Red Fridays

[OZCUBAN]

 

 Hi all I have been asked to pass this on in any way I can ,so I thought this is a good way to reach a great many good people ,and because I totally agree with this ,and as Aussies we have suffered a lot just lately ,please read and pass on if so desire ,as an after thought ,if you cannot wear Red on Fridays , then light up a red banded cigar ,and as a lot of Cuban cigars have Red in the band in some way you really cannot go wrong

Thank you for reading

OZ

PLEASE KEEP THIS  GOING!!

If the red shirt thing is new to you, read  below how it went for one

man...

Last week, while travelling to Brisbane on  business, I noticed an army

sergeant travelling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two

together.  After we boarded our  flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd

been invited to sit in Business Class  (across from me), and inquired if he

was heading home.

'No', he responded.

'Going home', I asked?

'No. I'm escorting a soldier home.' 

'Going to pick him up?'

'No. He is with me right now. He was  killed in Afghanistan ; I'm taking

him home to his family.'

The realisation of what he had been asked  to do hit me like a Rock to

the head. (I felt sick in the stomach) It  was an honour for him. He told me that,

although he didn't know the soldier, he had  delivered the news of his passing to

the soldier's family and felt as if he knew  them after many conversations

in so few days.

I turned back to him, extended my hand,  and said, 'Thank you. Thank you

for doing what you do so my family and I  can do what we do.'

 

He took my hand and said "Thank You " 

Upon landing in Brisbane , the pilot  stopped short of the gate and made

the following announcement over the  intercom.

'Ladies and gentlemen, I would  like to note that we have had the honour

of having Sergeant Jamison of the Australian Army join us on this

flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade  back home to his family. I ask

that you please remain in your seats when  we open the forward door to

allow Sergeant Jamison to deplane and  receive his fellow soldier. We

will then turn off the seat belt  sign.'

Without a sound, all went as  requested.. I noticed the sergeant

saluting the casket as it was brought off  the plane, and his action

made me realise that I am proud to be a  Australian.

So here's a public Thank You to  our military Men and Women for what you

do so we can live the way we do. 

Red Fridays

Very soon, you will see a great many  people wearing Red every Friday.

The reason; Australians who support our  troops used to be called the

'silent majority.' We are no longer  silent, and are voicing our love

for God, country and home in record  breaking numbers. We are not

organised, boisterous or  overbearing.

Many Australians, like you, me and all our  friends, simply want to

recognise that the vast majority of  Australians supports our troops. Our

idea of showing solidarity and support for  our troops with dignity and

respect starts this Friday and continues  each and every Friday until

the troops all come home, sending a  deafening message that every

red-blooded Australian who supports our  men and women afar, will wear

something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make     Australia  every Friday a

sea of red much like an AFL Grand final  game in the MCG Stands. If

every one of us who loves this country  will share this with

acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and  family, it will not be long

before Australia is covered in RED and it  will let our troops know

the once 'silent' majority is on their  side more than ever, certainly

more than the media lets on. Don't let  this be like it was for our poor Vietnam Vets

The first thing a soldier says when asked  'What can we do to make

things better for you?' is 'We need your  support and your prayers.'

Let's get the word out and lead with class  and dignity, by example, and

wear something red every

 

 

 

[CanuckSARTech]

Not to bash this, but this e-mail story is definitely copied/duplicated. It started going around in mid 2002 or 2003, if I recall correctly. It started when the U.S. and Canada first started getting things going in Afghanistan. The U.S. started having red white and blue Fridays, and we started having red t-shirt Fridays in Canada. Its been in Canada for a while now. I even remember them starting to sell specific red t-shirts for this back in 2004 or 2005.

While a very good cause, and now one that I'm obviously fully in support of, with supporting the troops, I always laugh at some of these chain mails / letters, when it pops out like its a new story, or somehow the facts are twisted around.