Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2399

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Office                                               Officers  
2006 - 2007
Commander                     Walter S. Choate Sr. Vice                               Lamar Crounse
Jr. Vice    (February - June) Jim Sanders
                      (July - January) Sonny Blue
Quartermaster                      Giles Cooper
Service Officer                       Giles Cooper
Adjutant                                  Lewis Logan
Judge Advocate                        Dub Prince
Chaplain                             Jack Grantham
Surgeon                       Erwin Freudenberg
Guard                                       Donny Light
1 Yr Trustee                         W. L. Hibbitts
2 Yr Trustee              Elbert Eisenburg, Sr
3 Yr Trustee    (February - June) Vacant
            (January - February) Jim Sanders

2006 - 2007
Commander                            Jay Eastman
Sr. Vice                                     Donny Light
Jr. Vice                                      Bruce Smith
Quartermaster                        Giles Cooper
Adjutant (July - November) Harry Flegle
                (November - June) Lewis Logan
Judge Advocate  (July-Nov) Lewis Logan
                  (November - June) Dub Prince
Service Officer                        Giles Cooper
Chaplain                              Jack Grantham
Surgeon                        Erwin Freudenberg
Guard                                       Jerry Bagley
1 Yr Trustee             Elbert Eisenburg, Sr.
2 Yr Trustee                            Jim Sanders
3 Yr Trustee                         W. L. Hibbitts
Change Your Course Now!

     This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995.
     Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations on November 10, 1995.
     Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.
     Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
     Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
     Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
     Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS, AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

     Canadians: This is a lighthouse.

Your call.

 Officer vs. NCO Observations

The Company Commander and the First Sergeant were in the field. As they hit the sack for the night, the First Sergeant said, "Sir, look up into the sky and tell me what you see?"
The CO said, "I see millions of stars."

1st Sgt.: "And what does that tell you, sir?"

CO: "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Top?"

1st Sgt.: "Well sir, it tells me that somebody stole our tent."

Excuses

The General went out to find that none of his G.I.s were there. One finally ran up, panting heavily.

"Sorry, sir! I can explain, you see I had a date and it ran a little late. I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I'm here."

The General was very skeptical about this explanation but at least he was here so he let the G.I. go. Moments later, eight more G.I.s came up to the general panting, he asked them why they were late.

"Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I'm here."

The General eyed them, feeling very skeptical but since he let the first guy go, he let them go, too. A ninth G.I. jogged up to the General, panting heavily.

"Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but..."

"Let me guess," the General interrupted, "it broke down."

"No," said the G.I., "there were so many dead horses in the road, it took forever to get around them."


An Indian chief is driving his Cadillac somewhere at Nevada. Suddenly his car gets broken. He examines it, and reveals that a technician must be called. But the chief has only $4, and no credit card (unfortunately B-) ). So he gathers some wood, makes a fire and signals his tribe with its smoke: "Hey, send somebody to my location with $500!" The tribe accepts this signal, but to make sure in its meaning, signals back - once again, with the smoke: 
           "OK, chief, but why so much ?"
At this moment a ground test of nuclear bomb is being held on the test field nearby. A huge mushroom-like cloud of smoke rises into the sky... The tribe signals:
          "Ok, Ok, chief, we just wondered, why to

            be so angry?"