Chris Brown

USN vet 82-88 AT1(AW) E-2C aircraft, Go WVU Mountaineers! Sheepdog at my church. No DMs please.

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

One Wednesday afternoon, I was driving west on I-40 when my blood sugar dropped very low and became dangerous. Luckily, there was a Burger King coming up at the next exit.
When I was ordering, I told the person on the speaker that I was diabetic and needed food fast. Low blood sugar makes it hard to think or act clearly.
When I got to the first window to pay, I was surprised to see a Burger King worker named Tina Hardy running toward my car.
She squeezed between the front of my car and the building just to bring me a small cup of ice cream. Tina later said her husband was diabetic too, so she knew I needed help.
After I paid, I went to Tina’s window and she gave me my food. She told me to park across the driveway so she could watch me until I felt better.
After I ate, I waited for a quiet moment and then went back to Tina’s window. I took a picture and told her boss what she had done for me.
If you think Tina Hardy did something special, please share this story. I hope Tina gets the thanks she truly deserves from the public and from Burger King’s managers.
Credit: Rebecca Boening

Credit always goes to the original author!

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

My family has been directly impacted by the good Gary and the Gary Sinise Foundation have done over the years. As we build the SSG Alan Shaw Foundation, many of the things they have done right will serve as a model for us moving forward.

From our family to yours, Gary, thank you for your unwavering commitment to our veterans, first responders, Gold Star families, and the people who love them. The lives you’ve touched are far too many to count.

[Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl]

"The Legacy of Secret Service Agent and U.S. Army Spc. 3 Clinton Hill"

(U.S. Army Video by Derek Patterson / Arlington National Cemetery)

[Chris Brown @wvewe1]

@skpatriotauthor @BuzzPatterson Flight ops during a Unrep is unreal

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

Some of the best flying you’ll ever do. Hands down! Air refueling.

The US military has a unique talent that no other nation can claim. We can go anywhere at anytime. Think about that. No other country can do what we do! That’s a tremendous “force multiplier.” (That is, a factor or tool that dramatically increases the effectiveness, output, or impact of a team).

It’s finger-touch flying for the receiving pilot. It’s a workout! In bigger airplanes, getting the gas you need requires 30 minutes plus “hanging on the boom.” No autopilot.

Most often, you absolutely have to have the gas or divert to another location for gas. When you’re hauling the SEALs or DELTA into harms way, that is simply NOT an option. Plus, NOBODY wants to make that “walk of shame” back in the hallways of the squadron.🤣

My personal record is 46 minutes on the boom in moderate turbulence. I felt like I’d survived a round with Mike Tyson.🤣 https://t.co/0Pj92EEqgL…

[Chris Brown @wvewe1]

@FreddyLA7 you have to visit Intercourse, PA!

[Milan Puskar Mafia @WVURecruit]

WVU!

[Chris Brown @wvewe1]

@BuzzPatterson every night, except the night before we changed sheets. In the Navy this was called 'hotel night'

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

Try explaining this to a European. 🤣

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

To the man in 2D, today you were flying from Orlando to Philly. I don’t know you, but I think you must have seen us somewhere. I was pushing a stroller, carrying a diaper bag, and also lugging an oxygen machine for my daughter. We were all smiles, heading to see her "friends" at CHOP (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia). We boarded the plane early, got settled in our window seat, and joked with the people around us about sitting next to my yelling-but-happy baby. Then, the flight attendant came over and told me you were offering to switch seats. You were giving up your comfortable first-class seat for us.

I couldn’t hold back the tears as I walked down the aisle, while my daughter Lucy giggled! She could feel the kindness too… real, pure goodness. I smiled and thanked you as we swapped seats but didn’t get the chance to thank you properly.

So... thank you. Not just for the seat, but for noticing us. For seeing that maybe things aren't always easy. For choosing to show us a random act of kindness. It reminded me how much good there is in the world. I can’t wait to tell Lucy about this someday. Until then... we will pay it forward. AA 588 passenger in seat 2D, your generosity truly inspired us.”

Credit: Kelsey Zwick

[Chris Brown @wvewe1]

@MikeBales Amen!

[Chris Brown @wvewe1]

@WVUBaseball Mountaineers around the world are so proud of WVU Baseball!

[Brad Howe @bradhowe07]

Thank you @WVUBaseball for an incredibly fun ride.

The last 3 weeks were magical.

[Wren Baker @wrenbaker]

A team and a season Mountaineer Nation will ALWAYS remember. The heart, grit & determination we saw out of @stevesabins, every coach/staff member & every single player on @WVUBaseball gave us all so much to be proud of! Love these guys and grateful for it all! Let’s Go!

[Chris Brown @wvewe1]

@vernebert They played way above what WV has ever done before! Shame on you! Be proud of how the rep’d WV

[Chris Brown @wvewe1]

@mani_ftn You had opposing teams trembling every time you got on base. Well done, Mountaineer!

[TYN❥ @talizo07]

My daughter brought her new boyfriend to Sunday dinner last month.

He’s 24, works at a COMMERCIAL TIRE SHOP, and has grease permanently stained into his cuticles.

He didn’t say much, just ate three servings of my pot roast and nodded a lot.

After they left, I told my wife I wished my daughter would date someone with a bit more ambition.

Someone who didn't look like they just crawled out from under a semi-truck.

Two weeks later, my alternator died on the shoulder of Route 9 during a torrential downpour.

I called AAA, but the wait time was two hours.

My daughter must have seen my text in the family group chat because twenty minutes later, her boyfriend's beat-up Chevy truck pulled up behind me.

He didn't have a raincoat.

He just got straight to work in the pouring rain, leaning over my engine bay while semi-trucks flew past at 70 miles per hour, spraying us with dirty highway water.

It took him forty-five minutes of wrestling with a rusted bolt to get the spare part in.

When he finished, he was soaked to the bone and shivering.

I pulled out my wallet and tried to hand him two hundred dollars.

He looked at the cash, then looked at me, and gently pushed my hand away.

He said,

"Sir, you don't pay family.

Just make sure your daughter gets home safe tonight."

I sat in my dry, warm car on the drive home feeling incredibly small.

I had judged his worth by the dirt under his fingernails,

completely missing the size of his heart.

[J.S. Bailey @JSBailey7]

This resonated with a lot of folks yesterday, so I’m reposting it. Let’s continue this Cinderella story! New chapter!

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

It is OUR money!!

Thank you Mr Secretary
Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for over 40 years on every salary I received. Those jobs may not have always been the work I wanted to be doing at the time, BUT I always had a job. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.
I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it. The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.
Congress took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer. And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.
Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.

Please, for the sake of our country, share this message. It's important!!!