On this 4th of July - Support Our Troops
On this Fourth of July, please remember and honor our service men and women who are away from their families and friends back home."Dear IAVA Members and Supporters --
This Fourth of July, we're celebrating a remarkable example of real patriotism. Please take a minute to read this story of a group of IAVA members whose recent work helped save lives on the ground in Iraq. Then find out what you can do to help.
Late last month, an email came into the general mailbox at IAVA headquarters from an Army Lieutenant in Iraq whose unit was experiencing a shortage of bandages called "QuikClot," that have been crucial in preventing wounded Troops from bleeding to death on the battlefield.
A nine-month old Army order specified that all Soldiers were to be issued the bandages, but apparently someone didn't get the memo, and Troops were dying because of this latest example of military supply problems.
IAVA staff forwarded the email to Mike Zacchea, a Marine Reservist and IAVA member veteran who was wounded in Iraq and treated with those same bandages.
Mike, in turn, contacted Dorine Kenney, a Gold Star Mother whose son Jacob was killed in Iraq in 2003. Dorine now runs the Jacob's Light Foundation, which sends supplies and care packages to Troops in Iraq. Within days, Dorine's group had mailed 200 packets of QuikClot to the Lieutenant in Iraq.
Responding to the ongoing media coverage, more than 100,000 QuikClot bandages have been ordered by the Army, and Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) attached an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill providing $20 million for more of these critical bandages.
BUT WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE: We need all our IAVA members and supporters to get in touch with friends and family serving in Iraq, and find out if they have the QuikClot bandages they need. If not, let us know by writing to info@iava.org, and we'll continue working with the Jacob's Light Foundation to make sure our troops don't have to go without any longer.
Thanks for continuing to really support the troops.
Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq War Veteran
Founder and Executive Director, IAVA.”
Support Our Troops
Give 'em Bandages!
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posted by REB 84 at 6/30/2006 12:08:00 AM
3 Comments:
Hi Roy
This is the link to a doctrine of fact/Bush uncovered. I believe if you really want to know why Iraq? why the illegal immigration? Why Border insecurity? what Bush is doing here and around the world, why, and what we are all in for? Think about all he has done and allowed to happen and read the doctrine he is following! Everything will make sense to you.
http://www.anaveragepatriot.com/doctrine.html
Jim,
Hard-hitting paper you have there. I was just reading in "The Week" about how "end-timers" are becoming increasingly active and influential. What I find most disturbing is that they now have the technical power and military mechanisms to bring about something akin to Armagedon.
Still, I suspect the end will not be what they had in mind. No doubt, there is a special place in Hell for destroyers of humanity.
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