1. Leta

   01/08/2008 at 11:49 am

   Done and will do so each day. Knew about this but hadn’t seen a link. Thanks for making it so easy!

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2. Donna

   01/08/2008 at 11:38 pm

   I voted too! Look forward to voting each day! Thanks for the link!

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3. CJ

   01/09/2008 at 7:59 am

   Terry,

   We haven’t had Specialist5 and Specialist6 ranks since 1985. Specialist7 went away in the 70′s and the rest went away in the mid-60′s. There’s nothing bunk or appalling about a Soldier wanting to do something in his/her free time and if it also happens to bring positive focus on the Army, all the better. It’s no different than a Soldier playing on a professional flag football team or competing at a Tae Kwon Do competition.

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4. terry

   01/09/2008 at 8:03 am

   As a veteran i find this appauling.. and somewhat propaganda, usually when medics make rank they are specialists, spec 3 spec4 and up.. her rank indicates shes a sgt. and a hard sgt is a leader of men&women… while specialists only work in their trade (medic), therefore i simply disagree with this whole deal and think it is bunk… a cong killer from the 60′s

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5. Flag Gazer

   01/09/2008 at 5:20 pm

   Wow Terry – a lot of judgement without a lot of facts and you from a war that has suffered most for it. Yet, you dish out bunk of your own.

   Sgt Stevens WAS a medic while deployed to Afghanistan in 2004-6 for eighteen months, earning the Combat Medic Badge and hardly the only medic I know who is a SGT. Since her return, she has completed Nursing School with a bachelor’s degree. She is still in the National Guard but has applied for a direct comminssion to the Army after the pageant.

   I think Sgt Stevens could teach you a bit about honor and respect, sir.

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6. Terry

   01/10/2008 at 7:14 am

   thanks cj & fgazer… the wall full of medals at my house speak for the respect and honor i have, my outfit of 21 strong had a kill ratio of 24 per US soldier… many of our outfit were wounded and at that time, and it was not honorable to accept purple hearts.. and we didn’t…. its just my opinion that beauty and killing don’t mix… sorry Sgt Stevens, wish you luck with your choices.. but this ex soldier is dug in and will never fight on another countrys land, but if they come on us soil I got plenty of ammo waiting for them.. a hard SGT from the 60′s who still remembers the first kill!!!!

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7. terry

   01/10/2008 at 10:44 am

   CJ just looking at some ranks from iraq… seems we still have some specs in the army… perhaps you could be wrong ??? Gee don’t want to offend anyone in todays oh so politically correct govmt. Well i’ve had enough of this… still think its crap….

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