Joseph A Lucido

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Every Veterans Day at 11:11 a.m., the sun lines up perfectly with the Anthem Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona.

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

Heard this today and thought it was, well, thoughtful. "Kids want your time more than your dime."

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@Visionaryvoid Wow.

[visionaryvoid @Visionaryvoid]

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write a famous author and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut (1922 – 2007) was the only one to respond - and his response is magnificent:

“Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and Congiusta:
I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer (84) in his sunset years. I don’t make public appearances any more because I now resemble nothing so much as an iguana.

What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.

Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives. Draw a funny or nice picture of Ms. Lockwood, and give it to her. Dance home after school, and sing in the shower and on and on. Make a face in your mashed potatoes. Pretend you’re Count Dracula.

Here’s an assignment for tonight, and I hope Ms. Lockwood will flunk you if you don’t do it: Write a six line poem, about anything, but rhymed. No fair tennis without a net. Make it as good as you possibly can. But don’t tell anybody what you’re doing. Don’t show it or recite it to anybody, not even your girlfriend or parents or whatever, or Ms. Lockwood. OK?

Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash receptacals. You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what’s inside you, and you have made your soul grow.

God bless you all!"

Kurt Vonnegut

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@daisinet Embodiment?

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@Cappyarmy Thank you for keeping us updated.

[George Bruno | Divorce/Loss Recovery @GeorgeBruno]

RULES TO TEACH YOUR SONS

1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down.
2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs.
3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king.
4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.
5. Request the late check-out.
6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.
7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
9. Play with passion or don’t play at all
10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
11. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.
13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The other for her.
14. Marry the girl, you marry her family.
15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.
16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
18. Never turn down a breath mint.
19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.
20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him.
22. Eat lunch with the new kid.
23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.
24. Ask your mom to play.
25. Manners make the man.
26. Give credit. Take the blame.
27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
28. Write down your dreams.
29. Always protect your siblings
30. Be confident & humble at the same time
31. When in doubt, remember whose son you are

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@mazemoore @redbaronpizza Make The Hungry Dad all meat pizza and I will buy it in perpetuity.

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@redbaronpizza Thank you for supporting your employee. Please consider there are more like him. Having been a good steward with your Generosity of words with Walt, I humbly ask that you be a good steward with the success of your company with your employees. Don't squander this opportunity. TYVM

[diane mckenzie @dianemc34717099]

What an interesting read...........

On Jeopardy the other night, the final question asked: “How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the Tomb of the Unknown?”
All three contestants missed it.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1. How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the Tomb and why?
He takes 21 steps — symbolizing the 21-gun salute, the highest military and foreign tribute.
2. How long does he pause before turning to walk back and why?
He waits 21 seconds, again in honor of the same tradition.
3. Why are his gloves damp?
They are lightly moistened to ensure he never loses his grip on his rifle.
4. Does he keep his rifle on the same shoulder, and if not, why?
He always carries it on the shoulder farthest from the Tomb. After each crossing, he performs an about-face and moves it to the outside shoulder.
5. How often are the guards changed?
Every 30 minutes, 24/7, 365 days a year.
6. What are the physical requirements for a Tomb Guard?
Applicants must be between 5'10" and 6'2" and have a waist no larger than 30".
Other expectations of the Guard:
They devote two years to the Tomb, live in the barracks beneath it, and must refrain from drinking alcohol on or off duty for the rest of their lives.
They can never swear in public or dishonor the uniform or the Tomb.
After two years, they earn a wreath pin signifying their service — fewer than 400 are currently worn.
If they violate the code, they must relinquish the pin.
Their shoes have thick soles to protect against extreme temperatures and metal heel plates that create the crisp click when they halt.
Uniforms must have zero wrinkles or lint and are inspected in a full-length mirror.
For the first six months, guards do not speak to anyone and do not watch television.
Their off-duty time is spent studying the 175 notable individuals buried at Arlington National Cemetery, memorizing who they are and where they rest.
Among them: President Taft, Joe E. Lewis, and Audie Murphy, the most decorated WWII soldier.
Every guard spends five hours daily preparing their uniform.
ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM, O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.
When Hurricane Isabel approached Washington, D.C. in 2003, Congress shut down for two days. The guards were offered permission to suspend duty due to danger.
They replied: “No way, Sir!”
Drenched and marching through the storm, they insisted that guarding the Tomb is the highest honor, not just a task.
The Tomb has been continuously guarded — day and night — since 1930.
God Bless and Keep Them
I don’t often encourage sharing posts, but I would be honored if this one reached as many people as possible. We should always feel proud of the men and women who serve, wherever they are stationed.
Duty – Honor – Country
IN GOD WE TRUST — with Herbert F Wieland.

[kelly @kellytheboss7]

@CDHughett "The camera footage didn't ruin the reputation. The behavior did."

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

The Marine Corps almost court-martialed one of its best pilots for stopping a mass shooter.

His crime was not asking permission first.

New Orleans, January 7, 1973. Sunday morning. A 23-year-old named Mark Essex gets into the downtown Howard Johnson's with a .44 carbine and a bag of ammunition.

Police already knew him, they just didn't know his name. A week earlier, on New Year's Eve, someone had ambushed New Orleans officers and vanished into the night. That was him.

This time he isn't planning on running.

He moves floor to floor shooting whoever he finds. A couple from out of town. The hotel manager. The assistant manager. He lights fires in the rooms as he goes. Then he climbs to the roof and settles into a concrete stairwell enclosure that might as well be a pillbox.

From up there he can see the whole street, and the whole street can see him. They just can't hit him.

Cops fire up at the roof all afternoon. Essex waits, leans out, shoots, disappears. Officers go down. One of them is the deputy superintendent of the department.

Ten miles away, at the Marine air station in Belle Chasse, Lt. Col. Chuck Pitman is watching it on the news.

He's a Vietnam helicopter pilot with three combat tours behind him. Silver Star. Purple Heart. Four Distinguished Flying Crosses. He looks at that rooftop and sees the obvious answer nobody on the ground has.

Get above him.

Pitman doesn't wait for orders. He finds three Marines who'll go, takes a CH-46 Sea Knight and flies it into the middle of a major American city. He lands near the unfinished Superdome and picks up a team of police sharpshooters.

Then he goes to work.

Pass after pass over the roof. Essex keeps hiding when the helicopter comes in and stepping out to shoot at it as it leaves. Pitman notices.

On one run, instead of flying off, he spins the helicopter around and comes straight back.

Essex is out in the open with nowhere to go.

The shooters on board and on the nearby rooftops all fire at once. When it was over, the autopsy counted more than 200 wounds.

Nine people were dead across the week, five of them police officers. Nobody else would be added to that list.

New Orleans made Pitman an honorary police chief.

The Marine Corps opened talks about a court-martial. A lieutenant colonel had just taken a military aircraft into a domestic shootout on his own authority.

It took F. Edward Hébert, the New Orleans congressman who happened to chair the House Armed Services Committee, to recommend the Corps let it go.

It did. Pitman went on to help plan the 1980 hostage rescue attempt in Iran and retired a lieutenant general.

Not bad for a guy who once stole a helicopter.

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@Kagan_M_Dunlap Sooooo, if I HAVE to be attacked by a bear, I'm going with this guy. It's definitely a dude bear. That's just the kind of a thing a dude would definitely do. And, just think of the story your family could tell. That campfire story would be in your family for ten generations.

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@Emotion78687 Damn what a great song.

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@GoodDay2X @elonmusk @SenAlexPadilla A double Hitler salute, Elon what were you thinkin'!

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@GallagherPreach Liking and replying, thank you.

[Joseph A Lucido @SoldierScribe]

@CNviolations I couldbwatch this a thousand times andbutbwould never get boring or dull. That is beauty and love in it's purest form.