Hero Stories for Deployed Bracelets

HABBANIYAH, Iraq, May 23, 2008 – Habbaniyah Mayor Hussein Ali Hussein, city council members and directors-general celebrated the groundbreaking of the Habbaniyah Government Center in Iraq’s Anbar province May 21. The center, in the Khalidiyah neighborhood west of Camp Habbaniyah, is centrally located to address the demands of people from Husaybah east to Fallujah. "This is a step in the right direction -- a place for people to go if they need help from their government," Hussein said. "We are...

Kirby, the loving 10-year-old border collie-Labrador, licked Army Sgt. Brian Radke's reconstructed right hand, the one with the missing index finger. Maybe dog saliva will help, Radke said Tuesday. After 71 surgeries over 26 months, the wounded soldier and former Vancouver high school football hero is home in Hazel Dell for Christmas and doing well. He walks with a limp but talks straight, spreading gratitude, compassion and good humor, despite five pieces of shrapnel still floating in his br...

The Fisher House at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base kicked off its Capital Campaign Monday morning setting a goal of raising $1 million towards the cost of a $2 million facility to be built next year. The Fisher House foundation has challenged the Wright-Patterson to raise half of the cost. On hand for the kickoff were retired Lt. Gen. Dick Reynolds, former commander of Aeronautical Systems Center: Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke, commander of Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson; Col....

Sharon Ricklic's fifth grade class at York Elementary School in New Philadelphia, Ohio has another news story about their efforts to become more involved and learn more about their country. This is the class that all ordered HeroBracelets in the name of a local Fallen Hero and presented his parents with a pair of silver HeroBracelets. Sharon Ricklic’s class gets another accolade.<

If you have a minute, check out Soldiers Angels. They are an organization that sends care packages to the deployed troops. They do a lot of good and they could certainly use your help. Learn more here about what you can do. http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=submit-a-soldier<

The Advisor is a email newsletter sent to us by Joseph Bartasius with the US Army Public Affairs Office. I've pulled some of the pieces out of the newsletter for this site. There are a lot of very interesting stories that you never seem to see anywhere. I'll pull more stories as time goes on. If you'd like to get the newsletter emailed to you, write us and we'll make sure you get on the list. ---------- Concerned Local Citizens find weapons cache south of Baghdad AL BUAYTHA – Coalition forces...

When I was a teenager, my best friend invited me to sing Christmas carols with her church youth group. The youth group's minister had a list of shut-ins and our mission that night was to stop in front of as many houses as possible, and belt out Jingle Bells, Silent Night and a few other favorites before movingon. To me, it was an opportunity to have a night out with my friends, dress in my coolest clothes and have hot chocolate together when it was over. It wasn't going to take a whole l...

June 2, 2005 Hi Handsome, Garfield wants me to do a little speech about you. To tell everyone a little bit about - what a great guy you are. I know your thinking - great - As you're putting on the famous David Alan smirk &amp; just shrugging your shoulders My mom is going to speak about me &amp; given the fact she's been such a basket case these days - she's going to make this an emotional wreck. She'll have people crying in the aisles !! But you know what Davey - it's Ok I'll reframe from te...

I can't thank you enough for putting this on your webpage. I have attached one of the very first speeches I had to write about my son for one of the countless ceremonies I had to go to. I hope this gives you a sense of who my son is. Davey joined the guard when he was 17 - went to boot camp when he turned 18 - He then joined The 229th Army Natl. Guard Engineer Battalion in Fredericksburg, VA. He heard about another unit being short 14 men to go to Iraq - so being the man he is - volunteered t...