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| Marines Pose For Beefcake Calendar |
| 2006-10-13 |
| Hat tip: Drudge. A group of Marines and ex-Marines who fought in Iraq -- including two wounded there -- is featured in a beefcake calendar being sold to help wounded veterans. Web Site: Purchase Calendar Humminahumminahummina "It's a stopgap effort to help people where government programs leave off," said Rudy Reyes, who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan and is on the calendar's cover. "This is a way for citizens to help citizens." The "America's Heroes" calendar is being sold by Freedom is Not Free, a San Diego-based nonprofit group that helps injured service members and their families with such expenses as travel, mortgage and utility bills and special beds for burn victims. Reyes and the other men who appear in the glossy 2007 lineup served in Iraq in Marine reconnaissance units. Sgt. James Wright, 31, who lost his hands and part of his leg, appears on the back cover in full uniform, saluting with what's left of his right arm. Several members of the group, promoting the calendar on a cross-country tour, said Thursday they have medical conditions, ranging from combat stress-related symptoms to injuries to their feet, knees, hips and backs from carrying combat loads of more than 200 pounds. All but one of the men had to be coaxed to pose shirtless for the calendar. "I wasn't afraid to pose. This is the new-generation Marines," quipped Sean Mickle, 31, a Marine platoon sergeant at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The $14.99 calendar promises that "100 percent of proceeds aid wounded heroes and their families." Woo-hoo! Finally, something for the Ladies of Rantburg™! Now where's that credit card...? :-D |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #6 These guys can eat MREs in my bed anytime, baby! |
| Posted by: Elmert Crosh5077 2006-10-13 23:21 |
| #5 Darrell - ROFLMAO! |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-13 20:50 |
| #4 woo hoo! |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-13 20:24 |
| #3 Yes, ladies, it's true -- I used to look a lot like those guys when I was younger. Somewhere shortly after our conceptions, I think. Then they morphed into beefcake and I morphed into pot roast. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-10-13 19:46 |
| #2 BEEFCAKE!!! BEEFCAAAAKE!!! |
| Posted by: Eric Cartman 2006-10-13 16:39 |
| #1 You got that right, Barbara! Saw it this morning.... View on, ladies. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-10-13 16:24 |