Our troops

Chris Rob

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Just received the following e-mail...........& I'm not ashamed to say it brought a tear to my eye.

Chris



Last week I was in West London attending a conference.

While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer.

I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving through the terminal was a group of soldiers in their uniforms, as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering.

When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for, it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red blooded Briton who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families. Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work, and enjoy our home without fear or reprisal.

Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers.

He knelt down and said 'hi,' the little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her.

The young soldier didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy.

Suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.

The mother of the little girl, who said her daughter’s name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Corporal and had been in Afghanistan for 5 months now.

As the mum was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up.

When this temporarily single mum was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second.

Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie.

They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.

After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you.'

He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a Kiss on the cheek.

He finished by saying 'Your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon.'

The mum at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mum.

I was standing no more than 6 feet away as this entire event unfolded.

As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause.

As I stood there applauding and looked around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own.

That young soldier in one last act of moment turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices.

At the end of the day, it's good to be an Englishman.


RED FRIDAYS

Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday.

The reason?

Englishmen and women who support our troops used to be called the 'silent majority'.

We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for Country and home in record breaking numbers.

We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing.

We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions.

Many English people, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of Britain supports our troops.

Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that every Briton who supports our men and women afar will wear something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make Great Britain on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football team

If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family, It will not be long before Britain is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once 'silent' majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked 'What can we do to make things better for you?' is...'We need your support and your prayers'...

Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and wear something red every Friday.

IF YOU AGREE -- THEN SEND THIS ON

IF YOU COULD NOT CARE LESS THEN HIT THE DELETE BUTTON.

IT IS YOUR CHOICE.

THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED---- SO WEAR RED! ---

Lest we Forget.
 
well done chris,you have got me.it is so easy to forget about them,but that brings it home to mate.
 
Jeez I must be getting cynical - I was waiting for the punchline :oops:

The intent is good but it sounds like one of those terrible chain emails that do the rounds. Suspect not a grain of truth in the story either. This initiative could have been promoted in a better way imho.
 
Chris,

this is an excellent post that I most welcome as Service Personnel such as myself do not see enough positive support. We do however have to put up with the Muslims that line our streets in protest!! I am unfortunately going to be somewhat of a killjoy here.

I would have preferred to see Britons/Commonwealth rather than English written in the text. My reason for this is that there are many nationalities that are deployed to these areas that make up the British Forces and indeed we are all part of a greater force that is attempting to do its best.

The tale as it is told here though shows the support that Service Personnel will extend to others families in a similar situation. Allowing the girl to believe that her father has just been contacted shows the quick thinking big hearts within our Forces. The support that this message alone sends out though is very welcome and I relish the day that Fridays are indeed Red in support of the Servicemen/women.

Cheers,

J
 
Here here, god bless every single one of them, man or woman, we should all remember and honour them all for the valuable and dangerous job they do.

Makes me very proud to be called an Englishman

Sikamalc
 
75 said:
Jeez I must be getting cynical - I was waiting for the punchline :oops:

The intent is good but it sounds like one of those terrible chain emails that do the rounds. Suspect not a grain of truth in the story either. This initiative could have been promoted in a better way imho.

75,

As much as I support our Troops, I suspect you're are right...

If red Friday takes off, I would still be more than happy to support though..As a nation the "silent majority" needs to be more vocal about their support for our Troops; and I have no doubt in 95% of the cases they do support them, we just have to be a bit more visible with it..

Regards,

Peter

Edited to add this link from snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/daughter.asp

I hate being so bloody cynical, but theres usually good reason to be with chain emails
 
Most of our guys/ girls already know that we support them and are mostly embarrassed at the attention seeking media!!
Trapper.
 
as much as i hate to say it, that story has been making the rounds for a year or so. I've seen it with Canadian troops and Yanks.

I to wish it had been true.

More likely some over-fed, pampered, bellding heart liberal would call them baby killers, etc.
 
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