A special series featuring personal stories from today’s military men and women, highlighting the inspirations, the amazing events and discoveries, and both the victories and challenges of serving our country in the line of duty. This is their reporting.

In Honor of Capt. Brian Freeman, U.S. Army

Do you live in Riverside County, California? Then you may be aware of the radio station Q103.3 Classic Rock. Each year they hold a Charity Golf Tournament. This year Q103.3 is pleased donate the proceeds from our 5th annual Golf Tournament to the surviving wife and children of a Temecula soldier who was killed in action while serving his country in Iraq. Capt. Brian S. Freeman, a resident of Temecula, Calif. He first entered the Army Aug. 21, 1995, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

Upon graduation in spring of 1999, he joined the active-duty Army for a five-year tour. He completed his tour in spring of 2004 and transferred to the Inactive Ready Reserve. Freeman’s military awardsincluded two Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with “M” device, Army Service Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Ribbon, Combat Action Badge, Air Assault Badge, Parachutist Badge and the Marksmanship Qualification Badge. He was a former member of the Army World Class Athlete Program who competed in bobsled and skeleton with the U.S. national team in 2003.

He won a bronze medal as a four-man sled brakeman at a 2002 America’s Cup race. On a personal note, he was a kind, loving husband and a wonderful father. He worked for KB Homes out of the Temecula office. In September 2005, he began mobilizing in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was assigned to the 412th CA Battalion during the spring of 2006 and deployed to Iraq shortly thereafter. In the spring of 2006, he was deployed to Iraq to act as a liaison between the military and local Iraqis to help rebuild civic institutions in the Shiite holy city of Karbala. He quickly established strong relationships with the governor and citizens of the area. Not only did he help obtain more equipment and training for the Iraqi security forces and additional funding for renovation projects, but he developed personal bonds with those he worked with. When his interpreter died in the line of duty, Freeman helped secure death benefits for the family, and condolence payments that had been previously turned down. He also made arrangements for a Karbala police officer’s son to travel to the United States for heart surgery. Capt. Freeman, was captured and killed in Iraq, Jan. 20th 2007.

He left behind a wife, Charlotte, and two children Gunnar, age 3, and Ingrid age 1.

Q103.3 will donate the proceeds from this year’s golf tournament to Charlotte Freeman, through the non-profit organization “All from the heart.”

This is one of those rare events in life where you can come out; have a great time golfing with on-air personality Jeff Gonzer, advertise for your business, and help one of Temecula’s own families through their time of crisis.

Call KTMQ at 951-296-9050 for information regarding sponsorships. (Website)

Player entry fee $103.00 per person, which includes lunch, golf (4 man-scramble), and dinner

Date: June 15th, 2007
Registration and Lunch: 12 noon
Putting Contest: 1:00PM | Shotgun Start: 2 PM

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Cross-posted at Rightfielder

Author’s note: Capt. Freeman did have concerns about the Iraq War. He met with John Kerry and discussed troop levels, funding, etc. Though he had reservations, he reported for duty, served faithfully, and died a hero’s death for his country. He was in the process of enlisting with the United States Coast Guard. I have met his widow personally and she is very grateful for support during this time of hardship. This is where we conservatives can put teeth into President Bush’s slogan “Compassionate Conservatism.”

CaliforniaConservative.org is proud to support this event.

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I wasn’t able to watch the SOTU but I liked a number of things that I read in the President’s speech. Here’s the first thing that I really liked:

First, we must balance the federal budget. We can do so without raising taxes. What we need to do is impose spending discipline in Washington, D.C. We set a goal of cutting the deficit in half by 2009, and met that goal three years ahead of schedule. Now let us take the next step. In the coming weeks, I will submit a budget that eliminates the federal deficit within the next five years. I ask you to make the same commitment. Together, we can restrain the spending appetite of the federal government, and balance the federal budget.

There’s no other way to word this than say that it’s a shot across the Democrats’ bow. He says that we can balance the budget without increasing taxes but it will require spending restraint. I especially liked the part about setting the goal of cutting the annual deficit in half by 2009 and meeting that goal three years ahead of schedule. With tax revenues increasing and nonmilitary discretionary spending flat-lining, there isn’t a reason why we can’t balance the budget shortly after a new president is sworn in.

Next, there is the matter of earmarks. These special interest items are often slipped into bills at the last hour, when not even C-SPAN is watching. In 2005 alone, the number of earmarks grew to over 13,000 and totaled nearly $18 billion. Even worse, over 90 percent of earmarks never make it to the floor of the House and Senate – they are dropped into Committee reports that are not even part of the bill that arrives on my desk. You did not vote them into law. I did not sign them into law. Yet they are treated as if they have the force of law. The time has come to end this practice. So let us work together to reform the budget process…expose every earmark to the light of day and to a vote in Congress…and cut the number and cost of earmarks at least in half by the end of this session.

I’m all for ending anonymous earmarks but I wish President Bush had vetoed some of the earmark-laden bills, especially the Transportation bill a couple years back. If he’d vetoed that Transportation bill, we wouldn’t be dealing with Speaker Pelosi. Oh well. I hope they achieve the President’s goal of cutting earmarks in half by his next SOTU Address. Of course, I’d rather they be eliminated altogether but…

A future of hope and opportunity requires a fair, impartial system of justice. The lives of citizens across our Nation are affected by the outcome of cases pending in our federal courts. And we have a shared obligation to ensure that the federal courts have enough judges to hear those cases and deliver timely rulings. As President, I have a duty to nominate qualified men and women to vacancies on the federal bench. And the United States Senate has a duty as well: to give those nominees a fair hearing, and a prompt up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.

Thank you, President Bush, for putting the heat on scoundrels like Sens. Leahy, Kennedy and Schumer. (continue reading post »)

I didn’t know they existed until I read this article. Look for John Murtha to give him the evil eye after this.

[Jim] Marshall left Princeton University in 1968 to join the Army and serve in Vietnam. Now a member of the Armed Services Committee, he has toured Iraq 10 times.

After watching President Bush’s speech Wednesday night in his office on Capitol Hill, Marshall told me, “The most significant thing is that this is an Iraqi plan. If you think about it, what has the government of Iraq tried to do or suggested doing anything as significant as this, with Iraqis attempting to take the lead? This is a big deal.”

“There’s going to have to be one heck of a great speech by Maliki to the Iraqis because this is Maliki’s plan,” he said, referring to the prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki. “And that’s wonderful, frankly, that this is an Iraq plan to secure Iraq.”

The first thing you notice is that Marshall isn’t thinking about the best way to cut our losses. He isn’t thinking about graceful exit strategies. He’s thinking about winning, a trait he shares with exactly one other Democrat in Washington: Joe Lieberman. What’s got to be more upsetting to Ms. Pelosi is this statement:

“People need to be thinking about this not as some sort of last stand or next-to-the-last stand, but as a reasonable thing for America to do in order to support the Iraqis.”

(continue reading post »)

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That’s the message sent by Patrick Leahy Wednesday at Georgetown’s Law Center. It didn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention to Sen. Leahy’s career.

Mr. Leahy accused Mr. Bush of “corrosive unilateralism,” eroding the privacy rights of Americans, erasing constitutional checks and balances, and “packing” the federal judiciary.

I saw part of Leahy’s speech on C-SPAN. Frankly, Sen. Leahy launched into a predictable diatribe about the NSA’s intercept program by characterizing it as a domestic spying program. One of his most inflammatory remarks was by citing the RFK Justice Department wiretapping Martin Luther King. He also said that he couldn’t imagine a more worrisome situation than the NSA intercept program in the hands of a modern day J. Edgar Hoover. Democrats routinely think that any Republican-nominated FBI director is the reincarnation of J. Edgar Hoover. It’s a shame that they haven’t paid attention to the actual facts. It’s a shame that they’ve had countless diatribes about theoretical situations. (continue reading post »)

While Sen. John Kerry and others in the Democratic party think military service is only for rubes and rightwingers, and it’s not even worth mentioning the opinions of Hollywood, academia, and liberal media effetes elites, there’s only one perspective on this matter that really counts — and that’s coming from the soldiers themselves.

It is our great honor and privilege to share a timely letter we received this morning:

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Subject: why I serve
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:56:57 -0500
From: “Washburn-Neal, Grace M SFC USAR”
To: entries@reportingforduty.org

Hello,

My name is SFC Grace Washburn-Neal. I have been in the US Army for just over 18 years.

I joined the Army for one reason. I love my country. From the time I was a small child I can remember, when my birthday would come around and my Mother would ask me, what kind of cake I wanted. I would always tell her a red, white and blue cake. My birthday is in August, so my Mom would always try to convince me to get a cake with summer colors and I would always refuse. I cannot imagine what it would be like to grow up in a country that women are degraded in. Children cannot go to school, your life being dictated in every way by one man.

It is very sad and frightening to know that the United States could possibly end up like this, if terrorism takes over this country. This is the seriousness and reality that American’s do not realize these days.

We have soldiers dying everyday for this country. No one wants to go to war, but if we do not have enough soldiers to fight for our freedom, then we will be destroyed.

I have a family and I know how hard it is for my family to go through what soldier’s families go through knowing they could lose a loved one and all those families who have already lost loved ones. As a soldier I choose to make these sacrifices everyday because I want to continue to have my freedom in the United States of America.

I will give my life for my country, if that is what it takes to keep the Democracy and Freedom in this country.

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Publisher’s note: We are profoundly impressed by this letter and proudly recognize this soldier for being a great American. We also consider this just one great example of the strength and spirit of the men and women who serve our nation in the U.S. military. Read the letter again. Print it out. Pass it on. Share it with your friends.

God bless our troops and the freedom which they preserve for us.

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The ultimate sacrifice…

Today, we head out to the voting booths to cast our ballots for people and policies. May not always be the right decisions, but it’s our right and the exercise of our nation’s democracy.

We must never forget those who preserve this freedom.

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“No one wants any soldier to die, but be proud.  The United States is a liberator.”

Anwar was pleased to learn of SFC Proctor’s familiarity with the Al Rashid district of Baghdad, where Anwar grew up and and the 82nd ABN served from May 2003-February 2004.  Anwar asked if we knew a Fr. Bashar of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Baghdad, to which the answer was: “Of course!” (continue reading post »)

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With this year’s Memorial Day Weekend upon us, CaliforniaConservative.org is very proud to announce the launch of an ongoing special military series called Why We Fight — The Soldiers’ Stories, and we are currently seeking entries.

Our goal is to present candid stories, from the soldiers, about what inspired them to serve. “I maintain that it takes something extra inside to enlist for service, even if those in the service aren’t aware that they possess it!”, says Craig L. Sanders, USAF and co-founder of the series. “So these tales will hopefully enlighten the public on our feelings as we fight to defend their freedom.”

We’re initiating a bi-weekly series featuring stories from today’s military men and women. In fact, those who have already retired or no longer in active duty are also welcome to share! Here are some of the things we’d like you to share with our readers:

• What inspired you to serve?
• What amazing stories can you recall of military life?
• What challenges have you encountered and/or overcome?
• What does your service mean to you?

Really, anything related to your service or former service — we want to hear about it!

Unless the author requests otherwise, our editorial policy in attributing stories is to use first names only (or an alias if you’d prefer), military rank, and reference to city/state. We will read and take every entry into consideration, but cannot guarantee that all stories will get published.

Once the submissions start rolling in, every weekend we’ll post a story, highlighting the commitment that our fighting men and women give to this great nation. Essays do not have to be political, just personal. We want to hear about your experience!

Check our category We We Fight for weekly/bi-weekly updates. As the first example, read Craig’s personal story here.

We hope hear from many of you serving around the world. You already have our appreciation and admiration for the work that you do. Please share your stories with the public and those who want to know more about those who protect our nation.

As an exclusive feature, we’ve established ReportingForDuty.org as a direct link to our new series.

Email your stories to entries@reportingforduty.org or click here to submit your entry. Please tell others who may be interested in participating. Take our logo. Spread the word!

We will post ALL stories received for our Memorial Day Weekend tribute!

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“I came into the military with both eyes open. I was not preyed upon. I chose this life of service, and I feel blessed every single day. I believe most military personnel share my feelings. Let me prove it to you.”

Coming this Memorial Day Weekend!

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