Hey guys,
Marty Horn from AnySoldier.com, is holding a couple of raffles to support his site. This organization has helped out untold numbers of our Military and I owe a great debt for everything he and the supporters did for me and my Marines while deployed! Plus, it connected me with all of you out there in Cyberland!! I wouldn’t have this blog to pontificate without the help of Capt. B and Marty who I met through AnySoldier.
Captain B has donated a Flag that flew over his base and Lee Ann Womack has signed a hat and shirt as well. I am donating a Marine Corps desert digi cover that I used over in Iraq for his raffle. (yes it’s been washed and is great for wear while out in the garden or the daily walk)
After that sells, I’m going to donate a prop from one of our UAV’s that flew from TQ in Nov of last year during “Operation Steel Curtain.” 
After that, I will donate one of the blades from the first stage compressor assembly of a MIG 25 that I found over in TQ. All these gifts mean a great deal to me and somewhere down the line played a big part in Iraq.
All the money will go to operating expense’s for AnySoldier.com which is very important!! I hope you all can help him out on this mission to raise some cash!! Here is the link on AnySoldier/Marine to check out the stuff. Marty should have the Boonie Cover on there soon and also a chance to win some autographed “AnySoldier” hats from Capt B and myself. Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be able to support one of the greatest sites ever!!!
http://anymarine.com/WhereToSend/
You may have to cut and paste this into your browser. Guys, I want to thank you ahead of time for helping Marty and the site out!! Out of all the support organizations available to our Military, this one has my sole dedication, support and backing!!
Glad you guys liked “Call a Spade a Spade” because that was a difficult piece to write and without making a novel out of it. More stories to come.
Semper Fi,
Taco
P.S. the wife (C.O.) says that the husband does not come with the hat to all of my Female fan base!!!
The SandGram 
August 6, 2006 at 12:55 pm
“Husband does not come with the hat”
Tell the CO I said, Thank God!!! LOL I already have one of those, who has a sense of humor similar to you and Capt B. The thought of EVER having to train another one makes me break out in hives and run for the liquor store:) You guys are the best! Thanks for calling attention to such an awesome program.
PS…mine also requires an editor:)
August 6, 2006 at 9:04 pm
Ditto!
August 7, 2006 at 1:31 am
I’m gonna go broke…
August 7, 2006 at 2:53 am
Darn thought maybe I could use him to help Mom with a garage sale…bummer…gotta go count my pennies…very cool donations there Taco! And what a worthy cause!!
August 7, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Major, That’s very nice of you to donate such great stuff. That creats a small dilemma. Do I take the new tires off my old pick-up truck that I’m donating to Marty to afford some propellor tickets?Does that mean you’re not making your homemade plane so you have more time for the calendar as practically promised in an April post?Is it coming out in for 2007 or 2008?Will the CO only let you show your forehead now?She’s an angel so don’t argue.That would be a disappointment but I don’t think we’d have a “shortage” of other candidates.Don’t forget that this is a fundraiser for Marty, too.
August 7, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Sorry I can’t help it .. but does this mean the husband does not come with the helmit as it the April post?
August 7, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Okay Taco,
Very cool hat, I surely could you that at the motocross races. Cleaning out my piggy bank now.
August 8, 2006 at 12:05 am
Hey Guys,
NavyWife and Gunnut have slaved the past couple of weeks on the 2007 AnySolider/Marine calendar and is almost finished with Marty and Nancy. Should be coming out in the next few months!! stand by!!
August 8, 2006 at 1:36 am
That’s some GREAT news. Thankyou Taco,Navywife, Gunnutt, Marty and Nancy.
August 8, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Dude – take if from me, a hard driven GerberHead, just SAY NO if those ladies want to photograph you without your kevlar….
August 8, 2006 at 3:56 pm
Grunt… we don’t need to ask. He’s already supplied a picture, wearing nothing but a helmet on his “soldier”.
*snicker*
August 8, 2006 at 4:00 pm
Taco – glad to hear there’s another worthwhile way to bust my budget for AnySoldier/Marine. In the future though, don’t wash that stuff before donating – I’d pay WAY more for genuine Marine sweat, crust and stoag fumes than for Downy fresh scents.
BTW for any Colorado supporters (or vacationers from out of state), there is an AnySoldier fundraiser on Friday 8/25 – a golf tourney in Colorado Springs at Fort Carson thanks to a couple of dedicated AnyS supporters. There will even be some of the Fort Carson troops playing with us. This is the 2nd year for the tourney and should be a lotta fun. If you need details, say so here, and I’ll get ’em to you.
August 8, 2006 at 4:30 pm
Uh oh, AFSister and Concerned Grunt are gonna turn these comments into another Gone Wild area! I’d suggest putting up a stiff resistance to their intrusion… 😉
August 8, 2006 at 5:44 pm
GN, I am soooo trying to be good…last week was a dismal failure:) “stiff resistenace” eh? *snicker*
August 8, 2006 at 5:54 pm
Last week we all “went to hell in a handbag”…grandma wasn’t always exactly “on” with her sayings….
August 8, 2006 at 6:07 pm
AFSister…you’re SO wrong! Not on his “soldier,” on his GRUNT! Bwaaaaahahahaha!!
August 8, 2006 at 6:11 pm
Or even better…how about on his “Devildog!!”
August 8, 2006 at 6:13 pm
haha!
You’re right… it was on his GRUNT.
LMAO!
August 8, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Ms. Behavin’ – I am ON TO YOU… no…. better make that I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, and you are sooooo gonna rot in hell for letting eveyone think a prim and proper lady like me would write such….trash.
Bad Bad Doggggg
August 8, 2006 at 7:25 pm
My ears are burning. Is someone talking about me or is it ‘cuz me, Kilo-Alph-R-E-N and B-dame just passed the “Last Gas Station Before Hell” sign???
PS Gunnutt… “stiff” LOL I’ll have to tell Pete about that when I email him later. Hello to the church sewing circle.
August 8, 2006 at 7:35 pm
“Ms. Behavin’ – I am ON TO YOU”
Uh oh.
Here we go again:)
August 8, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Yo Gunnutt –
haven’t heard from you lately, and I’m worried that you’ve been taken out by that SMOG virus that’s going around.
I was watching CNN ‘cuz I wanted to be sure I got the full and accurate story and they said SMOGS are spreading rapidly among milblogs that are especially popular with church sewing circles. I bet ya my kevlar vest it’s those darn Huzzababes, ‘er I mean the Hezzbollahs.
Anyway, you and your lady friends take care, and if that SMOG seems headed your way, let me know and I’ll send in Concerned Grunt and his GerberHeads to do a little Seek and Destroy Mission – when he gets back from his current mission, that is.
August 8, 2006 at 7:47 pm
You sure of that, Big Boy? I’ll give ya a clue…I got a personal invitation to man .50 cal for a friend of yours. Perhaps even the person you THINK is Ms. Behavin’ Again.
August 8, 2006 at 7:55 pm
Does everyone realize that AF Sister is the one who Smogged first here, too????
Ya think she’s got it in (NO pun intended) for Marines in general, or just Cap B and Taco?
August 8, 2006 at 7:59 pm
NO!!!!!
I’m not the Bad Bad Dogggg.
Ms. Behavin’ Again is the Bad Bad Dogggg, and he AIN”T no friend of mine!!!!!!!!
Bang
August 8, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Uhhhhhh, I think Taco and Capt B are just really REALLY easy targets. Like industrial sized Stay-Puffed marshmallows. Did I just say “stay puffed?!?”
August 8, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Bang???
Bwahahahahaha???
Girls, please. Can’t we all just get along?
August 8, 2006 at 8:24 pm
NUH UH!
Wasn’t me… It was Grunt. He started talking about removing kevlar- I merely pointed out that Taco has already bared all around here.
Well… almost all.
*mumble mumble… damn helmets… always in the way….*
August 8, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Oh man, Taco, you’re gonna have to give us all a place to chat on here. What fun that would be! I bet you’d end up blushing more than just a little.
If you get a chance, give me a shout. Been trying to get ahold of you to regarding Brian. He’s still considering MC and AF. We’ve both been doing a lot of research. He’s talked to several AF recruiters and just one MC recruiter. The MC recruiter definitely does a better job of answering questions and showing interest in Brian. Very interesting to see the difference in the recruiting styles. We shall see!
August 9, 2006 at 1:28 am
Pete! Buddy! Long-time-no-hear! I’ve got another box of ceegars for ya, but I’m not sending them in the midst of this SMOG attack. Anyone might end up with ’em!
Send that bad-boy Concerned Grunt up here and I might feel better about letting the church ladies out on Sunday. Those wicked Hezzbos and that nutjob Ahmadushybag are scaring them half to death! They’ve started sewing Kevlar quilts, fer cryin’ out loud!
August 9, 2006 at 3:08 am
Gunnutt – WOW great to hear from ya!!! How’s it hangin’???
Too bad Cap’t B didn’t have one of those kevlar quilts to protect his hard drive. NONE of us would even BE in this SMOG attack if he’d been “better equipped”.
You church ladies sure know how to take care of us boys. Don’t you worry yourselves about AhmadushyBag. We’re ready to take him out right now, but we promised MSM we’d wait till they get here so they can reconstruct the capture site and make US the bad guys.
As for helping y’all on Sunday, you know I’d come myself if I could and walk you sweet ladies to church. And dang it all I can’t send Grunt ‘cuz he’s still on that Top Secret Mission. I guess things are going well for him ‘cuz in his email he wrote: “Holy Hell, things are heating up here and I’m putting out fires right and left.”
That sounds like he’s making progress, right? He couldn’t say exactly where he was ‘cuz of OPSEC but I just know he’s doing ok. Hell he’d wrastle with the devil himself if he thought that’d help you ladies.
Gotta run. You take care now.
August 9, 2006 at 3:12 am
Yo mrs455 … Tony here. Me ‘n the boys(squawk)just wanna say MC’s the bomb.
(SQUAWK)
Ya copy?
August 9, 2006 at 11:59 am
Hey guys,
Lets get one thing straight… all Marines are issued red flashing lights to attach to the flagpole so that passing AirFarce jets don’t hit us!! FYI
G.N. I love ya and will fly up to DC in the Fall to hang out at WR again with the folks. Mrs455, I’ll give you a shout this week about Brian, tell him MC all the way. I mean how many “Army,AF,Navy stickers do you see on the back of a car? Now how many MC stickers do you see?? MsBehavin and the rest of you wild women, Keep it up, I love it!!
S/F
Taco
August 9, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Flagpole LOL
I bet you could “raise” a whole buncha $$$ for AnyMarine if you offered the church sewing circle shinnies up the pole to wave the flag.
God Bless America
August 9, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Huh…. and here I thought those red flashing lights were on there just to make sure the AF boys could FIND the flagpole…
Who knew?!
August 9, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Concerned Grunt, that’s not very nice for you to tell on any of us ladies. Or are you just jealous cuz you were too LATE for the calendar this year?(honestly, I didn’t know)No one can bare all for this calendar because we need to be able to send them to female troops to boost their morale (the guys have Maxim and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue etc.).However, I suggest that the criteria for calendar 2008 be the guys that can keep their helmets up without holding it there 😉
On my way to the Bible factory outlet to get some reading material for Warrior Chapel’s library. Thank God, there’s one near here. God bless the troops in our calendar and all over the world!
August 9, 2006 at 1:52 pm
LOL Karen. That’s the funniest chuckle yet. Ya gotta know when to hold ’em ….. or not.
I’ll be laughin’ about those HOH “helmuts without hands” for awhile.
You can DEFINITELY do Kitten backup on our Captain and The Cat Comedy Tour. Did I tell you USO has contacted me about taking our tour to Iraq? Don’t tell Cap B about it yet. I want to surprise him when Mrs. B lets him out of “time out”. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh
August 9, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Yikes!
Mama Taco’s not readin’ this is she Taco????
August 9, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Karen, you’ve kinda put a whole new visual to “know when to hold ’em”…well, you know the rest:). I may never be able to play poker, uhhhh CARDS with a sraight face again!!
August 10, 2006 at 3:15 am
Taco – I’m really looking forward to having Taco Mamma and Danang68 back up here. Come out to WR while the weather is still nice. The church ladies will be thrilled!
August 10, 2006 at 4:02 am
Well, thought I’d let you guys know his decision……and it’s………
MARINES!!!!!!!!!!
We just got back from signing the paperwork since he won’t be 18 until December. What a night!
Thank you, Taco, for talking with Brian and I.
Thank you, Mrs. Bell, for talking with me.
Taco, let your Mother back on the blog!!!!!!
August 10, 2006 at 6:04 am
Mrs455,
WOW! Another Marine coming down the pipeline! I’m delighted to hear of your son’s decision and I, too, enjoyed talking with you this afternoon. I know it was a difficult decision to make, but I hope your son will make you as proud as my son has made me!
By the way, Taco has finally told his Mamma that she can take off the muzzle and join you all again 🙂 So, Karen I, I just want you to know that I practically choked at what you wrote! The calendar is almost ready for the printer, ladies, but it will be suitable for all ages, and none of that helmet stuff. As I have told some of you, I about flipped out when I saw that picture had been posted! I knew that thing was going to come back to haunt him sometime 🙂
August 10, 2006 at 11:57 am
Yay Mama Taco got unmuzzled!!! Are you sure you didn’t post the now famous pic because he lost a bet or something? lol
Mrs455 Congrats to Brian!! I can only speak for myself, but the Marines I’ve adopted have been the most courteous, respectful, dedicated, appreciative, and patriotic young men I’ve met….anywhere. No matter what we see, hear, or read, the Corps must be doing a damn fine job!!They also have a great, though sometimes bent sense of humor:)
August 10, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Mamma Taco, Great to hear from you again, finally. But we understand you were hard at work on our calendar. Thanks again. Maybe our new Marine Brian can be in our calendar next year.
Cat, I’d love to go over there with you and Capt B. but numero uno, my husband would be PO’d, and numero dos, I don’t want to embarrass my nephew over there. Going to the Mc Donald’s drive-thru (yes, we were lucky enough to get one of those a couple years ago) to scoop up some of the change the people don’t catch and put it in my propellor raffle piggybank.
August 10, 2006 at 2:33 pm
“MsBehavin and the rest of you wild women, Keep it up, I love it!!”
Taco!! FYI!!! We’re in a SMOG attack!!!! Don’t you know what happens when you say sh…things like that?!?!? Besides, does it look like these wimmins need any encouragement????
And what about Mrs Taco?? What’s she gonna say when she sees THAT comment?? She’s gonna have ALL of your ‘treasures’ from Iraq on the next UPS truck bound for Marty’s place!! Good for Marty, baaaaaaddddd for Taco!
mumble..I guess some people just have to figure things out the hard way. sheesh….
August 10, 2006 at 3:58 pm
maybe Taco should put “The Helmet” up for auction! Oh…wait…better yet…”The picture”!……
August 10, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Yo Mrs455 –
Word’s come down to us grunts that you’re giving us one fine GerberHead. SWEET!!!
Me ‘n the boys will take real good care of him.
Yo. Tony
August 10, 2006 at 5:58 pm
Mrs455 –
We church ladies will take real good care of him, too. Hehehe
August 10, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Awwww c’mon Karen, live a little!!
Cap B, the KitKats and I are going to – as Elvis would say – “have a rockin’ good time.”
Here’s what ya say to your hubby; it works like a charm for me whenever I’m Ms Behaving – “Honey, I’m doing it for the troops.”
It’s a LOT HARDER to say it with a straight face, but whenever I’m able to pull it off, my husband responds with a patriotic “Love of country…”
(God Bless his clueless self.)
Pack your bag; I’ll book ya a seat on the USO plane.
August 10, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Taco,
Totally on the mark of course.
Here’s a challenge:
I have decided to send AnySoldier.com $2 for every address I request. I’ll send the payment via PayPal once per week. Marty won’t require payment for the addresses and I certainly understand why, but his organization has to have money to exist and it’s WAY TOO important to let it be at risk.
I challenge every AnySoldier.com supporter to do the same. If you can’t do $2.00 then try $1.00. Every little bit helps raise the moral of our Marines, sailors, soldiers, airmen and Coast Guardsmen and lets them know that they are appreciated and cared for.
August 10, 2006 at 7:15 pm
“(God Bless his clueless self.)”
Sheer poetry. 🙂
August 10, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Now, I wouldn’t suggest the helmets actually be in the calendar. Just that they be used BEFOREHAND to determine if someone meets the criteria to be in the calendar. (Shame on anyone who thought I meant otherwise). Just for a little additional quality control. Now,I could be persuaded to chair this committee…..
August 10, 2006 at 9:35 pm
(squawk) Mrs455 (squawk) do you copy? Just heard about your (squawk) Gerberhead from (squawk) Tony. Listen, (squawk) that’s great news (squawk) ‘n all and those ((squawk) church ladies mean well but (squawk) (screech) (SQUAWK) mRS 455 DO YA READ? Ya there, lady?? Any(squawk)way, tell yout Gerberhead, I’m (squawk) real concerned about him and (squawk) that HE NEEDS TO LAY (squawk) DOWN PERIMETER (squawk, sweet jesus it’s hot here…) FIRE if either (squawk) Karen or Bridget tries to
(squawk) lure him in with their “special” packages. Trust me (squawk) it’s a deal with the (squawk) (SWEAT) (squawk)devil…
August 11, 2006 at 1:57 am
Awwwwwww now Grunt don’t go scaring the little fellow…we really do TREAT em all the same!
(AnySolder way that is…honest Mrs455!)
Why does “devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress on” keep going through my head? Must be karen i. ….not me… nope, nada.
By the way welcome back Mama Taco…I never did ask for the cake recipe…but would love to have it!
August 11, 2006 at 5:02 am
Well it’s not me either. I’ve been busy doing wholesome things in the middle of farm country.I don’t know who concerned Grunt is down there with. I only hope he knows.Mrs455, rest assured if Brian is a contact he will get decent care packages. Concerned Grunt doesn’t know because he isn’t a contact yet and he’s thinking the worst of us sweet ladies.
Mamma Taco, I share your concern though a couple of his other posts may come back to haunt him too especially if he DOES run for office. And, he’ll be explaining this on Jay Leno for sure on the book tour.
August 11, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Though I don’t believe I sleepwalked last night (none of the troops treats between my teeth-don’t say ouch Concerned GRunt-I meant things like m&m’s and chexmix)I woke up thinking about anysoldier and the Sandgram. I believe I got the following inspiration from Samantha West’s comment in April about her computer use of now infamous picture and chatterbox’s idea to sell the picture. Here it is: We sell a desktop theme CD using the picture in various ways to get everything we need and vwala! Another fundraiser for anymarine!
August 11, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Oh Karen puhleeze….. you want to Chair the HOH (Helmuts without Hats) Project and you want us to believe you’ve never done deals with the Devil??? Riiiight
Oh Oh and that great CD fundraising idea – in honor of Mama Taco and T. Bell, we can call it “Look Ma, No Hands”.
Doin’ it for the troops…. AND for AnyS/M.com
August 11, 2006 at 2:44 pm
Oh scratch that typo in last message – HOH is supposed to be Helmuts without Hands. I guess that was a freudian slip ‘cuz Helmuts without Hats would mean, uh, no Helmuts. Oh shit I better stop now – and get me to a church.
August 11, 2006 at 4:36 pm
I finally figured out whos down there with Concerned Grunt….Ms Behaving! Far be it for me to preach.I get the idea that Mamma Taco won’t go for the Look Ma no hands (cute as itis). I agree that the troops need our continued support and prayers, but do you really need to support S & M .com?At this point you and Concerned Grunt need to go to the nearest church regardless of the denomination-anything thats open or even a Bible factory outlet. And Concerned Grunt, if you can manage to get out of he## right away,when you get deployed your packages will be sent straight from the clearance table of the Bible Factory Outlet. Praying for you both….
August 11, 2006 at 5:00 pm
S & M.com? You may have found the way to get the site BUNCHES more hits! Ooooooh Marty’s gonna love this one. hahahaha And I’m pretty sure church ain’t gonna help:)
August 11, 2006 at 5:02 pm
“Look Ma, No Hands”.
HILARIOUS! I love it!
Look at what you’ve started, Taco!
What is there about a soldier, in or out of uniform, that just makes a girl’s heart skip a beat.
Wanna know something scary???
My son will have senior pics taken in a few weeks. He’s requested one with just a cowboy hat in front of him such as the infamous Bell pic. When he told me his request, I had to show him Taco’s pic! I just shook my head and said must be a Marine thing!
With Brian’s sense of humor, he’ll fit right in with the rest of these guys.
August 11, 2006 at 5:02 pm
You all are hilarious! Not to change the subject, however…. 🙂 I just saw something cool on the AnySoldier page that has the raffle items! Why it isn’t highlighted, I can’t figure out, but it sounds like an awesome way to raise money for AnySoldier! We all search the Internet, right? Well, we can earn money for AnySoldier by using the search engine called “Good Search”! Here’s the write up on his web site:
What if AnySoldier.com earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it’s powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.
Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter “Any Soldier” as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!
I just checked this out, and it really works! In the box for the chirity name, I just typed “Any Soldier” and up it came!! You can add it to your tool bar also. No more Google for me, I’m sending this out to all my family and friends!!
Now you all can go back to all your discussions for the church-going ladies, of which I am one, too!!
August 11, 2006 at 6:27 pm
Thanks for the heads up MamaT. I’ll definitely be using it and passing the word.
Mrs455, aren’t you glad your son will have the benefit of such avid supporters? He won’t know what hit him. lol BTW my niece says she wants a copy of the cowboy hat pic…..and so life as a Marine Mama begins:)
August 11, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Good grief! lol Be careful what you ask for. He’d probably send it to her!
Don’t even get Brian started! When he and I are in the car, he’ll hit me up with the most bizarre stuff just to see what kind of reaction he’ll get…and I can’t walk away. It’s made for some very interesting road trips! Of course, I’ve managed to shock him a few times! hehehe Parental revenge is so sweet.
I know Brian will be well taken care of. He’s got a new family now!
August 11, 2006 at 8:39 pm
Taco, you’re doing so many great things for AS. Also, with the dedicated work of NavyMom and GunnNutt…we predict the AnySoldier.com calendar is going to be VERY successful!
August 11, 2006 at 10:43 pm
Forgive me, but I used the dogpile search engine (a collection of yahoo, google etc.) and have determined that the S&M.com domain might be free. Since Marty of Anysoldier is such a computer wiz, if he has scruples about actually using it, he could buy it and sell it at a profit for anysoldier.com.
Thankyou for your work on the calendar. I tried to use your blog but it said 0.
August 11, 2006 at 10:46 pm
I forgot to type Nancy for the last two sentences. Thanks again, Nancy!
August 11, 2006 at 10:54 pm
I NEVER said S&M.com!!!! I was just using shorthand (from secretarial school) for Soldier/Marine.com and you had to go and turn it into something lurid, Kilo-Alpha-R-E-N. (nice going).
Girls, please. Gunnutt asks that we Keep It Clean for Pete’s sake.
August 12, 2006 at 3:55 am
You’re right, ANYS$M.com.(You weren’t too particular) That domain is free too. I can see you made it back from church with or without the Grunt.I didn’t make it to church but I forgive you for blaming me for your lurid typos.Besides, I was just following the Major’s orders which specifically named you for starters. You better change your handle to Ain’t misbehaving.Major, Gunnutt is disobeying orders and is trying to clean up your site!(According to ain’t Ms. Behaving )
August 12, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Hi everybody – Setting multiple personalities aside (only for awhile) I just want to say how great I think the ideas for AnySoldier/Marine support are that you’ve posted on this site in the past few days. I have so much pride for what we all are doing, and for the amazing efforts of Marty, his family, Nancy and all who make that organization work. Being able to meet some of you at the Milblog was truly memorable, and I feel very blessed to have found people who care so much about our troops and our fight against terrorism.
And in these especially troubled times where we’re losing our Best and Brightest to IEDs, Israel is again in the thick of battle for its very existence, and aldushybags very nearly caused terrible air terror, it has been most therapeutic to have the comic relief of our SMOGS.
Lastly Agnieska – PLEASE come to the 8/24 golf fundraiser in Colo Spgs. I promise you don’t have to hit any balls, but I want you there!!!
Have a great weekend, everybody.
“Me ‘n my alter egos” will be back in business soon. Just figured Taco might want his blog to himself for awhile 🙂
August 12, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Oh Agnieska – the golf tourney is Friday 8/25, NOT 8/24
August 12, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Sammy D, I just unpacked from my planned USO trip to Afghanistan being sick of doing wholesome things in the heartland and about to break the news to cat that I was coming after all. But of course, I would’ve persuaded the pilot to go to Afghanistan instead of Iraq as to not embarrass my nephew in Iraq. I did start getting suspicious when someone referred to Ms. Behaving Again as “he” but I didn’t think a cross-dresser on Taco’s blog was a stretch (Sorry, Major)I did think that Ms. Behaving was Concerned Grunt because she used kilo-alpha etc.Well, you all really got me good. Just call me Wang the Second. Back to peeling apples….
August 12, 2006 at 8:10 pm
The immediatedly previous anonymous is Wang the second -previously Karen I.(Don’t know how I got anonymous
August 12, 2006 at 9:20 pm
This conversation is getting really confusing. Taco, post something new so we can start over again with new split-personalities!
And you ladies and whatever, poor young Lcpl Pete is sensitive! His ideas about church ladies are being sorely tested.
August 12, 2006 at 11:27 pm
GN, are saying Lcpl Pete is ummm, wimpy?
And a cross dresser is NOT out of the question…some guys have been subjected to all those ME ‘man dresses’ ya know!
August 13, 2006 at 2:11 am
GN, LMAO over “And you ladies and ‘whatever’….”
Which makes me want to ask…Hey
Sammy d, how many people you got livin’ inside you dude?? Or is it dudette????
August 13, 2006 at 4:11 am
Just to confuse Gunnutt further … Mrs. Diva are you asking about the AnyMarine LCpl Pete or the SMOG LCpl Pete?
(sound of high pitched maniacal laughter…)
August 13, 2006 at 4:22 am
“Who’s on First?” Getting lost in the names and genders here!
ACK>>>>>
August 13, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Yup. 🙂
August 13, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Karen I. is still stewing in her brew (yes, she spent a decade of her life in Milwaukee), still mortified about not immediately picking up on the smog thing. But, she did learn alot of vocabulary…kevlar(ebay calls anything a kevlar), this type of smog, grunt, gerberhead.She has come along way from appox. 1 1/2 years ago. When asked via email, Marty Horn of anysoldier had to tell her what showershoes were…no, they were not military issue.Well, she had one last fund-raising idea she wanted me to convey. For 2008, a desktop calendar (so we get to see 365 troops properly unattired) with a contact quote and a supporter quote on each page:)
August 14, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Wang the 2nd–formerly known as Karen I…
“unattired”?
August 14, 2006 at 9:17 pm
That’s what she told me. But, she’d still buy the calendar if there was a picture of troops and their activities on each page.She wanted to know if Mamma Taco and Mama Taco were smog personalities. She’s pretty sure Navy Wife isn’t.
August 15, 2006 at 12:52 am
OK, just to save on blushes and therapy for Wang II, Navy Wife and Mama Taco are one and the same. Great lady and she qualifies for both of those names:) Mrs. Diva and SK are one and the same, not for smogging purposes but because I’m mentally challenged and forgot to change the damn ID!! And I like “unattired”. 🙂
August 15, 2006 at 1:28 am
Thanks, Mrs. Diva!
August 15, 2006 at 4:01 pm
I’ll ‘fess up. I thought Ms. Behavin’ was someone else even though I’m still not sure WHO it really is, so I used Ms. Behavin’ AGAIN to poke at who I thought was a HIM. So LL and Ms. Behavin’ Again are one and the same.
Whew, glad I got THAT straightened out.
August 16, 2006 at 12:00 am
I’m still very confused, and now I’m dizzy, too.
Lcpl Pete is VERY MUCH A MAN! I’m just not sure who I’ve been talking to on this thread… Will the real, um… you know, Grunt-Miz Behavin-LL-SK-Sammy D-Kilo alpha ren-etc. PLEASE STAND UP!
August 16, 2006 at 1:14 am
Nuh uh. And don’t be blamin’ us for the dizzies. LOL
August 16, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Hey Guys and Gals…I think guys and gals…I’m sooooo confused!!!
Got my calendars ordered at ANYSOLDER…they are on the site now…go look and order!! Limited amount!
August 16, 2006 at 8:47 pm
Thanks for the heads up Bridget! Some of the afore mentioned personalities have now ordered:) By email Marty said it’s the hottest thing they’ve ever had on the site….going FAST! WOO HOO!!
August 17, 2006 at 3:14 am
Gunnutt – you’ve always been a little dizzy, hon.
August 17, 2006 at 8:16 am
A good friend of mine has ordered her calendars,too. She likes the example but she has made peace with the fact that she will have to undress the male models with her imagination. Night! Night!
August 17, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Gunnutt – only Cap’t B knows for sure who’s who. He could tell ya… but then he’d have to kill ya.
September 6, 2006 at 1:53 am
Hey Major
I am the lucky winner of the 8 point cover. I sent you an email subject ‘Thanks for the raffled cover!’ I am looking forward to getting it in the mail soon. Though I can never find caps that fit my big head so i am sure this one won’t! ha,ha That was real nice of you to do, Thank you! I will treasure it always. I have supported the troops via Any Soldier since April 2004 – Bourland was my very first contact to support – and on his 2nd go round my 41st contact to support. I have loved doing it and have really loved corresponding with those who wrote back. Lord Bless You Major Bell! Kevin R in Virginia.