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Welcome Home Son
I would like to congradulate my son, LCPL David Cole Lang, for his honorable discharge after serving in the Marines for 4 years. Cole has served two tours in Iraq and his last deployment was in Afghanistan, where his platoon, 2/7...
Posted by kjgalyan - Sat Sep 27, 2008 17:52:44 PDT
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One month down...
I can’t believe it has been a month since I said good-bye to my husband. I can now say I have officially survived one whole month of deployment. Wow! One month … gone just like that, oh sure -- I can handle this....
Posted by militarywife - Tue Sep 2, 2008 09:53:23 PDT
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A Soldier's Words
  During a recent email conversation I had with Sergeant Evan Webb, who spends the majority of his days and nights outside the wire in Iraq, the topic of patriotism came up. "I've always been patriotic. The "Star Spangled...
Posted by britgal - Mon Jul 7, 2008 15:20:27 PDT
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California Lovin'
This picture was taken of Bakersfield National Guardsmen during a visit by V.P. Cheney on March 20th 2008, Balad Iraq.
Posted by bjmedic76 - Mon Mar 24, 2008 13:08:50 PDT
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Serving up steaks in Iraq
Iraq — Why would four civilians spend $32,000 of their own money to leave the good old USA on Christmas Day to come to war? “To grill steaks,” said Tom Anton, founder of Cooks from the Valley, a group of men from...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Thu Feb 21, 2008 15:19:11 PST
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Californian Readers Respond Touching A Soldiers Heart
Thank you everyone who has written my son Matthew, US Army Specialist, 10th Mtn Division, 4th Brigade deployed in Baghdad. Matthew said he had returned from mission and had received over 50 letters.  I had not...
Posted by brianitos - Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:13:30 PST
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Thanks to "Old Friends of Bakersfield"
Bakersfield has done it again.  More specifically the "Old Friends of Bakersfield" car club has stepped up with their support for our troops.  My son, Dillon Davis is currently stationed at Balad AFB in Iraq. ...
Posted by derekdavis - Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:26:17 PST
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remembering Those Who Serve
Hello to all, Our son Matthew has been deployed to Iraq from fall 2007 until spring 2009.  He was deployed fall 2006 until late spring 2007 in Afghanistan.  Matthew like so many other men and women missed being home with their...
Posted by brianitos - Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:38:27 PST
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My wife
Posted by bjmedic76 - Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:28:03 PST
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Happy Camper
This is SPC Bago.  He Just finished a week of Combat Lifesaver training.  Once he was validated he received a chilled I.V. Courtesy of the next candidate.
Posted by bjmedic76 - Tue Nov 13, 2007 15:12:01 PST
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Ft. Dix I.V. training
On this day us medics had to validate certain non-medical individuals on their ability to perform an intravenous infusion ( I.V.)  The temperatures were 115+ and nobody felt like doing anything after a long day...
Posted by bjmedic76 - Tue Nov 13, 2007 14:54:28 PST
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Iraq 2007-2008
Posted by bjmedic76 - Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:50:56 PST
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Happy Veterans Day Bakersfield
I am a medic in the National Guard currently serving in Iraq. The base where I am stationed hosted a 5k Veterans Day “fun” run. Most on this run carried with them our nation’s flag to honor those who have fought and...
Posted by bjmedic76 - Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:48:26 PST
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Will Iran Be Next?
Local members of The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime! joined others at the Peace Corner (Stockdale Highway at California Street) on October 12 to protest the threatened aggression our country has made towards Iran.  We...
Posted by linfestyp - Mon Oct 15, 2007 15:36:51 PDT
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My Thoughts on the War
My son will soon be deploying for his second tour of duty in Iraq. In fact, the actual date is September 27, 2007. Its too close for comfort. I'm the very proud and terrified mother of  United States Marine Cpl. Jose Rodriguez III....
Posted by LoriD - Tue Sep 18, 2007 16:24:35 PDT
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war in Iraq
I believe that we are fighting for a good cause. I do have many friends who are fighting and who have fought, one who was sent home because he and his unit were victims of a car bomb. Many lives will be lost to this war, many have...
Posted by drphill - Mon Sep 17, 2007 09:30:36 PDT
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What do you think about the war in Iraq?
Since the war in Iraq began more than four years ago, American public opinion has changed from overwhelming support to dissatisfaction. But polls and numbers cannot describe the feelings of a mother whose child is shot at daily, or a...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:56:45 PDT
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The War in Iraq
Just think, if Saddam was so bad, now as Bush n company try to pull sway there, more people have died in the last year than in all the years that Saddam was in power so who's the greater evil?, We seem to be worse!...
Posted by Vleeds - Thu Aug 9, 2007 15:19:18 PDT
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9-11 Started this??
After reading the articles in this section, I decided I needed to say something about what several people keep bringing up: We are fighting terrorists because they started all of this with the tragedies on 9-11. Let's for a moment forget...
Posted by superface13 - Thu Aug 9, 2007 11:42:16 PDT
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The War on Iraq; Remembering Vietnam
I try not to think about the war in Iraq.  I have a nephew in Iraq now.  This is his second deployment.  I had hoped the war would end before he had to go back.  Obviously it didn't, and if history...
Posted by Janigirl - Wed Aug 8, 2007 14:44:49 PDT
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The Other Cost of the War
  I lay in bed, again unable to go to sleep, flicking through the TV channels hoping for something to put me to sleep. Instead, I see such crud on every channel, all of it leading me to wonder – why are we fighting a war...
Anonymous user - Mon Jul 23, 2007 14:27:47 PDT
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Forgotten soldier
This is to inform all of Bakersfield of a very special person. His name was Brandon A. Parr. He was killed March 3 while serving in Baghdad, Iraq. He was not remembered as a hero here in Kern County. He was buried in Utah because that...
Posted by kalichik24 - Wed Apr 11, 2007 13:56:49 PDT
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