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Peace and Ready to Defend

We all can certainly be very proud of our Nation's Heroes who serve to Protect us all. There are many facets of service to our Country. Today I will focus on the peaceful endeavors and also the preparations to defend us all.

WASHINGTON (Dec. 10, 2009) Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy Band march through the Secretaries of Defense corridor at the Pentagon before the upcoming 110th Army-Navy college football game. The teams of the U.S. Military Academy (Army) and the U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) will meet Dec. 12 in Philadelphia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason M. Graham/Released)

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 6, 2009) Royal Malaysian Navy Sub Lt. Amir Potera Bin Omar gives orders to the helmsman as the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conducts a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193). Mustin is one of seven Arleigh Burke-class destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio/Released)


GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 7, 2009) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team of the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) practice transition drills from their primary to secondary weapons. Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Edgington/Released)

PERSIAN GULF (Dec. 3, 2009) Sailors manually lift ordnance aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a missile swapping evolution. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nichelle N. Whitfield/ Released)

NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 8, 2009) Cmdr. Frank Foley, command chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) begins communion during a Roman Catholic Mass aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nichelle Noelle Whitfield/Released)

No Matter where our Heroes Serve they are always ready!! May God Bless these Men and Women who Stand in Harms Way and also their Families.

Have a Blessed Christmas!!