Sarah Palin helped welcome home her son's Stryker Brigade today.
"To Sarah Palin, who for the last year was the senior mom of the brigade and along with her husband Todd, is a distinguished member of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team," Col. Burt Thompson, the brigade's commander, said.
"Ma'am, thanks for being here today and allowing your son to serve in our brigade. Thank you both for what you have done for your extended Army family and thanks for your unwavering support."
Video with Palin below may be slow coming up at first and more video avaliable at link.
The Strykers deployed to the Diyala province of Iraq on Sept. 11, 2008.
"Today we celebrate a job well done and your safe return to Alaska and the Fairbanks community," Maj. Gen. William Troy, commander of U.S. Army Alaska, said. "The teamwork between military and community here in Alaska is like nowhere else.
"By every account the Arctic Wolves acquitted themselves brilliantly."
Said Thompson: "Gentlemen, I report to you mission accomplished."
A memorial unveiled Wednesday at Fort Wainwright bears the names of 12 soldiers who died during the deployment. Seven were stationed at Fort Wainwright and five were attached to the brigade.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the monument also bears the name of a dog, Sgt. Jok, killed by a bomb while searching a house.
Also see C4P for more.
I hope she is our future Commander-in-chief.
Posted by: Cubachi | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 10:51 PM
I hope she is our future Commander-in-chief.
Posted by: Cubachi | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 10:51 PM
(I SECOND THAT) :o)
Posted by: WBestPresidentEver | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Absolutely . She is a lot smarter than the ignorant ,incompetent and arrogant person we have now.
Posted by: nina | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Hey, with Sarah in White House no one would even notice the artwork. That thought goes a long way to making the next three years tolerable.
Posted by: Ad rem | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Bunch of mobile LEGS! Welcome Home!
Posted by: x11b1p | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Track, his parents and his siblings all deserve our thanks for their family's patriotic service. Welcome home Track.
Posted by: ET | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 11:40 PM
"Roast me! Hang me! Throw me in the briar patch! Do whatever you please," said Brer Liberal. "Only please, Brer Wing Nut, please don't nominate Sarah Palin for President!"
Posted by: Bob | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Welcome home to the entire brigade and our prayers are with those who did not make it home again and with respective families. God Bless America!
Posted by: G.I.John | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 12:20 AM
See?! All those potential right-wing extremists coming home really DO need monitoring! Look who they support!
Posted by: janet napolitano | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Getting a bit chuckle-headed there, aren't you Bob?
Posted by: Philip McDaniel | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 07:15 AM
OMG - You people REAlly are morons.
Literally.
Lover
Posted by: Lover | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 04:18 PM
Palin is a true lover of freedom and her family.
I'm still looking for the one loyal American democrat. There's been a few in my 68 years but not in the past 25 or so years. They are all criminals, the slime of the earth, and traitors who should be tried and shot. A 30 second trial would do. President O'Dumbo is all of the above.
Posted by: Scrapiron | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 08:54 PM
I couldn't agree with you more, Scrapiron...except to quibble with the years. I can't think of ONE in the past 30.
Posted by: Philip McDaniel | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 12:58 PM