Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, From the sky. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Go to sleep, peaceful sleep, May the soldier or sailor, God keep. On the land or the deep, Safe in sleep. Love, good night, Must thou go, When the day, And the […]
No Socks Day
Ever pull a load of laundry out of the dryer, fold it and find out you are one sock short? Where did it go and why is it always a sock that is missing? The mystery of the missing sock may have no one specific answer, but there is good news. You can’t lose a […]
Mother Goose
Many of us grew up reading Mother Goose. Her nursery rhymes were as much a part of our childhood as skinned knees and long summer days and are still, in many ways, a part of our lives today whether we realize it or not. They have been passed down from generation to generation through oral […]
Brems Barracks
Brems Barracks Dedicated in the memory of Patrick J. Brems Private First Class Military Police Corps Killed in Action Vietnam 1 April 1966 Brems Barracks was dedicated* in May of 1967 to honor the heroic sacrifice of PFC Patrick J. Brems, Company C, 716th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Group. Born on September 19, […]
National Anthem
The Star Spangled Banner O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof […]
Pledge To Plant
Planet Earth, its bounty offers both the basic needs of our very existence and the comforts we have achieved that are so much a part of our way of life. Earth Day, celebrated every April 22, tells us how we can give back and help maintain a healthy and productive planet now and for future […]
Old Glory
Sitting sewing in her shop one day with her girls around her, several gentlemen entered. She recognized one of these as the uncle of her deceased husband, Col. GEORGE ROSS, a delegate from Pennsylvania to Congress. She also knew the handsome form and features of the dignified, yet graceful and polite Commander in Chief, who, […]
Anchors Aweigh
Verse 1 – Midshipman Alfred H. Miles (1906) Stand Navy down the field, sails set to the sky. We’ll never change our course, so Army you steer shy-y-y-y. Roll up the score, Navy, Anchors Aweigh. Sail Navy down the field and sink the Army, sink the Army Grey. Verse 2 – Midshipman Alfred H. Miles […]
Rifleman’s Creed
This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot […]
Bugle Calls
Drums beating (infantry), bugles calling (cavalry and artillery), the units of the American Army answered the “sound signals” developed during the Revolutionary War from contact with the French and English armies. By the end of the Civil War, all units were using bugle calls. To alleviate the confusion evident during the Civil War, General Emory […]
