God Bless Our USA Troops

Words to song at end of my blog.

We are asking everyone to say a prayer for "Darkhorse" 3rd Battalion 5th Marines and their families. They are fighting it out in Afghanistan & they have lost 12 marines in 4 days.


IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE the message spread if more could pass it on.

God Bless America and God Bless the United States Marine Corps... Semper Fi, Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever


Nothing in the media about these guys because no one seems to care:
Justin Allen, 23,
Brett Linley, 29,
Matthew Weikert, 29,
Justus Bartett, 27,
Dave Santos, 21,
Chase Stanley, 21,
Jesse Reed, 26,
Matthew Johnson, 21,
Zachary Fisher, 24,
Brandon King, 23,

Christopher Goeke, 23,
Sheldon Tate, 27,
All are Marines that gave their lives for YOU this week!


Honor THEM by forwarding this. I just did.


More facts on how they were left out originally-this started out last year November 2010:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/darkhorse.asp

Here is their website on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/3rdBattalion5thMarines

http://www.facebook.com/3rdBattalion5thMarines

This is their regular page:

http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/external/1stmardiv/5thmarregt/3-5/index.jsp

Write a Marine

http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/div/5mar/3bn/default.asp

A few days ago they were in the newspaper:

Article courtesy of Los Angeles Times©




Top general says Camp Pendleton Marines no longer in daily firefights in Afghanistan

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/02/camp-pendleton-marines-no-longer-firefights-afghanistan.html?lanow




Fighting has "dropped off to virtually nothing" in the Sangin district of Afghanistan, where two dozen Marines from Camp Pendleton were killed and more than 140 wounded in the fall and early winter, the top Marine general in Afghanistan told reporters Thursday.

After weeks of fighting with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton, those insurgents who survived have either fled or gone into hiding, Maj. Gen. Richard Mills told a group of San Diego reporters via teleconference.

Some have gone north into a mountainous area, with Marines in pursuit, he said.

Insurgents, Mills said, are "off-balance and afraid" and unable to receive supplies or reinforcements from Pakistan because Marines have disrupted their "rat lines." Hundreds of insurgents have been killed, he said.

Still, Mills, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), stopped short of declaring victory. He said he expects the insurgents, once the winter is over, to attempt a counter-offensive to regain control of Sangin and other areas in Helmand province, which had long been a Taliban stronghold.

"Is there still some tough fighting for those [U.S.] troops who come here in spring or summer?" Mills asked. "Yes, there is."

Another factor helping the Marines is a deal with the Alikoza tribe in which the tribe would receive construction contracts in exchange for intelligence and other help in the fight against the Taliban, Mills said. The Taliban is "desperate to break the agreement" by attempting to intimidate tribal members but has failed to do so, he said.

About 20,000 Marines and sailors are in Helmand province, about half of them from Camp Pendleton. In the spring, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is set to return to California, to be replaced by the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, also from Camp Pendleton.

Mills, also set to return to Camp Pendleton in the spring, gave an upbeat assessment of the Marine mission in the province. Schools are opening, village markets are thriving, Afghan security forces are gaining in competency and a key road project from Sangin to the Kajaki dam is close to completion, Mills said.

Once completed, the road will allow work to begin on a long-stalled effort to install an additional turbine at the dam and provide additional electricity to Helmand and Kandahar provinces.

Throughout the province Marines and Afghan forces conduct 500 patrols a day, he said. At night, special operations personnel kill or capture insurgent leaders.

The Marines returning soon to Camp Pendleton will "come home with honor" from having bested the Taliban in numerous villages but "the Marines behind us are going to have a good amount of work to do," Mills said.


I knew a man called him Sandy Kane
Few folks even knew his name
But a hero was he
Left a boy, came back a man
Still many just don't understand
About the reasons we are free

I can't forget the look in his eyes
Or the tears he cries
As he said these words to me

All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all

Now Sandy Kane is no longer here
But his words are oh so clear
As they echo through out our land
For all his friends who gave us all
Who stood the ground and took the fall
To help their fellow man

Love your country and live with pride
And don't forget those who died America can't you see

All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all

And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall, yes recall
Some gave all

Some gave all