After seeing the post the proud father of the new US Air Force Airman he had in his family, I thought it would be a great thing to honor our kids serving in the Military. Here is my son serving in the US Navy.

Now, Petty Officer 3rd Class Rick Bradham
Bless Our Troops

congrats Bill seems like he's moving up the chain!!

you should be proud of him. may God bless you and your son.

Great idea for a post. Great pic and tell him Thanks

Hats off to all who raised such fine young men.

Thanks for sharing. And tell him Thanks carrying the torch.
Pinned to the top for our finest.
Show us them pictures.

Here is my son fresh out of Basic Training

all of us thank them for their service!

Here's my son, Seaman Appentice Schwind. No, that's not the Pacific in the background. It's Lake Ray Roberts. Mom made him do family pics in uniform. He loves the Navy, but misses Texas, especially when hunting season rolls around.

Here he is standing starboard on his ship the USS Dubuque ported in San Diego.

Tell him Thanks

Did you know about the USN websites for most of ships?

Some of the websites have amazing stuff on them.

I had a friend on the USS Stennis that was photograper mate, and she used to send me some great pictures

http://www.dubuque.navy.mil/default.aspx

This is our son Spec. Jackey. Pic is him in Iraq working on the Apache helicopter.



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My oldest son "Bear" - 2ndLt 56th Infantry BCT US Army

GOOD STUFF...GOD BLESS'EM and thanks for their service!!!!!

God Bless America! Good stuff.

This is the best thread in photo section. Thank You all for producing such fine Gentlemen. My prayers go out to your familys. Keep the photos coming daughter, son, nephew, kid from down the street, etc....

god bless america and everybody in the millitary

Thanks to all the men and women serving our country.

My daughter Jessica Stationed at Shaw AFB, Sumter, SC. This child is having the time of her life. She loves it.

Great pictures Jodie. The smile tell the story well. Tell her Thanks for carrying the tourch for us.

MamaJodie,

Glad you were able to get your daughters pictures posted. And of course she is having a great time at Shaw AFB. She is only two hours from the beach..............surfs up......

BTW, I was raised in Sumter SC and was stationed at Shaw, it is truly a great place.

Please thank her for all of us for defending our FREEDOMs....

Bless Our Troops.........

Bill,
Aint it a small world??
The beach...you know that was the first thing she had to find out about before anyting else. I pick on her all of the time telling her she has been on a two year vacation and it is time for her to go to work. LOL!!
Thanks for the help.

My son PFC Kyle US Marine.
Right now he's in secrete training somewhere in the So-Cal desert. He'll be deployed to afcrapastan for his first tour this coming Feb.

This is a great post! Its nice to see photos of the folks I pray for every night!!!

I know him. I am an instructor here at Sheppard AFB.

Good looking group of kiddos. I appreciate all of their service.

Hey Warthog, He seems to be enjoying himself up at Sheppard. He is learning a lot about F16s. I've been building the F16s for about 30 years at Lockeed here in Fort Worth, so I'm kind of proud that he gets to maintain them. I'm on the F35 program now, so eventually he will probably be on them when they phase out the F16. If you talk to him tell him is ole man said hey.
Bob Brawner

Hats off to them all!!!
Thanks you!!

Benny, you gotta tell us about the toys ya'll are packing.

This is a picture of my son, LCpl. Nicholas Hughes, and his Mom & I before he deployed to Iraq Feb 2008. As you can tell in the picture, my wife is having a hard time seeing him leave. He will be heading to Afghanistan in less than a month.

Great pictures all, keep them coming and lets show everyone how proud we are of our kids defending the flag........no matter what...they are giving us our FREEDOMS to live the way we love.....

GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM.........NO MATTER WHAT BRANCH OF THE MILITARY THEY ARE SERVING IN........THEY ARE OUR FUTURE...PROTECT THEM, PRAISE THEM, AND PRAY FOR THEM........

i am alittle late to this thread i know. i just got involed in this forum less than a week ago, but please let me say that to see such fine young men and women sure makes me proud to be a member of this great nation. and they speak well for the parents who raised them, and for young folks in genereal you always hear the bad on the young ones its nice to see the other side . god bless america and thanks to all of you .

My niece and her hubby. They were just married this past Saturday. He's been in Iraq since January. Next deployment after the 1st of the year. Very proud of both of them.

Yes Sir, I can remember when I myself was a young Seaman Apprentice. It was the begining of a pretty amazing journey. Can't believe it was almost 13 years ago. Man time flys. I thank your son for his courage and service. These are pretty tough times to be in the military (for those serving as well as for their families). Our thoughts and prayers are with them.

My son Cory SGT,SC 98th Maintenance Company

Pictured here hard at work in Kandahar, Afghanistan

hadnt got any pictures yet but our son just made it to USMC boot camp last night! his poor ol mom is going nuts waiting on his call that he made it! LOL

One of the hardest things I've ever done was to send my son (and hunting partner) off to boot camp! Hang in there dad!

Ditto ttuhunter

My parents were glad to see me go!!! Guess that must've said something about me.

thoughts and prayers for all those serving abroad, many thanks for your great work!

X2, I appreciate all the work they do.

Another pic. of my son Mitch, He is at Luke AFB in Arizona now doing his hot training on F-16s.

Iraq 2006



Afghanistan 2005

Sgt. Clayton A Crouch USMC

hey i served with your son in 2/3 gerald

Here is my Son Michael. A former Marine who served two tours in Iraq and one in Kuwait. Now he's a MMA fighter with a 9 & 2 record. I also have three nephews serving in the Marines.
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We now have a hunting website where you can find affordable hunting and fishing on private land.
http://www.midwestwildlifeconnections.com/
Check out this Moster Buck I recently filmed in Missouri.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCGygRxF9Is

Good fellows boys, are such trade the native land to protect................... I wish your of good luck in your hard trade

I want to show mine but I guess I am too illiterate to figure out how to get them from my cell phone onto here....

This is AWESOME and Im so greatful for all they do...

I pray for the troops!!

God Blees 'em

great thread and pictures. God bless to all those who serve our country and defend my families freedom.

My bro. Very proud of him.




Sgt. Goff 101st Airborne

Is this where my album goes ?

I'm proud of all of those young people and they ain't mine. I know the parents are proud, and rightfully so. They are im my prayers. Thank all you parents for a job well done.

My son's in the reserves, currently activated and serving in Baghdad.
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tell your sons and daughters thank you for serving our country. GOD BLESS THEM.

where do you hunt ?

+ 1
A friend of my daughters was stop lost. I had never head of it until now. He was a sniper for 101 Air Born. (yes he was a real one) any way he was killed this past spring by a IUD.

oh mom...you have better pictures than that ;-)

I have been in that exact same spot!

Tell all of them we really appreciate what they do for us!

GREAT JOB PARENTS FOR RAISING SUCH COURAGEOUS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN! THANKS TO ALL THESE MEN AND WOMEN WE CAN MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES SAFELY. JUST A THOUGHT FROM AN AVERAGE 6TH GRADE MATH TEACHER IN SOUTH TEXAS. MAY GOOD BLESS ALL OUR SOLDIERS SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES TO PROVIDE BETTER LIVING FOR THIS GREAT COUNTRY! THANKS A MILLION FROM THIS HUMBLE LITTLE HOUSE THAT PRAYS FOR YOU ALWAYS IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. GREAT PICTURES BY THE WAY, KEEP THEM COMING. THANKS.

Nice pic keep it going send more pic

I can't show mine yet he's still wearing rapper clothes gawd I hate those rags on him. Leaves for Navy boot camp in two weeks I hope they don't allow rapper outfits ....... Very proud of him for doing this though. He'll be a fine man just got to get him out of this 'nothing' stage.

I'll post a picture of him when he graduates.

I know it says post pics of your kids... but mine aren't old enough lol so here I am. Picture was taken In Baghdad Iraq, on the day our last president decided to come to the war zone.

and if you look closely you can see that there is NO stubble on the baby-butt face of Danny in that pic above!

Haha I might not grow facial hair, but my kill count sure grew over there hahaha

proof?

Here is my son he is stationed in Las Vegas.
Crew chief on the F15
Very Proud papa

If you are asking about his facial hair... you will never get any. I think he can grow three hairs on his chin.

If you mean what he did with his weapon... PM me. Danny, VaWaterfowler, and I have known each other since they day we reported to Basic Combat Training and have been in the same unit ever since.

This is our son...He is presently stationed in Missouri but will soon re locate to Fort Knox in Kentucky. He has been in the army for 5 years. Has spent a year in South Korea and 15 months in iraq. He is a Sargent but will be promoted to staff sargeant in March. He is also airborne. Very proud of him!

Here's our boy, Justin. Pic is a year or 2 old. Did some adventure filled time in Iraq as a Ranger in a recon unit on the Iranian border, and has since gotten into SF. Currently stationed in Colorado and is training with a partner for both the Sapper and Ranger Challenges.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOR RAISING BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS CHILDREN. EACH OF YOU SHOULD BE PROUD PARENTS.

SCOOP, GLAD TO BE ABLE TO PUT A FACE TO THE STORIES OF HIS ACTIONS AND BRAVERY. HOPE ALL GOES WELL FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. STAY SAFE AND DEFEND THE COUNTRY WITH PRIDE.

I NOW HAVE A NEPHEW OVER IN AFGHANISTAN. DOING WELL, HE WILL BE ENTERING RANGER SCHOOL IN AUGUST. WE WORRY MANY DAYS AND NIGHTS AS WELL.

MAY THE LORD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE SOLDIERS.

This is my nephew. In basic at Fort Leonard Wood