13 years ago tomorrow

[zteknik]

I got called on to go down there when they hit to pull guard duty and rescue ops.
I'll never forget..

[KevDen2005]

With Army doing clean up at Pentagon

[Aloha_Shooter]

Answer for many Americans is sadly, "yes."

The Incompetent-in-Chief's speech tonight was laughable. You'd have thought he'd have learned his lesson after two weeks of getting slammed by bipartisan critics. What a stupid treasonous turd.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I had an awards event at my college (I'm not THAT young - it was grad school), so just by chance I was home a little extra late that day and saw everything on TV.
Took FOREVER to get from Milwaukee to Madison on I-94.
I remember a close buddy & classmate of mine who was (is) in the reserves. Was kind of thinking he'd be busy soon (he wasn't) and worried about him.


Flying out tomorrow, just to Utah.
Sort of hate flying on that particular day.

[HBARleatherneck]

nobody cares that muslims attacked us. we are told that they were just the bad ones. and now islam is taking over rapidly. 74% increase in mosques from 2000-2011. this is where they spew their hatred, teach the lies and train terrorists.
we are at WAR with islam no matter what you are told. they attack us, they attack Russia, they are destroying Africa, killing their own, and attacking Europe. This is a World War and nobody is paying attention

see the article below.



Jerome Socolovsky
Last updated on: February 28, 2012 7:00 PM

A new survey finds that the number of U.S. mosques has grown dramatically in the decade since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, despite protests against their construction and allegations they have promoted radicalism.

The survey is sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America and other groups in conjunction with the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, which tracks church membership and other aspects of religious life in the United States.

The survey's tally of 2,106 mosques marks a 74 percent increase since the year 2000, when
1,209 mosques were counted. It also found a trend among Muslim congregations toward suburbanization and integration into American life.

"The Muslim community in America is growing, healthy, vibrant, and becoming more and more a part of the American landscape," said Ihsan Bagby, a University of Kentucky Islamic Studies professor, a study co-author.

The mosque count was conducted in 2010 with follow-up interviews extending through 2011. New

States with the Greatest Number of Mosques

York had the highest number of mosques, at 257, with California close behind at 246. But whereas in 2000 the Northeast was the region with the most mosques, the highest number a decade later was in the South.

Bagby said they have even been built in small cities in eastern Kentucky. "If the mountains of Kentucky can have mosques - and built mosques, built from the ground up - then you'll find mosques everywhere."

He said immigration and natural population growth gave impetus to the increase, along with the growing financial resources of American Muslims.

[Dave]

I was stationed in Hawaii and was at Pohakuloa Training Center on the Big Island when we all got dragged out of bed to dig a .50 pit at the gate and a few squads were sent to the Hilo Airport to perform guard duty. We were issued live ammo for M16's, M9's and crew serve. We all thought it was some kind of joke or training mission at first, until the live ammo came out. We had a few flights go up for patrols and transports until the FAA declared all US airspace to be cleared. Heard from a few local civilian workers that it freaked out the airport workers who didn't know anyone was coming when 3 Black Hawks flew in with M60's out the doors and geared troops started pouring out. We got stuck until the FAA allowed us to return to Oahu as our original departure was supposed to be that day. Had over 30 voicemails waiting when I got back since no one in my or my room mate's families could get a hold of us or anyone in the unit.

[JerryG]

my wife and I were getting ready for work when the first plane hit. we were watching it on tv thinking of what a horrible accident.

While at work one of my co-workers had a mini portable tv and we were all watching it and seen the second plane hit and all of us stood there silent and in disbelief.

We went to NYC for our anniversary and went to ground zero. The hurt and remembrance came flushing back like a storm. My avatar was a picture I took next to tower one.
Never forget!!!!

[TheBelly]

13 years ago tomorrow:

I was in a recruiters office by noon.

i shipped out the next day.

[jslo]

Alan Jackson - Where Were You When The World Stop…: http://youtu.be/gPHnadJ-0hE

[Rucker61]

I was sitting in a hotel on the other side of the world in India. Caught the last seat on a British Airways flight and was stuck in London for a week. Much better than being stuck in India. On the plane out of India with me was a young former Marine LT whose current job was embassy security. He had a black passport and was on a plane back to the states 4 hours after we landed.