Joe Biden Addresses the National Guard

Posted by Max on September 23rd, 2008

Sen. Joe Biden spoke to an assembly of the National Guard about the importance of properly supporting their efforts at home, in theater, and as veterans in Baltimore, MD, Septmember 22nd, 2008.

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Edward Roda; E3, 508th ASA Gp, Seoul, Korea
Eddie Rembert; MSgt, Southeast Asia
Larry Wakefield; Sgt, L3/9, L3/5, Vietnam
Douglas Shepherd; E6, USS Midway CV-41, Yokosuka Japan
Matthew Towle; SPC, 2nd ACR, Ft Polk LA
Matthew; Swanson; Cpl, 3/7 India Co, Iraq
Andrew DuMont; Cpl, P Battery 5/14 4th MarDiv
Charles Gluck; FTG1/SS, SSBN616, Groton CT
Bruce Carlton; E4, A Co 1st Avn Bn 1st ID, Phu Loi Vietnam
Michael Barber; E5, USS O’Bannon DD-987, Mayport FL
Mary Slattery; PN2
Genevieve Wimp-McCann; Sgt, USAF Security Service, Tuslog Det 5, CA, TX, Turkey
Willis Arrington; E4, 701st Support, Ft Riley, Desert Storm
James Prout; SM3, Communication, USS Shangri-la CVA 38
Patrick Navin; E5, USS NIMITZ CVN-68
Larry Jones; E3, 2nd LAAM Bn, MCAS Yuma
Robert Glotzer; E5, STRATCOM, CONUS
Joseph P. Smith; E5, USS Zellars, USS Fiske
Raymond Wornica; MSG, DoD, Vietnam
Rodney O’Neal; E4, 127th Sig Bn 7th ID Light, Ft Ord CA
Robert Schumacher; ET1, USS Tucson, USS Cheyenne, USS Olympia, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor HI, WestPac, Persian Gulf, Norfolk VA
Dr Robert Campbell; PFC, 91st MP Detachment, AL, Germany
Christopher Franklin; E2, 1/38 Inf, Ft Benning GA
Robert Fitzgerald; RD2, USS Macon CA132, 6th Fleet
Stephen Schweitzer; FTM2, USS Ramsey DEG2, Vietnam
Stephen Garcia; Sp4, 570th MP Co, Ft Ord CA, Ft Carson CO
Elora Kindred; E5, WA, Sicily, TX
Dolores Peers
Ken Swart; SK4, USS Marvin Shields, Vietnam
Victor Sanders; Sp4, 71st Trans Bn, Long Binh Vietnam
Mike Woods; Sgt, 4th ID, Kuwait-Iraq OIF
Heath Hallman; E4, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB
Donna Hooker; E5, Dentac, Landstuhl, Ft Hood, Ft Sill
Dan Ely; E4, 504th PIR, 83rd Abn Div, Ft Bragg
Jerry Whitfield; PH 1, Combat Camera, Vietnam
Paul Pintarich; HM2, 1st Marine Bgd, HI
Jason Arbogast; Sgt, 267th MP, 800th MP, Iraq
John Bartolomei; E3, 2/5th Field Artillery, Germany
James Culhane; E5, 171st Air Med, US
Michael Moulds; E4, 6th Arial Port Sq, Ubon Thailand
Christopher Coppus; Cpt, Medical, Army Nurse Core, USA
Linwood Henderson; Sgt, 3/1 Kilo CO, Vietnam
John Coble; CMSgt, Strategic Air Command, Worldwide
Josh Birch; Spc, 4th ID, Iraq, Korea, Ft Hood
Alma Ramsey; Sgt, 527th MI Bn, HQ Dept of Army, Augsburg Germany, Pentagon Wash DC
Claude McDaniel; E3, USS Barbey, Pacific
Donna Roddy; Sgt, VMAAW224, US, Philippines, Japan, Norway
Dale Oppegard; Cpl, 82nd Abn, Ft Bragg
Warren Carpenter; SSgt, 5th Spec Forces Gp, Vietnam
Carol Williams; E4, Fleet Hosp 15, Desert Storm
Sharon Musgrave; E3 Radio and Radar Operator, USS Somers DDG 34, Vietnam
John Holmes; HM3, USNRTC Camden NJ, USNH Great Lakes, USNH Philadelphia
Bruce Langman; SSG/E6, 509th RR Gp, 8th Field Sta, Phu Bai Vietnam
Phil Morris; Cpt, 621st Tactical Control Sqd, Thailand, Vietnam
Bruce Osborne; Lance Cpl, 1st AAA, 29 Palms CA
Gerry Mitchell; Senior Master Sergeant, 1st Spec Operations Wing, AZ, CA, UT, Panama, FL
Ronald Olson; A1C, Hq USAFE, Germany, FL
Richard Yates; SP4, 3rd Armored Division, 503rd AG, Germany
William Adams; E-3, 3rd Bn 10th Marines, Camp Lejuene, Western Europe
Dale Bryant; Sgt/E5, 166th MI Bn, Vint Hills Farm VA
Fred M Jones; Cpt, 1st Cav Div, Vietnam
Richard McGinnis; E5, Vietnam, Lebanon
Tom Hewitt; MSG, 25th, 82nd, USSASI, various locations
Tim Ervin; Sp-4, 11th Trans Bn, Desert Storm
Christopher Avery; 223rd, Arkansas
Alan Hayes; E4, 814th CDS
Joseph Peeler; Sp-4, Med Corp, Ft Ord, Eustis, Sam Houston
Frank Chargois Jr, Sgt, 44th Sig Bn Long Binh, Vietnam
Beth Larae; THT, 1-23 Inf Stryker Bn 2nd ID, Baghdad, IZ
Alan Hayner; Sgt E5, 2/501 101st Abn, Vietnam
John Cerasuolo; E4/Cpl, MASS-6, South Weymouth Naval Air Station
Lee Coddens; Cpl, 2/3, 2/7
Jerry French; Cpt, 1st Cav Div, Vietnam
Bob Roskovics; E5, 11th Armored Cav, Vietnam
John McBride; Cpl/1st Lt, 75th Inf Dive, Easy Co 7th Cav, Europe in WWII, Korean War
Terry Joseph; Spec 5th Class, Veterinary Corp, Giessen Germany
Henry Ickes; Sp4, 68th Sig Bn, Germany
David Brodsky; Avn Cadet, US Army Air Corps, US
Nicole Green; Cpt
Evan Thee; O-3, COMFAIRKEF, Iceland/COMSEVENTHFLT, Japan
Alan Gjedsted; E4, 1st Marines, Vietnam
Dan Rolfe; E-6/TSgt, 18 TFW, 92 Bomb Wing, Kadena AB Okinawa Japan, Fairchild AFB WA
Craig Lemcke; E-4, 3/68 AR, Ft Carson CO
Tony Galindo; CSM, I Corps, 1st Air Cav, USARJ, Korea, Vietnam, Japan
Steve Anderson; LCDR, Navy Nurse Corps, US, Norway
Howard Gintell; SP5, 25th MI Detachment, Vietnam
Richard Fairfield; Spec 4, Security Agency, Philippines
Tim Holmen; Maj, various units, Wright-Patterson AFB, Thule Greenland, Andrews AFB, JUSMMAT-Ankara, Turkey
Richard Gaines; Phm3/c, 112th NCB, Pacific Theater Tinian Marianas, Okinawa
Dan Robinson; Lt Col, NORAD, ASD/AFSC, ALASKA CMD, DOD, CONUS, Rep of the Philippines, AK
Joseph Hennessy; 1st Lt, 332 AEW, Iraq
Harold Rabinowitz; Lance Cpl, 2nd Recon Bn, 2nd Div
David Wooler; E4, 101st Abn Div, 10th Spec Forces Gp, Ft Campbell KY, Ft Devens MA
Robert Bauer; 2nd Lt, 163rd Armored Cav, Bryan TX
Anthony Lincoln; SP 5, 210th Combat Avn Bn, Vietnam
Ernest Holz; Lt, USS Bennington, Vietnam
David Hooker; Sp 4, 1-13th Tank 1st Armor 2/6 Cav, Germany, Ft Knox
Joshua Brenner; E4, USS Hawes FFG53, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf
Rich Cower
Frank Santoro; Cpt, 304th Sig Bn, Korea
Todd Brooks; OSSN, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
Walter Stone; E5, FMFWESPAC HDQ, Vietnam
Frank Zipperer; LTC, 118th Avn, 9th Avn Bn, CO B Co, Army Staff HQDA The Pentagon, Vietnam
Steve Allbee; Sgt, Vietnam
Chris Reesman; Sergeant, 28th PSB, Operation Enduring Freedom
Patrick Johnson; TSgt, supply, Vietnam
Michael Hudson; SRA, 823rd RHCES, Hurlburt FLD FL
Robert Murray; Coxswain, Amphibious Support Gp, Pacific
George Bradshaw; E5, 1835th EI, 4th MOB, 1827th EI, 2064th Comm, 3410th TTG, CA, OK, TX, AK, MS
Brendan Clifford; E4, 71st Maint Bn, Germany
Gregory Darr; Sergeant, VII Corps, Germany
Richard Cobb; E4, 101st Abn, Vietnam
Bob Brandon; LCDR, VA-105, FICEURLANT, AIC, Northern Watch, KFOR, JTF, Med, Norlant, Indian Ocean, Turkey, Germany, Kosovo, Guantanamo Bay
Eric Sleeper; Sergeant, CLR-25, 3rd TSB, CLR-17, Iraq, Okinawa, Camp Pendleton
Dedrick Lewis; SSgt, Fuels Spec, Supply, Moody AFB GA, Incirlik AFB Turkey, Reece AFB TX
Daniel Barnett; ET1, Reactor Controls, CVN-73
Stephen Bernard; E4, 63rd Maint Co, Vietnam
Theresa Roman; Cpl, HqCo, HqSvcBn, San Diego CA
Gary Glaze; 1st Lt, A Co. 5th Bn 60th Inf, 9th ID, Mekong Delta Vietnam
F. Kale Mathias; E5, USACC Augsburg, 68th Sig Bn, Augsburg Germany
Thomas Schmidt; E5, VMA 211, H&MS 11 MAG 11, Vietnam, Japan
Chad Elliott; E5, Transportation, Iraq
Warren Messick; SSgt, 49th MXS, Holloman AFB NM
Chuck Peterson; A2C, 9th Bomb Wing SAC, Mt Home ID
Arora Rivpreet; Cpl, CAB CEC, 2/4, 1/5, MWSS 272, Okinawa Japan, Korea, Philippines, Iraq
John Rosado; E4, 102nd Engr Bn C, N.Y.C.
Eugene Uptegraph; Lt Col, 50 FTS, Columbus AFB
Paul McFarland; SSG, 24th Med Co, Cold War, Bosnia, Okinawa
Jeff Coffman; SM2, USS Excel, MineGroupOne
Stan Bozarth; Cpt, 6 Bn, 56 Arty, Vietnam
David Chew; LCDR, USS Claud Jones, COMCRUDESGRU-12, Mid-Pac, West-Pac, Med
Arthur Edwards; LCDR
John Clinkscales; E7, Hq USAF/FM, Pentagon
Edward Davis
Kenny Ley; CW5,Vietnam, Germany, Bosnia, Korea
Dave Morris; Sgt, 56 Avn, 164th Maint Co, Germany, Saudi Arabia
Peter Burr; Maj, MACV, Vietnam
John Cole; 1st Lt, 1st Cav Div, Ft Hood TX
Travis Petkovits; Spec-4, 3/161st Inf, Ft Lewis, Yakima
Dave Beachley; Sgt, 522nd CEWI Bn, 2nd AD, Ft Hood TX
Chuck Kropp; E-4, 32nd Inf, 7th ID, Korea
Alan Miner; Sp-5, Signal Corps, Vietnam
Stephen Ames Berry; E4, Army Security Agency, Tokyo
Patrick Daniels; Sgt/E5
J. Rick Sepolen; E6, 25th ID, Vietnam
Douglas Englund; Col, 4th ID, Vietnam, Iraq
Leland Borland; E4, COMAIRPAC, Japan
Joseph Jaquay; Spec 5, 361st Signal Bn, Vietnam
Carl Jackson; E5, USS Ohio, SSBN-726-Blue, Pacific Sub Fleet
Carl Stellwag; E5, Vietnam, 123 Avn Bn, B Co
Joseph Ward; SFC, 78th Div NJ, 324th CSH FL, USA
Sheryl Young; Cpt, Engr and Installation, Radar Eval, USAFE, Griffiss AFB, Hill AFB, Ramstein AB, Keesler AFB
Michelle Matthews; SSgt, 206th MI Bn, Ft Dix, Ft Bragg, Ft Rucker, Ft Gordon, Honduras, Panama, Germany, Korea
Marcella Zito-Barrows; E5, USS Ajax, USS Holland
Bradley Christmas; Lt, USS Portland, Operation Desert Storm
Kenneth Williams; E6, USS McKee, Gulf War
Craig Seabrooks; various units, Weisbaden AB Germany, Ft Bragg, Schweinfurt Germany, Tuzla Bosnia
John Gradwohl; FC3, USS New Orleans, NSWSES, USS Belleau Wood, Desert Storm, Pacific Fleet, Port Hueneme
William Cassels; Cpl, Scout Dogs, Vietnam
Amanda Armitage; E5, USS Iwo Jima LHD-7, NAS Oceana, US Fleet Forces Command, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News
Jim Harris; Sgt, Phu Cat, Phan Rang, Vietnam
Price LaCroix; SMSN, USS NEREUS, Pacific Fleet
Paul Mallary; CT2, USNSG, Nicosia, Cyprus
Andrew Colon; SPC-E4, 1-101st Avn Reg, Ft Campbell KY
Donald Watkins; Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class, NAS Albany GA, NAVSUBMEDCEN New London CT
Joe Van Horn; Sgt E5, 101st Abn, Vietnam
Ralph Bruechert; E5, 6th Fleet, USS Saratoga
J Rashid; Cpl, Bravo 1/11, Camp Pendleton CA
John Kendall; HM3/SSGT, USS Raleigh LPD-1, FMF 3rd MarDiv MED, OKIN, Camp Pen, USAFR
Frank Borghese; SFC, 4th PSYOP Gp, 9th PSYOP Bn, 312th PSYOP Co, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom
Robert Lieberman; Cpt, 374th RRC, Vietnam
Sabrina Seronello; E5, 959 SURG OPS, 332 EMDG, TX, Iraq, Katrina
Craig Thaler; E4, Gunnary Seargeant, Ft Brag
Susan Budassi-Sheehy; Cpt, US Army Gen Hosp Landstuhl, 225th Station Hospital Munich, Germany
Paul Leicht; Cpl, 3 MAW, Iraq
Glenn Jorgensen; 1st Lt, 1st Sig Gp, 864th Engr Bn, CONUS
Jon Curtis; TSgt, 8th TFW, Ubon
Ron Zabowski; PO 3rd Class, U.S. Naval Security Gp, Philippines, AK, Wash DC
Charles Sanders; E4, 2/19th Abn Art, Vietnam
Kyle Webster; E5, 4th TFW, Gulf War I
Miguel Legaspi; SSgt, Co D, 3rd AABN 29 Palms CA, Somalia, Okinawa, Philippines, Persian Gulf
Pierre Batraville; MSgt, III Mef, US, Okinawa, Philippines, Persian Gulf
Jacqueline Koczon Charette; A1C, Hospital, George AFB CA
Michele Strub; Spec 4
Jasper Copeland; MSgt, various units, England, India, Thailand
Matthew Hartmann; Spc, A Co 2-5 Cav 1 CD, Iraq
Walter Costello; LtCol, VMFA-122, 314, 232, 513, Vietnam
Art Blank Jr M.D.; Cpt, 93rd Evac Hosp, Vietnam
Leo Stone; MMCS, various locations
Vincent Thomas; Pvt 1st Class, 1st ID, Vietnam
Thomas Reynolds; Cpt, Det 1, 7th Air Force, Vietnam, Thailand
Cora Tula Watters; Cpl, Woman Marines 2nd Marines, Lejeune, PL, Quantico, Philly
Henry Benefield; Sgt, 1st/5th Mech, Vietnam
E Smith
Michael Anderson; E4, B Co 55 Spt Bn, Kentucky, Germany
Eric Stoutenburg; Cpt, 2nd Bgd Recon Troop, 1st Inf Div, Iraq
Douglas Knox; CW3, USARC
Brian Skolrud; Spec, 4th Bgd 2nd Inf Div, Ft Lewis WA
Mary Knab; SSgt, Medic, McConnel AFB, Wichita KS
Francine Askew; LCpl, Marine Barracks 8th, Wash DC
Jennifer Williams; Cpt, HQ PACAF, Desert Storm, Okinawa, HI, CONUS
Mitchell Adkins; SSgt, 86 CRG/AMS, Ramstein AB DE, Iraq
Bill Jones; MSgt, Numerous Med Units, USA, Turkey, Philippines, England, Germany
William Zehner; E4, 4/37 AR, 1st ID, Gulf War
Steve Hayes; 1 SG
Michael Eggleston; SN, Mobile Riverine Force, River Assault Sqd 131, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Joseph Tuckman; E3, HQ Special Troops, Heidelberg Germany
Joan Schramm; LCDR, TX, CA, Japan, DC
Ron Abner; Sp4 Combat Medic, 2/8 Mech Inf 4th ID, Vietnam
Randolph Andrews; Sgt, 3/47 9th Inf Div, 1st FSB 1st Armored Div, Ft Lewis, Butzbach
Norm Anderson
Steve Johnson; Sp 5, 508 ASA, Korea
David Forsyth; E5, C Co 1st MarDiv, Vietnam
Pamela Disponett; HMC, CINCUSNAVEUR, NAVHOSP’s, NOMI P’Cola, Okinawa, London, Sicily, TX, VA, FL, CA, IL

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