DATE: 01/05/2008 06:49:07 / MOOD: none, or other

My friend of over 40 years has suffered a major heart attact and my not survive open heart surgery... 

Col. McDonald "Don" Valentine was our Senior Ranger Advisor to the Biet Dong Quan (Vietnamese Rangers) in RVN.  He is also a major force in the American Vietnamese community, having assisted hundreds of former Vietnamese Rangers relocate to the USA following the fall of Vietnam.

Because of the effects of Agent Orange, Don has sufferd major health problems for many years.  He has cancer, is 90% blind, and only limited lung productivity.  His case is one of the reasons the U.S. Government finally recognized the vicitims of Agent Orange , and after over 30 years provided them with medical assistance.

He is a true warrior in every sense of the word.  Please take time to pray for his recovery...

 

Those who choose to pray - please do..If you don't recall Don, US Army Ranger - Advisor.. you can go herehttp://www.soft-vision.com /ranger

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from:  Steve ErnstDon has suffered a heart attack while on a trip to Knoxville.  He has four significant blockages.He will be undergoing open heart surgury tomorrow.  The doctor's say his chances of surviving the operation are less than 50% due to complications with other health issues.  Please keep Don and his wife in your prayers.< strong>Click Here to post a prayer in Don's GuestbookYour email is used for verification only. It is not posted.

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DATE: 12/27/2007 07:26:04 / MOOD: rejuvenated

Santa brought me the new "Perfect Pushup" designed by a former SEAL and manufactured by BODYREV.

If you want a fantastic complete upper body and core workout, this thing rocks!  I've been a certified fitness trainer/instructor for over 30 years and this is one of the most inexpensivise and best pieces of workout equipment I've come across.

I've added it to my Boot Camp circuit training days and personal training program.  It really kicks their ass!  I personally can usually pushout about 150 clean pushups and with this I can only do about 2 sets of 50 good ones.  The next day I hurt (in a good way) throughout my entire upper body & abs.

These work equally effective in the regular or modified (kneeling) pushup position, depending on fitness level or male/female user.

They only cost about $40.00, and are of really high quality.  You can purchase them through the store here.  You need to try these out because the only better pushups around are at Victoria's Secret.

Oh, and by the way, I'm not associated with NS.com or the manufacturers, so don't think I doin' a paid promo; just passing on some good intell.

 

 

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DATE: 12/23/2007 07:32:27 / MOOD: contemplative

Wishing Happy and "Safe" holidays to all my friends here and to all our brothers & sisters serving our Country in harms way.  May everyone be with their loved ones during this time...

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DATE: 12/16/2007 09:03:49 / MOOD: confused

When I sign on to this site, one of the first things I do is read the Blogs.  Most are submitted by sincere members that offer fantastic advice, insight, or have great comments and/or questions. To those of you that fall into this catagory, I thank you...

Some however, are just whacked!  Is it me, or does it seem that some of these are written by people who have lost their meds, or just want to see some un-readable garbage in print?   Just as one of these quacks drops out of site or is finally "banned", another escapes their keepers and ends up here.

I really enjoy NS.com, but sometimes I long for the old days when not as many people knew about it...

To all my great friends and fellow members that have something of value to offer, have a great week and safe & happy holidays! 

 

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DATE: 11/30/2007 15:58:20 / MOOD: anxious

Army-Navy Through The Years (By Kevin Heitz) As far as traditional rivalries go, college football is stocked with more than it can handle -- last week alone saw Kansas-Missouri, Virginia-Virginia Tech, Tennessee-Kentucky, Auburn-Alabama, the list goes on and on. But one annual game stands out more than any other -- Army-Navy. There is no better rivalry in football. On Saturday, the Midshipmen and the Black Knights square off for the 108th time. Only 10 Division I rivalries have featured more meetings. Baltimore will play host for the first time since 2000, and just the fourth time in the history of the series. Charm City will be treated to a spectacle of tradition like none other off the field and a game on the field played by student-athletes with a future not in the NFL, but on battlefields around the world. The first game between the two rival academies came in 1890 as the Midshipmen, with 28 games under the program's belt, traveled to West Point to face Army in its first football game. Fewer than 500 people watched Red Emerich score five times to rack up 20 of Navy's 24 points as the Mids shut out the host Cadets. (Bad math, you say? Touchdowns were worth four points in those days.). Last year in Philadelphia, the Midshipmen won, 26-14, to claim their fifth straight win against the Black Knights and keep the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy in Annapolis for another year. And in between those games, the rivalry has provided many more memorable battles. 1901-Army 11, Navy 5, Nov. 30 -- Franklin Field, Philadelphia. Less than two months after being sworn in following William McKinley's assassination, President Theodore Roosevelt made the trip to Philadelphia for the seventh meeting between the two academies. The first president to attend an Army-Navy game saw Army quarterback Charles Daly single-handedly beat the Mids as he accounted for all of the Cadets' points, including a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, en route to an 11-5 Army victory. 1926-Army 21, Navy 21, Nov. 27 -- Soldier Field, Chicago. It was a battle between the two best teams in the nation. In a rare trip west for the rivalry game, coach Bill Ingram brought his Midshipmen to Chicago with a 10-0 record and their eyes on the national championship while Army came into the game with only one loss. More than 110,000 spectators crammed into newly dedicated Soldier Field and saw the Midshipmen and Cadets battle to a 21-21 final score -- forever known as the Classic Tie. The Midshipmen didn't finish the season unbeaten, but still laid claim to the national title. 1945-Army 32, Navy 13, Dec. 1 -- Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia. Just months after the end of World War II, Army and Navy each came into their rivalry battle undefeated, and the game would decide the national champion. Halfback Felix ³Doc² Blanchard led top-ranked Army, and was honored with the Heisman Trophy days after his three-touchdown performance against the Mids. Blanchard rushed for two scores to help Army build a 20-0 first-quarter lead, and he sealed the national title for the Cadets with a 52-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second half.

1946-Army 21,Navy 18: Nov. 30 -- Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia. No battle of unbeaten teams here. The Midshipmen finished the 1945 season ranked No. 2 and won their first game of the 1946 season, but then collapsed and lost all the remaining games. Army once again entered the contest unbeaten, having tied No. 1 Notre Dame the week before. Navy trailed 21-6 at halftime, but scored two touchdowns to bring the score to 21-18. An inability to convert point-after attempts came back to haunt Navy. The Mids drove into Army territory in the closing seconds, but with no reliable kicker, they were forced to push for a touchdown. As the clock ticked under 30 seconds, Navy's Pete Williams ran wide and was swallowed by an Armydefender and the growing group of spectators on the sideline. Without clear evidence, the officials ruled that Williams did not go out of bounds, and the final seconds ticked off the clock before the Mids got another play. As Army Hall of Fame guard Joe Steffy put it decades later, "Army won the game but Navy still thinks it did." 1954-Navy 27, Army 20: Nov. 27 -- Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia. Both teams entered the 55th installment ranked in the top 10, with each offense ranked in the top three. It was a back-and-forth game as Navy, "The Team Named Desire," jumped out to a 14-6 first-half lead before quarterback Pete Vann and Army scored two straight touchdowns to take a 20-14 lead. Even fumbles couldn't stop the Mids from storming back and leaving Philadelphia with a 7-point win and a 7-2 record. 1963-Navy 21, Army 15: Dec. 7 -- Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia. Led by junior quarterback Roger Staubach, who won both the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award following the 1963 season, Navy came into the game with an 8-1 record, still riding high after beating rival Notre Dame the month before. In a game that was postponed a week due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Mids survived a frantic comeback attempt by quarterback Rollie Stichweh and the Cadets. 1984-Army 28, Navy 11: Dec. 1 -- Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. The Army-Navy game returned to the City of Brotherly Love after a one-year hiatus at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Led by coach Jim Young's newly installed wishbone offense, Army scored a touchdown in each quarter and snapped a six-game losing skid to the Mids. With a 28-11 victory, the Cadets advanced to their first postseason bowl (Army beat Michigan State in the Cherry Bowl). The Cadets ran all over the Navy defense as quarterback Nate Sassaman and fullback Doug Black each rushed for more than 150 yards.1991-Navy 24, Army 3: Dec. 7 -- Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. It is said that regardless how the rest of the year goes on the gridiron, a win in the Army-Navy game makes the season. That was certainly the case in 1991 as the Midshipmen recorded their only win of the season against theirlongtime rival. On the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Navy's defense gave up a first-half field goal before clamping down on Army and letting quarterback Jim Kubiak chew up the Cadets defense. He completed 13-of-16 passes for 157 yards. 1995-Army 14, Navy 13: Dec. 2 -- Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. Followers of "America's Game" started to get used to nail-biters when Army and Navy met on the gridiron. When Army running back John Conroy crossed the goal line for the game-winning touchdown with a minute left, it marked the fourth straight time the Army-Navy game was decided in the final moments, and the fourth straight win for the Cadets. Those four wins were decided by a total of six points. 2000-Navy 30, Army 28: Dec. 2 ­ PSINet Stadium, Baltimore. The Army-Navy game returned to Baltimore for the first time since 1944, and just the third time in the rivalry's history, and the Midshipmen survived an Army comeback attempt to notch their only win of the season. Army running back Michael Wallace scored on a 56-yard touchdown run in the opening minutes of the game, but Navy answered with 27 straight points. The Black Knights closed the gap with 21 second-half points but the Midshipmen were able to hold on and end the season on a bright note. 107: The number of times Army and Navy have met before this Saturday's game in Baltimore. 8,000: Number of cadets and midshipmen who will march through the Camden Yards complex and onto the field at M&T Bank Stadium. 226: Number of points separating the teams through the first 107 games of the series. 80: Number of Army-Navy games played in Philadelphia. 15: Number of sites that have hosted the Army-Navy game. 7: Number of ties in series' history (1905, 1923, 1926, 1948, 1954 1965, 1981). 5: Navy's winning streak against Army; neither team has won six straight. 3: Number of Army Heisman Trophy winners -- Doc Blanchard ('45), Glenn Davis, ('46), Pete Dawkins ('58). 2: Number of Navy Heisman Trophy winners -- Joe Bellino ('60), Roger Staubach ('63). 0: Number of times Navy coach Paul Johnson has lost to Army!

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DATE: 11/21/2007 12:18:39 / MOOD: thoughtful

Just wanted to wish all my friends and everyone else out there a happy & safe Thanksgiving.

If have a minute please take time for a little prayer for all our brothers and sisters serving in harms way right now...

Oh and; GO NAVY - Beat Army !!!

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DATE: 11/16/2007 16:15:46 / MOOD: none, or other

When other College Football players graduate they hope to make big bucks in the NFL. Where do Naval Academy Football players go when they graduate? Below is the "Service Selection" list for the current USNA Football Team seniors...

Service Selections Following is a list of the seniors on the Navy football team and what they will be doing after graduation: Jonathan Alvarado (Baton Rouge,La.)-Marine Corps Ground, Adam Ballard (Lewisville, Texas)-Marine CorpsGround, Paul Bridgers (Gaithersburg, Md.)-Navy Pilot, Joey Bullen (St.Simons Island, Ga.)-Intelligence; Reggie Campbell (Sanford, Fla.)-NavyPilot, Ben Gabbard (Arnold, Md.)-Naval Flight Officer, Troy Goss (Shelby,N.C.)-Marine Corps Ground, Antron Harper (Eastman, Ga.)-Surface Warfare.Matt Humison (Kennedale, Texas)-Marine Corps Ground, Reyn Kaupiko (Honolulu,Hawaii)-Surface Warfare, Chris Kuhar-Pitters (Spokane, Wash.)-Navy Pilot,Josh Meek (Flower Mound, Texas)-Submarine (Nuclear), Matt Oberlander(Pickerington, Ohio)-Naval Flight Officer, Jordan Reagan (Carrollton,Texas)-Surface Warfare, Dell Robinson (Lindenwold, N.J.)-Marine CorpsGround, Zerbin Singleton (Decatur, Ga.)-Marine Corps Pilot, Irv Spencer(Oakwood Village, Ohio)-Surface Warfare, Greg Thrasher (Carrollton,Texas)-Surface Warfare, Greg Veteto (Corpus Christi, Texas)-Marine CorpsGround, OJ Washington (Tacoma, Wash.)-Surface Warfare, Matt Wimsatt(Raleigh, N.C.)-Marine Corps Ground, Jordan Young (Zanesville, Ohio)-NavalFlight Officer.

GOD BLESS THEM & "Go Navy!"

 

 

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DATE: 11/10/2007 06:05:37 / MOOD: none, or other

Hey everyone,haven't been able to log in for about a week! TONY advised that he has received E-mail that others are having same prob. He suggested that I download FIREFOX (which is free) and I did-it works great and now I'm back!!!

Missed everyone! 

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DATE: 10/30/2007 14:06:40 / MOOD: frustrated

Am I the only one having difficuilty accessing Forum even though I'm logged in and am a Premium Member?

Tony w/ NS.com had me clear the cookies on my computer, but only limited success.  This is the only site I have trouble with....

Would appreciate Any Help I can get!

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