07-13-2004, 12:26 PM
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I like reading stuff like this that shows the good things about our guys over there. Tabby Gets Military Rank After Iraq Tour Tue Jul 13, 8:56 AM ET Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo! By The Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fort Carson Staff Sgt. Rick Bousfield of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team had a mission: Saving Pvt. Hammer. Pfc. Hammer is an Iraqi tabby cat the unit adopted after he was born last fall at a base in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad. When Bousfield found out his unit was leaving Iraq (news - web sites) in March, he decided he couldn't leave a member of his team behind. "He has been through mortar attacks," said Bousfield, a 19-year Army veteran. "He'd jump and get scared liked the rest of us. He is kind of like one of our own." Pfc. Hammer got his name from the unit that adopted him, Team Hammer. Soldiers would tuck Hammer in their body armor during artillery attacks, and in return, Hammer chased mice in the mess hall. "He was a stress therapist," Bousfield said. "The guys would come back in tired and stressed. Hammer would come back and bug the heck out of you. He wiped away some worries." The kitten earned his rank after nabbing five mice. When Bousfield learned his unit was going, he sent an e-mail to Alley Cat Allies, a national clearinghouse of information on stray cats, asking for help bringing Hammer along. Alley Cat Allies raised $2,500 for Hammer's shots, sterilization, paperwork and a plane ride to the United States. Hammer left Iraq with his unit in March, then flew from Kuwait to San Francisco in cargo-class. He traveled first class with an Alley Cat Allies volunteer to Denver. Bousfield met the kitten at the airport.
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07-14-2004, 10:18 AM
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Now, that's a good story! I have forgotten what comfort a pet can be!
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07-14-2004, 10:32 AM
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lets see compasion, and loyalty. doesn't sound like the baby killers the press tried to make them out to be does it.
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07-14-2004, 12:22 PM
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What member of the press has painted our troops in that light?
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07-14-2004, 12:26 PM
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It is a good story. I have three cats (Dick Nixon, Phyllis, and, Lulu) My mother in-law got two cats since she's been on chemo and they have kept her spirits up during some really awful times. |
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07-14-2004, 12:30 PM
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Lets see NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, plus public TV
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07-14-2004, 12:40 PM
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I haven't seen the reports you are mentioning. They tend to put our troops in a good light.
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07-14-2004, 12:51 PM
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i HAVE YET TO SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING POSITIVE OUT OF ANY OF THE ONE'S i MENTIONED -- FOX is the only one showing the good things our guys are doing -- the others won't show it because that will support the current administration and show that this war was the right thing to do and that taking Saddam out of power helped these people.
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