To All Our Vets...

all of which took four years before I got any help at all.

That's really a shame.

Thank you for your service and I'm ashamed that we didn't treat you better.

I'm a vet myself ('68-'69, but service was in Belgium) but I didn't have to be one to know that we need to take better care of those who have served.

Sadly, this has been a recurring theme at least since Vietnam.
 
Just think of all the vets that could be taken care of with all the money we send to all the other countries every year - friend and enemy.
I think before we send one penny overseas, we take care of and feed OUR PEOPLE FIRST - military and civilian alike. What's left over - then we'll talk.

Start by electing politicians that want to cut spending instead of of taxing.
 
Start by electing politicians that want to cut spending instead of of taxing.

Unfortunately, what you get with the rest of that package isn't so great.

I'm all in favor of small government, but IMHO, that includes staying out of peoples' bedrooms and doctors' offices as well as motorcyclists' heads.

:)
 
May God be with all who serve -- both active and veterans! Thank you all with all my heart. I also want to thank the families who sacrifice so much in support of those in uniform. Too many give their lives, and "Thank you" is not adequate.
 
Happy Memorial Day! Give thanks to all our veterans living and past. Be sure and visit the Cemeteries and Memorials if you can. :goodjob:
 
Attended a great PGR mission today.No KIA we did not bury anyone just honored the one that have and are serving.We were invited to CHIPLEY/PINE MOUNTAIN,GA.To participate in their veterans day celebration.What a good time in a small town.I would like to say my thanks here to all that are and have served.
 
My first PGR mission was for a good friend of mine, a guy from my military unit. He was just out riding his bike, as bicycle, and dropped over dead from a heart attack. I didn't even know he had died until I got the notice for the PGR mission.
 
Thank you for joining the PGR. If you visit the national website patriotguard.org and read the comments from families who have experienced any measure of comfort from our solemn and respectful participation in their time of grief and it will warm your heart. I am proud to stand along with these men and women.
 
Great story:

It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean.

Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where it seems he almost has the world to himself. The glow of the sun is a golden bronze now.

Everybody's gone, except for a few joggers on the beach. Standing out on the end of the pier, Ed is alone with his thoughts...and his bucket of shrimp.

Before long, however, he is no longer alone. Up in the sky a thousand white dots come screeching and squawking, winging their way toward that lanky frame standing there on the end of the pier.

Before long, dozens of seagulls have enveloped him, their wings fluttering and flapping wildly. Ed stands there tossing shrimp to the hungry birds. As he does, if you listen closely, you can hear him say with a smile, 'Thank you. Thank you.'

In a few short minutes the bucket is empty. But Ed doesn't leave.

He stands there lost in thought, as though transported to another time and place.

When he finally turns around and begins to walk back toward the beach, a few of the birds hop along the pier with him until he gets to the stairs, and then they, too, fly away. And old Ed quietly makes his way down to the end of the beach and on home.

If you were sitting there on the pier with your fishing line in the water, Ed might seem like 'a funny old duck,' as my dad used to say. Or, to onlookers, he's just another old codger, lost in his own weird world, feeding the seagulls with a bucket full of shrimp.

To the onlooker, rituals can look either very strange or very empty. They can seem altogether unimportant ... maybe even a lot of nonsense.

Old folks often do strange things,
at least in the eyes of Boomers and Busters.

Most of them would probably write Old Ed off, down there in Florida . That's too bad. They'd do well to know him better.

His full name: Eddie Rickenbacker. He was a famous hero in World War I, and then he was in WWII. On one of his flying missions across the Pacific, he and his seven-member crew went down. Miraculously, all of the men survived, crawled out of their plane, and climbed into a life raft.

Captain Rickenbacker and his crew floated for days on the rough waters of the Pacific. They fought the sun. They fought sharks. Most of all, they fought hunger and thirst. By the eighth day their rations ran out. No food. No water. They were hundreds of miles from land and no one knew where they were or even if they were alive. Every day across America millions wondered and prayed that Eddie Rickenbacker might somehow be found alive.

The men adrift needed a miracle. That afternoon they had a simple devotional service and prayed for a miracle. They tried to nap. Eddie leaned back and pulled his military cap over his nose. Time dragged on. All he could hear was the slap of the waves against the raft...

Suddenly, Eddie felt something land on the top of his cap.
It was a seagull!

Old Ed would later describe how he sat perfectly still, planning his next move. With a flash of his hand and a squawk from the gull, he managed to grab it and wring its neck. He tore the feathers off, and he and his starving crew made a meal of it - a very slight meal for eight men. Then they used the intestines for bait. With it, they caught fish, which gave them food and more bait . . . and the cycle continued. With that simple survival technique, they were able to endure the rigors of the sea until they were found and rescued after 24 days at sea.

Eddie Rickenbacker lived many years beyond that ordeal, but he never forgot the sacrifice of that first life-saving seagull... And he never stopped saying, 'Thank you.' That's why almost every Friday night he would walk to the end of the pier with a bucket full of shrimp and a heart full of gratitude.

Reference:
(Max Lucado, "In The Eye of the Storm", pp..221, 225-226)

PS: Eddie Rickenbacker was the founder of Eastern Airlines. Before WWI he was race car driver. In WWI he was a pilot and became America 's first ace. In WWII he was an instructor and military adviser, and he flew missions with the combat pilots. Eddie Rickenbacker is a true American hero. And now you know another story about the trials and sacrifices that brave men have endured for your freedom.

As you can see, I chose to pass it on.
It is a great story that many don't know...You've got to be careful with old guys, You just never know what they have done during their lifetime.
 
On Nov. 8 th a group of PGR members, family and friends honored one of our remaining WWII Veterans. This is always a privilege to do this and we are looking forward to doing it again! Here is a short video of our honoring Paul Simpson US Navy.

https://vimeo.com/79835028

Phill
 
It is always an HONOR to be part of celebrating the life of one of our great generation veterans. WWII veteran SSgt Lumpkin was laid to rest December 18th. We had several members of the PGR that stood a flag line and escorted him to his final resting place. May you rest in peace SGT LUMPKIN. "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY " Here is a short Video of our mission.

http://vimeo.com/82433222
 
SALUTE ThumbUp
Battles fought well, Missions accomplished, time in Grade at this Station complete.
His reward: Eternal R&R with THE Commander.
 
I've always enjoyed your videos Phil but I cannot get the last few you have posted to load ( they load and scroll fast but no pic or sound) I am having the same problem trying to view them on the other site you post on. Am I the only one having trouble viewing them or is it an operator error. ( I'm really thinking its something to do with my system )
Bruce :AGGHH::AGGHH::
 
Very nice video Phil. I love what The Patriot Guard Riders stand for and this video is one more example of the care each member puts into each memorial. Great tribute to a man who served his country with pride. He has joined the Warriors who went before him and is now seeing the ultimate commander. May he rest in peace..
 
That was a great video and I'm sure SSgt Lumpkin was a great man, citizen and warrior. Rest in Peace my friend. The fight is now over and you earned your rest.
 
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky,
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Fading light, dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright,
From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night.

Thanks and praise, for our days,
'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, 'neath the sky,
As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

Sun has set, shadows come,
Time has fled, Scouts must go to their beds,
Always true to the promise that they made,

While the light fades from sight,
And the stars gleaming rays softly send,
To thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend.

Rest in Peace SGT. Lumpkin
 
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