HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky - "Bye daddy!"

Those are the words uttered by so many young ones as they send off their soldiers.

 

And that's what hundreds did at The Bank of Kentucky Center—say goodbye to the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion, Kentucky’s Army National Guard troops departing for Iraq for Operation Dawn.

The 1204th is made up of nearly 600 Soldiers from Kentucky, Alabama, Florida and Maryland, with approximately 325 from the Commonwealth.

Based in Independence, Ky., this unit will provide logistical, maintenance and signal support for the combat aviation brigade in support of Operation New Dawn, the U.S. Forces withdrawal from Iraq.

Gods Speed Soldiers:  Praying for your safe return.

~ Standing Guard Over His Hero ~

Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson lay in a coffin, in front of a tearful audience mourning his death in Afghanistan. Soon an old friend appeared, and like a fellow soldier on a battlefield, his loyal dog refused to leave him behind.

(No Soldier Left Behind)

Squirrel blamed for flag thefts from Toledo memorial

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio have discovered that small flags being swiped from a police memorial were being squirreled away.

Two Toledo officers watched on Wednesday as a squirrel quickly snatched a flag off its wooden dowel and ran off with it. Lt. James Brown told The Blade newspaper the bushy-tailed critter was too quick to catch.

Later, police noticed a squirrel hanging out on a tree branch outside a third-floor window at their headquarters building. They also spotted a squirrel's nest made of leaves and branches — and at least two of the little flags.

Brown says at least three of the flags have gone missing in recent days.

He's careful to point out he can't prove all were the work of the same squirrel.

Hey:  Everyone American Has the Right to Display the American Flag ~ Even Our Squirrels :)

Standing Guard Over Our Heroes