feelingbad 
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| 22 May 2006 11:15 AM |
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| Standing by in Northern Kentucky. God Bless the family |
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poyaneris
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| 22 May 2006 4:57 PM |
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| Standing by in Clarksville. |
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kyscooterman
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| 22 May 2006 8:25 PM |
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| standing by in glasgow |
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donstanley1a
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| 23 May 2006 6:38 AM |
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| Standing by in Nashville, TN |
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dk2onion
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| 23 May 2006 7:17 AM |
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Waiting for orders.....
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gasman
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| 23 May 2006 9:34 AM |
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| chappy,if I get my hog repaired before this honor to this warrior,is held.I will ride with you.You and all the captains, do a great job in honoring these great soldiers.May GOD give the family strength and FAITH during this time of grief.. |
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ssgquast
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| 23 May 2006 11:02 AM |
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| Standing by in Bowling Green |
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oneguy
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| 23 May 2006 7:40 PM |
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Standing by in Madison to honor this true patriot. Awaiting details.
OneGuy
Madison, IN.
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wasions
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| 23 May 2006 8:00 PM |
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| Standing by in Southern Illinois. |
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tedseaman
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| 23 May 2006 8:35 PM |
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SSGT Santiago M. Halsel
Services announcement from the Bowling Green Newspaper, Dated May 23, 2006
Funeral Services will be 1:00 PM, Thursday May 25, 2006 at the Mount Zion Baptist Church with burial at Cowles Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation is from 11:00 Am to 1:00 PM Thursday at the church.
Burnam and Son Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
At this point we still have not heard back from the family as to Patriot Guard participation
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Truemensa
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| 24 May 2006 1:13 AM |
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| My Sincere condolences to the Family and friends of this True American Hero... |
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Garry Van Kirk
PGR
Bullhead City, Arizona
Sacred; adj. Dedicated to a person or purpose: a memorial sacred to those killed in battle.
Consecrated by love and reverence.
It's Not An Adventure; It's A Lifestyle; For Life!
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anunn
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| 24 May 2006 9:04 AM |
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Standing by near Nashville |
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greg7654
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Hazelwood Mo
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| 24 May 2006 11:30 AM |
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| The ugs are planning on protesting at the funeral. Hopefully the family will ask us to participate. |
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JanetteTemple
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| 24 May 2006 2:34 PM |
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I am posting for Ride Captain, Ted Seamon. He is in Nashville at the moment but just got word that the Bowling Green Mission is A STAND DOWN. I am sure that he will post as soon as he gets home but he wanted all to be aware of this so that no one makes anymore plans to take off and try to get there.
Janette Temple
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nickatnash
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| 24 May 2006 3:01 PM |
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My Condolences to Staff Sgt. Halsel and his family.
Thanks for the update....Standing Down in Nashville! |
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"Nick"
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sierge
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| 24 May 2006 5:51 PM |
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Thanks Janette for getting this update posted for Ted.
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LadyRanger
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| 24 May 2006 5:52 PM |
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| Don't know the reason for the stand down but will be there in thoughts. Let's all say a prayer that God will watch over this funeral and let the Halsel family have the peace they will need. To Sgt. Halsel's family, you will be in all our thoughts during this trying time and the sacrifice will never be forgotten. |
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tedseaman
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| 24 May 2006 8:13 PM |
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SSGT Santiago M. Halsel
This afternoon we received word from the CAO that Mrs. Halsel did not want any groups to attend the funeral of her husband. She made this decision out of consideration of the possibility of a confrontation between the groups. Even though it was made clear to those who were communicating with Mrs. Halsel that Patriot Guard is a non-confrontational group, they acknowledge that, but the decision was the same.
Thank you to all of you who were standing by to support this mission. Your messages have been offered to the family for their review and consideration.
Thank you to Janet Russell, Heather Crawford, Ky Scooter man, Mike Boston and Janette Temple for all their work in support of the set up for this event. You made a great team.
Standing by for the next assignment.
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KennyB
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Columbia, TN
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Mid-TN Veteran Assist. Officer
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| 24 May 2006 8:33 PM |
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Just wanted to tell all of you that I have been monitoring this thread, and all of you have done a fantastic job. Thanks for all the effort. We respect the family's wishes. May God bless them and ease their pain.
May SSGT Halsel Rest in Peace. Thank you for you service and your sacrifice. |
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In Loving Memory of
USMC Cpl. David A Bass
Uncle Kenny
Senior Ride Captain
Mid-TN Veteran Assist. Officer
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blueky722
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| 24 May 2006 11:01 PM |
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I just checked the WBC web sight and they are scheduled to attend tomarrow in BG.I called Capt.Page and informed him of this and he said that they had not asked so far......lets hope they don't make this one.
I would also like to thank everybody that helped on this mission and all the standbys.....I do wish we could be there for the family but I also understand why the don't want us there.
Ssgt.Halsel,you and your family are in all our hearts.Thank you for the sacrifice you mad for us.....You will not be forgotten....You are a true Hero..... |
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harly69g
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KY. State Captain
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| 25 May 2006 5:41 AM |
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| This family are in my prayers during this time of Grief. Also Thanks to everyone that worked on this mission. We couldnt have done it without you. Hopefully the wbc dont show up like the rest of the time that they dont. |
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In Memory: Terri L. Newman 11/64 - 7/05
In Memory: Caleb S. Newman 12/07 - 12/07
In Memory: Ed "oldiron" Barrett 10/07
harly69g@pgrky.org
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scooter137
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| 26 May 2006 1:27 PM |
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Amen LadyRanger Amen! Rest in peace SSGT Halsel. Your mission is complete.
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in a pretty and
well preserved body, But rather to skid in
broadside, throughly used up, totally worn
out and Loudly proclaiming
WOW..........WHAT..........A..........RIDE!!!!
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firehorse
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| 27 May 2006 7:11 AM |
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I feel bad that the family seems not to have understood the PGR's non-confrontational mission. A few of us on a mission in Wisconsin yesterday were wondering if the uglies did show up, and if so, were the LEO's able to keep them out of earshot - hopefully, the new law worked. I read that the Kentucky law is the first one the not-a-clue ACLU decided to file a lawsuit against. Thoughts and prayers to the family and to the memory of Sgt. Halsel.
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LadyRanger
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| 27 May 2006 1:58 PM |
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I found this online. Sounds like it was the military funeral that it should have been, full of honor and respect.
Daily News (Bowling Green, KY)
Sgt. Halsel laid to rest
Warren County soldier killed May 16 in Baghdad; relative says Halsel ‘positive person’
BRIAN WHITE, The Daily News, bwhite@bgdailynews.com/783-3243
Published: May 26, 2006
More than 100 family members and friends of a Bowling Green soldier killed last week in Iraq gathered Thursday for his funeral and burial.
Many of the mourners wore buttons and T-shirts with a picture of Army Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel, 32, who died in Baghdad on May 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on patrol.
In the picture, Halsel wore camouflage fatigues and a broad grin. That image matched a description of Halsel made by his cousin, Effort Hayes, who said the Army changed Halsel’s life and that he was always “a positive person.”
“He was the type of person you’d never know he had a problem in his life,” Hayes said of Halsel, whose nickname was “Taygo.”
Halsel, who served in the 101st Airborne Division, was deployed to Iraq in December, Hayes said. It was his second tour in the country, and his 10th year in the Army, which he joined in November 1996, Hayes said.
It was also his 10th year of marriage to Susan Smith Halsel, with whom he had a son, Donovan Halsel, and a daughter, LaShae Halsel. He also had another daughter, Sydney Covington.
Halsel joined the Army to support his family, but he got much more than a paycheck from the job, Hayes said.
“It was the best thing that ever happened to him,” Hayes said. “It just made him a better person.”
The Army changed Halsel “from a boy to a man” and taught him about responsibility, Hayes said.
“When he went in the service, he started thinking more like a husband, more like a father, just began taking care of his responsibilities,” Hayes said.
Halsel was buried in a small cemetery at Cowles Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, of which he was a member. At the funeral service at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Halsel’s wife was presented with the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, awarded to Halsel posthumously.
Other traditional military honors were performed at the burial. A rifle team from Fort Campbell fired a 21-gun salute in three volleys, followed by a bugler playing taps.
The team then folded the American flag that covered his steel coffin. The flag was presented to his wife by Maj. Gen. James H. Pillsbury, who gave a second flag to Halsel’s father, Vesdon Brooks.
The pastor of Cowles, Earl Kinnard, prayed with the mourners twice, before and after the military honors were bestowed.
“He paid the ultimate price and one day you and I are going to go down this road,” Kinnard said to “Amens” from the crowd.
Kinnard also prayed for Halsel’s family.
“We ask that you strengthen his family,” Kinnard said. “We ask that you comfort his family.”
Halsel’s family and friends used prayer to ask for his safety while he was in Iraq, but it was simply his time to pass on, Hayes said.
“We all prayed that he would come back, but he just didn’t,” he said.
There is no explanation for it, Hayes said.
“You know people say, ‘Why?,’ but that’s a question you can’t answer,” he said.
Copyright 2006 News Publishing LLC (Bowling Green, KY)
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deltoid79
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| 29 May 2006 7:40 PM |
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| thoughts and prayers for SSgt Halsel's family and friends. May the Lord comfort you in your time of loss. |
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