Jan. 16th 2008
When my older brother, a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps at the time, attended my graduation from Parris Island he shook my hand and said, “Now we’re brothers twice!”
If you’re a Marine, no longer on active duty (once a Marine, always a Marine!), then I’m your brother and I’ve got a business opportunity for you.
This is a no BS, real proposition, for the right former Marines.
On the home page of this website you’ll find a “DI School” link to click on. Go there and click on it. It’ll take you to a description of a couple of business opportunities I’d like to share with you.
You will want to do this. I promise you.
USMC Fitness BOOT CAMP is a program like no other. Successful and rewarding and something that you definitely want to consider being a part of. We’re expanding and I’m looking for local instructors here in the Memphis area, as well as business partners in other parts of the country — former Marines who want to start their own battalion of USMC Fitness BOOT CAMP!
Take a look at the info and then let me hear from you. Let’s talk about the possibilities of your future success doing something I bet you’re already doing!
Semper Fi,
Tony
Jan. 2nd 2008
Time Has Come Today – Goals & Resolutions for 2008
It happens this time every year. At the stroke of midnight on December 31, we launch out to make improvements in every area of our lives. We make goals and resolutions and attack them with great gusto … only to abandon them by mid January.
Some dedicated folks actually make it to February before they throw in the towel!
But others will actually follow through and be successful by year’s end.
Last year at this time I also drew up a list of goals and resolutions.
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Nov. 12th 2007
HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY! - Observed. November 12, 2007
Today is the day our country sets aside to honor all those who’ve worn the uniform of one of our armed forces.
I have a tradition of going to the national cemetery on Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day. I borrow a Japanese tradition of taking stones or coins to the graves of their loved ones. Today I took seven smooth stones and found the graves of seven different service members. I kneel and place a stone on top of the headstone, and say a short prayer of thanksgiving for that person and their service to our country. And then I ask God’s mercy and blessings on that person’s family, most of whom must still grieve over their lost loved one. Then I stand and salute the name on the headstone.
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Oct. 30th 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Request for prayer.
I just got a call this morning from my friend Troy Donald. Troy and I were teaching and coaching partners at Memphis Catholic High School. He called to tell me that one of our former students, Darius Truly, had been murdered on Saturday in Los Angeles.
Darius had become an aspiring actor and had received awesome reviews for his performances on stages across the country. As a high school student, he was one of the brightest students I ever taught. He was funny and intelligent beyond his years, popular with students and teachers alike. He challenged me everyday to think outside of my own racial and cultural templates. His violent death is tragic and sad. Please pray for his family and for all who knew him.
Darius Truly and J. Nicole Brooks in Suzan-Lori Parks’ “The America Play.”
Oct. 23rd 2007
FIRES AND GOLD IN CALIFORNIA
The following is an incredible email written by James Ray and sent out just the other day. You don’t even need to know anything about Mr. Ray to mine the gold from this email.
Thanks Wendy for sending this to me!
October 22, 2007
4:45 PM
Friends,
At the time of writing, my home and office have been evacuated due to the fires raging in
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Jul. 21st 2007
This is an unpublished article written last week by a military corespondent. It will appear in several publications, but you get it first.
Compassion from a Combat Medic to an Iraqi Child
By 2nd Lt. Liz Lopez
The most important quality a combat medic can possess is compassion. By the very nature of their jobs, these men and women not only witness, but participate in some of combat’s most heart-wrenching stories. But, a patient’s well-being is always foremost in their concern.
Late on the day of June 21, the normally quiet Yusufiyah Aid Station suddenly erupted into chaos as eight casualties from a nearby mortar attach were brought in.
Among the wounded were seven Iraqi children ranging in age from three to twelve.
That evening, Sgt. William Ludlow of Fort Smith, Ark., a combat medic from Company C, 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), was responsible for the care of a six-year-old girl named Tebarek.
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Apr. 25th 2007
For the first time in US history, we’ve got a national security crisis that comes from within our own borders. The threat has nothing to do with illegal immigration or Muslim extremists. The Founding Fathers couldn’t have possibly looked down the tunnel of time and seen this danger.
The threat is such that Homeland Security is powerless to stop it.
The danger is so real that our Department of Defense is also unable to stem the growing menace.
You should be alarmed.
I know that I am.
What’s the threat?
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Apr. 6th 2007
Charge of the Light Brigade 2007 Style – Smiles, Smokes, and Shiny Suits
My family comes from the British Isles, England and Scotland. There is a Ludlow, England with a castle (Ludlow Castle) and coat of arms. York, Scotland was the birthplace and home of one of my ancient grandmothers. So, I’d always been a little proud of my British roots.
Until now.
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Mar. 14th 2007
Boot Campers are more than just clients or customers to me. Ken Kenworthy was my buddy, but he was also my older brother. From our very beginning in 1999, members of our little group have been family to me and Ken was one of my bros.
When we were at the U of M, I referred to him as “The Weatherman”
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Mar. 13th 2007
It is with profound and painful sadness that I must inform The Battalion of the loss of our dear friend, Ken Kenworthy.
Ken passed away Monday night.
In late October, Ken was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lung cancer.
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