Gary Phaserman

My Dominhoes uniform

So, what's your favorite Patriotic song? With Canada Day being today, and Independance Day being Monday, I figured this would be a good question to pose. I am not picky if it's American or Canadian, since both are celebrating national holidays this weekend.

 

Mine is definately Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All"

 

 

By the way, the radio station in my area is doing the top 5 Patriotic Songs in Chicagoland. Here's what they are...

 

5. Billy Ray Cyrus "Some Gave All"

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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

4. Lee Greenwoord "God Bless the USA"

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If tomorrow all the things were gone I'd worked for all my life

And I had to start again with just my children and my wife

I'd thank my lucky stars to be livin' here today

Cause the flag still stands for freedom

And they can't take that away

 

And I'm proud to be an American

Where at least I know I'm free

And I won't forget the men who died

Who gave that right to me

And I'd gladly stand up next to you

And defend her still today.

Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land

God bless the USA.

 

 

From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee

Across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea

From Detroit down to Houston, and New York to LA

Well there's pride in every American heart

And its time we stand and say:

 

 

That I'm proud to be an American

Where at least I know I'm free

And I won't forget the men who died

Who gave that right to me

And I'd gladly stand up next to you

And defend her still today.

Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land

God bless the USA.

3. John Micheal Montgomery "Letters from Home"

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My Dear Son, it is almost June,

I hope this letter catches up to you, and finds you well.

Its been dry but they're calling for rain,

And everything's the same ol' same in Johnsonville.

Your stubborn 'ol Daddy ain't said too much,

But I'm sure you know he sends his love,

And she goes on,

In a letter from home.

 

I hold it up and show my buddies,

Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,

Like there's something funny bout' the way I talk,

When I say: "Mama sends her best y'all."

I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,

Pick up my gun an' get back to work.

An' it keeps me driving me on,

Waiting on letters from home.

 

My Dearest Love, its almost dawn.

I've been lying here all night long wondering where you might be.

I saw your Mama and I showed her the ring.

Man on the television said something so I couldn't sleep.

But I'll be all right, I'm just missing you.

An' this is me kissing you:

XX's and OO's,

In a letter from home.

 

I hold it up and show my buddies,

Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,

'Cause she calls me "Honey", but they take it hard,

'Cause I don't read the good parts.

I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,

Pick up my gun an' get back to work.

An' it keeps me driving me on,

Waiting on letters from home.

 

Dear Son, I know I ain't written,

But sittin' here tonight, alone in the kitchen, it occurs to me,

I might not have said, so I'll say it now:

Son, you make me proud.

 

I hold it up and show my buddies,

Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, but no one laughs,

'Cause there ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries.

An' I just wipe me eyes.

I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,

Pick up my gun an' get back to work.

An' it keeps me driving me on,

Waiting on letters from home.

2. Trace Adkins "Arlington"

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I never thought that this is where i'd settle down,

I thought i'd die an old man back in my hometown,

They gave me this plot of land, me and some other men, for a job well done,

there's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,

the man inside he cried the day they brought me home,

they folded up a flag and told my mom and dad, we're proud of your son

 

Chorus:

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful peice of property,

I'm on sacred ground and i'm in the best of company,

I'm thankful for those things i've done,

I can rest in peice, I'm one of the chosen ones, I made it to Arlington

 

I remember daddy brought me here when i was eight,

we searched all day to find out where my granddad lay,

and when we finally found that cross,

he said, "son this is what it cost to keep us free" Now here i am,

a thousand stones away from him,

he reconized me on the first day i came in,

and it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels, and saluted me.

 

(Repeat Chorus)

 

and everytime i hear twenty-one guns,

i know they brought another hero home to is

 

we're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done,

we can rest in peace, 'cause we are the chosen ones,

we made it to arlington, yea dust to dust,

don't cry for us,w e made it to arlington

1. Toby Keith "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue"

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American girls and American guys, will always stand up and salute.

We'll always recognize, when we see ol' glory flying,

There's a lot of men dead,

So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our heads.

My daddy served in the army where he lost his right eye,

But he flew a flag out in our yard 'til the day that he died.

He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me.

To grow up and live happy in the land of the free.

 

Now this nation that I love is fallin' under attack.

A mighty sucker-punch came flying in from somewhere in the back.

Soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye,

Man, we lit up your world like the fourth of July.

 

Hey, Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,

And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.

And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,

When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.

And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.

Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the red, white and blue.

 

Instrumental break.

 

Oh, justice will be served and the battle will rage:

This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage.

An' you'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A.

'Cos we'll put a boot in your *buttocks*, it's the American way.

 

Hey, Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,

And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.

And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,

When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.

And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.

Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the red, white and blue.

 

Oh, oh.

Of the red, white and blue.

Oh, hey, oh.

Of my Red, White and Blue.

Here's some more patriotic songs for you guys...

Lonestar-Somebody's Someone

Josh Gracin-The other Little Soldier

That first picture is right on the money. the local Country Station was playing Big and Rich's new song, 8th of November, and listening to it, I couldn't help thinking about How many young men that first verse applies to...

"Said goodbye to his mama,

as he left South Dakota,

to fight for the red, white and blue.

He was 19 and green,

with a new M-16,

Just doin' what he had to do...."

Every day for me really is memorial day. I'll hear a song that will get me thinking about someone I met while I was in Iraq who didn't come home, and I really don't watch the news much anymore, because honestly I cry everytime I hear about another casualty. I can't help but think that it could have been me. And I think about the families. Every soldier deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and anywhere else for that matter has a family. To the average American, he's just another soldier, but to somebody, somewhere, he or she is someone. Lonestar has a great song on one of their CD's called "Somebody's Someone" which really expresses what I mean...

Turn to the six o'clock news, another soldier dies

Tried to hide it but I couldn't help it, I had to cry

When my little boy asked me daddy was he your friend

I said no, I didn't even know him

 

But he was somebody's someone, a neighbor, a husband

A brother, a father, and a mother's only son

He was an uncle, a cousin, somebody's best friend

And I'm sure at times a shoulder to lean on

He was somebody's someone

 

So I sat there in that chair and helped him understand

How this brave young man gave his life for our land

And although he's someone we'll never know

To you and me he is a hero

 

He was somebody's someone, a neighbor, a husband

A brother, a father, and a mother's only son

He was an uncle, a cousin, somebody's best friend

And I'm sure at times a shoulder to lean on

He was somebody's someone

 

To the world he was a total stranger

Who kept us safe and out of danger

But now he's just a picture on TV

Somebody's memory

 

He was somebody's someone, a neighbor, a husband

A brother, a father, and a mother's only son

He was an uncle, a cousin, somebody's best friend

And I'm sure at times a shoulder to lean on

He was somebody's someone

He was somebody's someone

Possibly, probably including the bush pilots who make their living flying people and supplies in and out of remote areas. That is a fairly dangerous job.

"Tennessee River Run" by Darryl Worley

I think that drivers-sales workers probably consists of food delivery guys. Driving is dangerous. These guys drive for a living, and drive more than your average person. They HAVE to drive in bad weather, when the drunks are out, and under other conditions that most of you would probably stay home in.

Possitions not yet filled:

Executive Officer (Commander)

Operations Officer (Lieutenant Commander)

Chief Engineer (Lieutenant Commander)

Chief Medical Officer (Lieutenant)

Tactical Officer (Lieutenant)

Helmsman (Chief Petty Officer)

Marine Company Commander (Marine Captain)

Marine Platoon leaders (3) (1st Lieutenant, Marine Corps)

Fighter Squadron Commander (Lieutenant Commander)

Fighter Squadron Executive Officer (Lieutenant)

Fighter Squadron Pilots (10) (Lieutenant JG/Ensign)

Shuttle Pilots (3) (Lieutenant JG/Ensign)

Marine Company XO (1st Lieutenant)

Marine Company Master Sergeant (Master Sergeant)

Marine Platoon Sergeants (Staff Sergeant/Promotable to Gunnery Sergeant)

Marine Platoon Squad Leaders (9) (Sergeant)

Marine Platoon Assistant Squad Leaders (9) (Corporal)

Marine Platoon Squad Elements (Lots, Private/Private First Class/Lance Corporal)

Marine Platoon Corpsmen (3, Starfleet Hospital Corpsman, HM3 minimum)

USS Fearless is now recruiting all able-bodied persons willing to endure the hardships of life aboard a Starfleet vessel in the Post-Civil War Era. All possitions, save the Captaincy, are available. Please contact me, or visit the USS Fearless Homepage to learn more.

Worf and Jadzia, but only because I can't vote for "Jim and Julie"...wait, that would be an STF only poll....

You suck! I was gonna use a similar joke, "Where's the Gary and Krissy Option?" but you beat me to it.

Anywho, I do agree, Worf and Jadzia. An interesting mix of personalities there, which makes it quite amusing.

never really watched the O.C. I kinda wrote it off as a 90210 kinda thing, and never gave it a second thought. Is that an accurate assessment, or should I actually watch it?

I'm sure you can by a mug like that somewhere, and then get a decal made for it. Shouldn't be too hard.

I like to think that what I've done in uniform has helped. I mean, I'm not the guy out there actively hunting terrorists, and I'm not driving a police car around trying to keep the nieghborhood clean, but I do think my small 8-month contribution helped a bit. I'm also trying to raise my children to be smart, responsible people, who in the end will know at least right from wrong, and how to be accountable for their actions. I'm not exactly curing cancer, but I do give money to St. Jude. My name may not go down in the history books as the greatest humanitarian ever, but I hope what little bit I could do will be part of a greater good.

I saw the episode not too long ago where he refered to himself as "Senior Chief Specialist", sounds like Specialist is his job. I suppose if the modern navy had a job like that, Miles would be SPCCS Miles Edward O'Brien. It's entirely possible Starfleet has an enlisted rating system similar to that of the US Navy, and perhaps a few have even carried over. Torpedoman, Fire Controlman, Quartermaster, Master At Arms, Bostwain's (Bos'un's) Mate, and Hospital Corpsman I can see easily carrying over into the 21st Century. There might even be a few new ones: Warp Propulsion Specialist (WP), Phaser Technician (PT), Transporter Technician (TT), who knows?

I keep hearing Pie and Chips, and I think "Pizza and French Fries? What the...?" but then, I'm in the Pizza industry, so when I hear Pie it's either French Silk or Pepperoni.

I'm with AE on this. STF is, yes, a community with more members than some cities in my geographic area (Some counties, too), but I don't think we need ANOTHER forum or Subforum here. I mean, VBG should be glad he's not paying the Mod Staff. Can you imagine the payroll for that, especially if the staff keeps adding forums? I've been on this site for over 2 years, and I still haven't been everywhere here. This place is the Aircraft Carrier of Messageboards: You can spend all the time you want aboard, looking around, and you may never see the whole damn thing. I'm also told that, like a Carrier, there's a 2-lane Bowling alley around here somewhere...

Here's my new flagship (Since my Charactor has arisen from the dead)

USS MONTANA-Georgia Class Battleship

The usual. Political, Religious, and Philisophical debates in Kronos, Lots of stripper jokes towards Krissy, and plenty of trek talk...

A 1 Liter bottle of Coke, cus I'm a balla, and I roll like that...

 

 

Wow...that just sounds bad from me...

 

 

Dawg, wassup wit dat ghetto-speak?

He DID spend an ungawdly amount of time in San Diego, and he's been back here for what? six, eight months now? Surely Zompton has "re-infected him", Kris.

1 Liter Coke. Cus that's how this Suburban Cowboy Rolls. *h/t to his Sergeant-ness*

YBHYR, Krissy is reading over my shoulder and she got a big smile on her face when you mentioned her. as for me, who was my FIRST friend here? Hell if I know. But I personally would consider anyone a friend if they were gonna quote ME in THEIR signiture *wink wink*

Oh my!

Tom was taking the weekend off to help me out, so I decided we better pay him.

I'm a reservist, and it's not a drill weekend, I can drink coffee without a cup right now if I felt so inclined. Not that I do, because that's usually a bad idea...

Navy

 

I, Squid, in lieu of going to prison, swear to sign away 4 years of my life to the United States Navy because I want to hang out with Marines without actually having to BE one of them, because I thought the Air Force was too "corporate," and because I thought, "hey, I like to swim...why not?"

 

I promise to wear clothing that went out of style in 1976 and to have my name stenciled on the butt of every pair of pants I own. I understand that I will be mistaken for the Good Humor man during the summer, and for Waffen SS during the winter.

 

I will strive to use a different language than the rest of the English-speaking world. using words like "deck, bulkhead, cover, and head" instead of "floor, wall, hat, and toilet." I will take great pride in the fact that all Navy acronyms, rank and ensignia, and everything else for that matter, are completely different from the other services and make absolutely no sense whatsoever.

 

I will muster (whatever that is) at 0700 hrs every morning unless I am buddy-buddy with the Chief, in which case I will show up around 0930 hours. I vow to hone my coffee cup handling skills to the point that I can stand up in a kayak being tossed around in a typhoon, and still not spill a drop.

 

I consent to being promoted and subsequently busted at least twice per fiscal year. I realize that, once selected for Chief, I am required to submit myself to the sick, and quite possibly illegal, whims of my new-found "colleagues." So help me Neptune.

That sounds about right. *jumps out of the way of an oncoming train, manages not to spill coffee* Don't let the single chevron fool you, I'm a master at holding a cup of coffee and looking important...

And tonight you didn't make off nearly so well. Partially my fault, since I left my lunch in the rest room...

It's like a game of Domino's. If the Federation falls, the Alpha Quadrant falls. If the Alpha Quadrant falls, the Klingons and the Romulans will fall, and thus the Beta Quadrant will fall...