of Free Republic, got together and broke into teams of twos and threes. We visited 437 Congressional offices and left behind a position paper that stated in no unequivocal terms that we SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND THEIR MISSION. (more…)
That’s right….get out and vote today! The sacrifices of all our vets; past, present and future will be in vain if you don’t take this responsiblity seriously!
NAVY EVENT OF THE CENTURY
THE USS NEW YORK’S CHRISTENING
Saturday March 1st 2008 at 10:00 AM
By Scott Koen
It’s been 2362 days since the twin towers were knocked down in the sneak attack on 9-11.
On September 13, 2001, President Bush told the world “We will Never Forget”.
And now, on March 1st 2008, A US Navy ship, built from those very towers, with the motto
“Never Forget” will be christened“New York”.
Don’t miss it this weekend. View it live in a web-cast from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Avondale LA. Watch as the ships sponsor, Mrs. Dotty H. England breaks the ceremonial bottle of champagne across her bow and proclaims, ”I christen thee New York”. Out of our greatest sorrow comes an even greater symbol of our resilience. The USS New York’s importance to this City, State and Nation cannot be underestimated. There is no other ship in world history that will carry the import and prestige that this vessel carries. She will become America’s greatest naval ambassador and will carry our flag to the 4 corners of the world throughout the 21st century.
Fair Winds and following seas to the USS New York and the US Navy-Marines Corps team.
Godspeed.
For more info or to keep up on USSNY’S blog see
There have been many questions and comments directed to us concerning the upcoming actions in March and April. As we are all aware, IVAW plans to stage a repeat of the Vietnam Era Winter Soldier proceedings during the Congressional break next month. We at GOE have been compiling film footage of the IVAW actions all across the country for many months now and, in conjunction with our friends at Vets for Freedom and Move America Forward, will air our documentary to refute all the claims that come out of Winter Soldier II. The film will be aired sometime in late March or early April. We are still trying to find a way to reach the largest possible audience. Keep checking back for details. (more…)
CALL TO ARMS
Eagles, many of you have been made aware of the Missing in
By now we have all seen the reports of the disgusting actions at the
Washington, DC Recruiter Station. I am certain that each of you
responded with the same level of outrage as I did. When I first saw
the photos, and read the reports I remembered my own recruiter, SFC
Purvis. No he never lied to me, and yes, he told me how tough the
infantry was going to be. I enlisted anyway, and he was my second
stop after graduating AIT. When I walked into the station in my Class
A’s with a freshly minted Blue Cord, he was nearly as proud of me as I
was. I envisioned the recruiter in DC being besieged by wanna-be
revolutionaries, knowing he could take them apart single-handed, but
also knowing he couldn’t. I was ready to storm down to DC, with 100
bikers in tow, and dare the SDS/college slacker to try us. Luckily,
cooler heads prevailed; of which mine was not one.
–
Chris Hill
Gathering of Eagles
National Director for Operations
http://www.gatheringofeagles.org/
In the early hours on Monday morning, an American Task Force took down
a terrorist compound in Iraq. In the ensuing fight, two US Navy SEALs
were killed by small arms fire while clearing one of the buildings -
Chief Petty Officers Nathan H. Hardy and Michael E. Koch.
Nate Hardy, 29, enlisted in the US Navy in 1997 and is survived by his
wife - Mindy, 7 month old son - Parker, parents and brother.
Mike Koch, also 29, enlisted in 1998 and had a fiancée, parents,
brother and sister.
Both Koch and Hardy families have a tradition of service. The Kochs
are vets and contractors (in Iraq and Afghanistan) and Hardy’s
grandfather served with John F. Kennedy on PT-109 during WWII. Mike’s
brother escorted the bodies of the two SEALs back to the states.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Koch, Hardy and SEAL families.
Below is message from an Army Special Forces Soldier “Green Beret”
serving in Iraq: (more…)
