6,000 And Counting

Earlier this week we put out a call for people to email the Marines of RCT-6 in Iraq with 6,000 emails to let them know people supported them. I just wanted to give you an update:

I learned about six minutes ago that the 6,000th email has just come in. The winner of the first flag was a lady who sent a short but loving email to our Marines.

Sgt. Deboard had originally joked that 'we won the Gulf war' in less time than it was taking to get all these emails, but of course that only counts the ground operations. If you count the whole Desert Storm phase, from the 17 Jan 91 air raids to the end of ground operations, we've come in well ahead of the clock.

I knew you could make six thousand happen if you put your minds to it. You did. However many more come in in future days, we can all be proud of the support you've shown to our Marines.

Thank you all.

If you still haven't sent your email, there are still two flags to win, for the 10,000th and 20,000th emails. Write to:

RCT-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil

Watch their blog, also. I expect some celebrations, as soon as they have time to put one together. Perhaps they'll give us a photo of the stack at six thousand.

The Marines are flying a flag in honor of the 6,000 person to email them and have offered to fly a flag in honor of the 10,000 email they receive. This flag will be forwarded to the lucky email owner with a certificate and picture.

Let's keep those emails going!


- May no soldier go unloved

Tell It To the Marines!!!

Blackfive has a post up about Marine RCT 6 (Regimental Combat Team). They can see our news and they can hear people speak (those who the media deem "news worthy") and they are wondering if they have support.

We are going to tell them they are supported by sending them an email for every one of the six thousand marines in RCT 6.

How can we do that? RCT 6 set up an email just for this project. Send an email of support to: Marine RCT-6

They have a blog and it is good. The Fighting 6th

Newly Minted Hero



Fill the box.

If you support our troops, TELL IT TO THE MARINES!




- May no soldier go unloved

Talking With Heroes: I Was There and Got an Exclusive

Hey! Missed everyone last night at the "talking with heroes" event down in Olathe, Kansas. It was wonderful to meet all of the great heroes, families and supporters. Bob Calvert was a little under the weather, but he pulled through like the trooper he is and made it a fantastic experience.

I will post more about the event and, of course, I have video which will be available in the next day or two.

One big "exclusive" that I was able to pull off was an interview with David Chavaria who is the "behind the scenes" man at JD Johannes' Outside the Wire. David is the co-producer of Johannes' documentary "Outside the Wire" where he followed the expoits of the Marines of Silver Platoon in OIF-III. JD is over in Iraq right now doing video.

David was scheduled to do an interview on Hannity and Colmes at 8:40pm CST Friday night, but I scooped them by two hours. And, they don't have their video up yet for the internet so, while they may beaten me "on air" by six hours, I am going to get out there ahead of the internet curve.

Even before the interview, David and I spent some time talking about blogging, JD Johansens' committment to the Marines and telling their story, and quite a bit about the disparity of reporting in the media (we both agreed it "sucked"; my words, he was much more diplamatic).

I hope you enjoy this video, check out their site and start understanding why military blogging (milblogging) and independent films like Outside the Wire are an important part of the story, filling in the gaps left by professional journalism.



Watch JD's blog for updates directly from Iraq and hit his home page to see an excerpt of the original documentary, "Outside the Wire". I've seen the full version and I highly recommend it.

Check out these stories about the marines in Bad Karmah.

Troops on Patrol
Iraq town returns to normal after raid

These men are a big part of the reason that the Al Anbar province is beginning to turn. It took persistance. It took patience. It took extreme prejudice when it was called on and plenty of improvising, adapting and overcoming. The Marines are some of the best, when it comes to those necessities.

Karmah, where the marines in outside the wire were serving, is a town between Ramadi and Fallujah, two of the hottest (in terms of war) cities in Iraq for the last three years. It is only recently that Ramadi began to turn. Karmah continued to be a tough town full of insurgents and generally unenthused about the marines presence. JD showed what it took to make al Anbar a success story, long before anyone ever thought it would be.

Outside the Wire was fortunate enough to be there to record part of that history.

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Message to the Troops: Blooper Reel 1

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, a Message to Our Troops blooper reel, complete with Irish accent.



Messages to the Troops

Shout Out to the Troops: You Rock!
North Kansas City Snake Saturday Parade: Shout Out to the Troops
Shout Out to the Troops: Operation Aces High
Shout Out to the Troops: Why I Became an Angel


Cross referenced at the Castle

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To find out how you can support the troops, go to Soldiers' Angels and find out how you can make a difference.

Message to the Troops: You Rock!

See other messages Here.

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Soldiers' Angels

Don't Miss: Shout Out to the Troops from the Snake Parade

Get your red hot "support the troops" right here.

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Soldiers' Angels: Shout Out To the Troops II

Here's our second video from Soldiers' Angels Kansas City with a Shout Out to the Troops:




Soldiers' Angels Kansas City met February 27 for our monthly project planning and exchange of ideas. American Legion Riders from post 370 in Overland Park came to discuss our plans for a Poker Run, June 3, 2007. Updates will be posted as we progress. Next committee meeting is March 11 at the Overland Park Post 370 American Legion. All interested should come. We still have many things to plan, things to be done and people needed to help pull this through.

Stay tuned to the blog for more details. T-shirts are being designed, fliers put together and many great ideas going forward. We need yours to make it complete, so join us on March 11, 11am.

In the meantime, please enjoy the video. Pass it around to anyone you know. Send the link to your friends, family and any troops we're supporting. Don't forget our first "Shout Out to the Troops".

We will continue to video tape all of our events. A first release of "Shout Outs to the Troops" will be ready for burning on CDs and mailing the week after St. Patrick's Day. Stay tuned to the blog for updates.

Don't forget to join us at the events so you too can take part in Kansas City Soldiers' Angels "Shout Out to the Troops".

- May no soldier go unloved