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Thanks to the Military from The Los Angeles Film School
Published December 23, 2010 Posts , Videos Leave a CommentPlease read this special Christmas message written by a Peacekeeping Soldier stationed overseas.
T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE,
MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY,
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO,
IN THIS HOME, DID LIVE.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES,
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT,
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR,
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
THE ROOM IN DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED,
A TRUE AUSSIE SOLDIER.
WAS THIS THE HERO,
OF WHOM I’D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
I REALISED THE FAMILIES,
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS,
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE,
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM,
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
I COULDN’T HELP WONDER,
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE,
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT,
A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES,
AND STARTED TO CRY.
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED,
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
“SANTA DON’T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON’T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS FOR MY GOD,
MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS..”
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
I COULDN’T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL,
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED,
FROM THE COLD NIGHT’S CHILL.
I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE,
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR,
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, “CARRY ON SANTA,
IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.”
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
“MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.”
Wishing you and yours the very best wishes for this week, and a great start to 2011!
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1/2 Cup Apple Juice
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
3 tsp. White Pepper
3 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp. Red Pepper
1 tsp. Grated Ginger
Happy Birthday to Lisa from McShane Welding!
Published December 13, 2010 Posts , Videos Leave a CommentWishing a very happy birthday to our friend LISA STULL at McShane Welding! Thanks for all your hard work and for being such a great pal to Rocke Solid!
(You may remember Lisa from one of our first ROCKE TV videos ever… Here she is moving the rack!)
Rocke TV – Lisa Moves 300 lbs. using Outboard Engine Maintenance Rack
Shoot her a Happy Birthday message:
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Another video sent to us from a friend – something we thought we’d share with our readers at this time of year.
The holidays have already begun at Rocke TV…
Published December 8, 2010 Posts , Videos Leave a Comment
This was sent to ROCKE TV by a fan, and we wanted to share it with you. Please consider our military as you are preparing for your holidays.
“Hi Everyone,
It’s that time of year when we send cards and gifts out to family, friends & co-workers. I greatly urge everyone to take the time to remember our US military who have sacrifice everything in order for us have the freedom to celebrate Christmas. I know money is tight for everyone but it only takes a few cents to make someone’s day this Christmas.
You can simply send a card to either or both of the following addresses:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456a
Recovering American Solidier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20307-5001
If you can spare a few dollars you can buy a cup of Joe for Joes (any branch at any base) for as little as $2.00.
Go online to the following site:
www.greenbeanscoffee.com/coj
If you have spare generic gifts such as books, hygiene/make-up kits, candies, etc, send them to the troops. Or you can purchase a care package from the following:
Operation Stars and Stripes
website: www.operationstarsandstripes.com
483 Old Canton Rd., Ste. #100
Marietta, GA. 30068.
There’s a Proud Papa out there somewhere.
This 19 year old ex-cheerleader now an Air Force Security Forces Sniper, was watching a road in Pakistan that led to a NATO military base when she observed a man digging by the road.
She engaged the target (she shot him). It turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban, and he was burying an IED that was to be detonated when a U.S. patrol walked by 30 minutes later. It would have certainly killed and wounded several soldiers.
The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725 yards.
She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb. The shot went through his rectum and into the bomb which detonated; he was blown to pieces. The Air Force made a motivational poster of her.(Folks, that’s a shot 25 yards longer than seven football fields) and the last thing that came out of his mouth … was his ass!
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