Subject: Sport Car or Missing in Action?

<>Dawson and his wife, Jennifer, had been debating buying a vehicle for weeks.
He wanted a truck. She wanted a fast little sports-like car so she could zip through
traffic around town. He would probably have settled on any beat up old truck, but
everything she seemed to like was way out of their price range.

"Look!" she said. "I want something that goes from 0 to 200 in just a few seconds.
Nothing else will do. My birthday is coming up so surprise me!"

Dawson did just that. For her birthday, he bought her a brand new bathroom scale.

Nobody has seen or heard from him since.

"Bravery is momentary; Courage requires endurance."
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I have received a particular message several times and I wonder if someone in a
position to know will verify it or advise if it is a hoax... I am told that soldiers on the
battlefield in Iraq have used feminine tampons to stop bleeding in bullet wounds.
One e-mail article says the life of a Marine was saved by this application. Can it be
verified?
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As I have lived through this week, watched and participated in my daughter's
progress, answered mail from inquiries and handled daily business I considered it
a priceless priviledge to be involved in life with you and in life as a Peace Keeper
even though I have been forced to take retirement from active duty as a police
officer. I continue as a civilian volunteer chaplain to absorb any and all information
that comes to my attention that I might learn from and convey to you. Life for me is
still an adventure even though I have had to make a great course adjustment. If I
cannot be in the action then I want to be a resource to those who are in the action.

This week I read an advertisement seeking law enforcement officers to take jobs in
Iraq training police recruits. The money was so very attractive. They were even
taking retired officers who were within eight years of retirement who could qualify...
but I prayed... and the guidance said the same that I already knew... I am currently,
exactly where I am supposed to be because of the needs here. I know directions
for me will change as soon as the needs I must deal with here are met. This is
knowledge I have had for some time now... and again it has been confirmed... Do
what you know to do until you receive orders to do something else .

My life has been long and adventurous. I have learned much by experience,
self gained education and application of that education. As a very young man I
decided to set out to make some kind of good difference in the life of this world.
Many places along the journey I received inspiration plus I experienced the
excitement of the discovery of things that worked for me that others around me
did not understand. I explored the things that fascinated me and intrigued me. I
loved ancient history and read and learned from it. I loved the history of our nation
and read and learned from it. I was fascinated with engineering principles and
learned and applied them. I have always been inspired by Peace Keepers. I read
and learned about them and learned from them.

I always, from early childhood, admired and respected the "State Men", the
Virginia Troopers whom we seldom saw but the warning spread quickly whenever
one of them was coming up the country road... or if they were running a checking
detail at the cross roads store. One of them worked an accident that happened in
my front yard on a rainy day and he sat on my front porch to do his paperwork.
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"VICTORIOUS WARRIORS WIN FIRST...
AND THEN GO TO WAR,
WHILE DEFEATED WARRIORS GO TO WAR FIRST...
AND THEN SEEK TO WIN." Sun tzu

ONLY LIVE PEACE KEEPERS SEE THE VICTORY!!!

WITH THE DEEPEST OF APPRECIATION AND RESPECT...
BE BLESSED (A CONDITION TO BE ENVIED)...
BE SUCCESSFUL... BE SAFE...
Chaplain D. R. Staton (Don - C1) VBPD, VSP ALUMNI,
RETIRED Officer, Instructor, Senior Chaplain, Director of Chaplains
757-431-2190, chpln1@verizon.net
3709 Beacon Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
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