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The largest reenlistment ceremony in the history of the U.S. military took place in the rotunda of the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, Iraq on July 4, 2008.
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The video above shows the mass reenlistement ceremony in the Al Faw Palace rotunda at Camp Victory, Baghdad. The troops chose to celebrate Independence Day in a way that gives expressive form to the price of freedom. According to the Army account , General Petraeus presided over the ceremony and led the airmen, Marines, sailors, and soldiers in their oath to defend their country against all enemies...
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GEN Dave Petraeus re-enlists 1,215 US soldiers at Al Faw Palace, Baghdad. July 4, 2008. Sort of puts the typical fireworks display and barbecue to shame. If this brings neither a tear to your eye or causes a bit of a tingle to run up your spine you need to rethink what today is about. (h/t to Bob Krumm from whom I pinched the headline)
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This’ll make your heart swell with pride: Hat Tip: Hot Air
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In spite of the late posting, all of this will be on tomorrow's quiz: From The New York Times, "The Choice They Made" by William Kristol. The Founding Fathrs are not only still relevant today - we need them more...
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R e-enlist in the US military on the 4th of July: Awesome. Fittingly, they took that oath in one of Saddam’s former palaces festooned with a huge American flag.
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Alas! Further fallout from this unpopular war...1250 of our troops re-enlist in Baghdad on the Fourth of July! Hat tip Hot Air Cross Posted at Proof Positive
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It's late now. 2008's July 4th parties and celebrations are almost over, though the fireworks are still going on. The two sides of America observe this holiday in different ways. What follows are descriptions of just two events for this year... First the bad (as in annoying) news: Gateway Pundit had the initial story I saw this morning on CodePink’s disruption of the 4th of July swearing-in ceremony...
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Bob Krumm reports: BAGHDAD – How are you spending your 4th of July holiday? While most Americans probably slept, 1,215 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines raised their right hands and committed to a combined 5,500 years of additional service during the largest reenlistment ceremony in the history of the American military. Beneath a large American flag [...]
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Here's the video of the largest reenlistment ceremony in US military history. July 4, in Baghdad:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aAU1XE8MQk Troops re-enlisting in Iraq today. God bless them all. (Hat Tip: Hot Air.)
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About 1,200 members from all the four service branches re-enlisted in a 4th of July ceremony yesterday at Camp Victory in Baghdad. Powerline has the video: The video above shows the mass reenlistement ceremony in the Al Faw Palace rotunda at Camp Victory, Baghdad. The troops chose to celebrate Independence Day in a way that gives expressive form to the price of freedom. According to the Army account...
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In Baghdad, General David Petraeus administered the oath of re-enlistment to over 1200 soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen in Al-Faw Palace, one of Saddam Hussein’s former cribs. This was possibly the largest re-enlistment ceremony in the history of our...
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Vesna Zeljkovic, 20, of Bosnia hugs President Bush following her oath of citizenship during the 46th annual Independence Day celebration and naturalization ceremony at Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, July 4, 2008 No class President Bush hecklers went out of their way today to mar the new citizen swearing in celebration at Thomas Jefferson’s...
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1,215 of our bravest showed America on July 4th that they are committed to defending their country and committed to finishing the job they were assigned in March 2003.
