THANK YOU SO MUCH, RICHARD GLASGOW IN MINNESOTA, WHO DESIGNED AND PRINTED UP THESE WONDERFUL THANK-YOU CARDS !! MY WONDERFUL SUPPORTER DOUG ASFALY, ALSO IN MINNESOTA, MAILED THE CARDS TO ME TO DISTRIBUTE ON MY VISITS TO HOSPITALS !!

SFC GLEN BURR, FROM THE UTAH NATIONAL GUARD, THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY SWEET PHOTO OF YOU AND YOUR SOLDIERS THERE IN IRAQ GIVING OUT TOYS TO IRAQI CHILDREN !!

A-L-O-H-A !!!! ON THIS COMING VALENTINES DAY, WE SAY TO OUR DEPLOYED TROOPS AND TO OUR HOSPITALIZED VETERANS: " MAHALO NUI LOA " OR THANKS VERY MUCH !!

THESE BRAVE HEROES ARE DEFINITELY # 1 !!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, JIM THOMSON, FOR DISTRIBUTING THE DONATED "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDARS TO YOUR SOLDIERS THERE IN IRAQ !!

GREETINGS FROM CAMP BUCCA TO GINA ! RIGHT BACK AT YA, LEON AND STEVE IN IRAQ !!

"GIMME FIVE", GABE !!

IT'S TIME TO WARM UP THIS CALIFORNIA PIN-UP GIRL WHO JUST ARRIVED HERE IN CHILLY WASHINGTON, DC FOR HER VISIT TO OUR BRAVE HEROES AT TWO MILITARY HOSPITALS !!

"It is proposed that the contemplated monument shall be like him in whose honor it is to be constructed, unparalleled in the world, and commensurate with the gratitude, liberality, and patriotism of the people by whom it is to be erected…"

I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A MORE CHARMING MARINE ESCORT THAN SERGEANT ZAVIAN SIMPSON ---A BRAVE WOUNDED WARRIOR HIMSELF AND THE PERFECT SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN !!

MY FRIEND, TEJAL, AND I ARE HERE TO SHOW APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO THE BRAVE HEROES RECOVERING FROM SEVERE INJURIES AT WRAMC'S MOLOGNE HOUSE. A BIG SALUTE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE MARINES AND SOLDIERS !!

HERE I AM AT BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL WITH SGT. LAZZARO, WHO TOOK ME THROUGH THE UNITS THERE SO I COULD MEET THE WOUNDED WARRIORS AND PRESENT THE DONATED CALENDARS AND POSTERS !!!

.....INTRODUCING THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT ALL HAPPEN AT WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL !!!! A PIN-UP GIRL COULDN'T ASK FOR A NICER GROUP OF PEOPLE TO HELP HER OUT !!!

COULD WE SAY THAT THE FIREMEN ON BASE AT BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL COULD LIGHT UP A ROOM WITH THEIR ELECTRIFYING PERSONALITIES ??? YOU BET WE CAN !!!

I DEDICATE THIS PHOTO TO MY OTHER FIREFIGHTER FAN CLUB ---THE GUYS IN IRAQ !! DONNIE SCHELL AND THE FIREFIGHTERS IN IRAQ....THIS ONE IS FOR YOU !!!

THESE FLAGS FLYING PROUDLY BY THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT CAN EACH REPRESENT A BRAVE WOUNDED WARRIOR I MET DURING MY TRIP TO WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL.....I PUT MY HAND OVER MY HEART FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.....

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED !! A TIRED, BUT PROUD, PIN-UP GIRL SAYS GOOD-BYE TO WASHINGTON, DC AND RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA , HAVING DELIVERED ALL THE DONATED "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDARS AND POSTERS TO OUR BRAVE WOUNDED WARRIORS !!!

A PIN-UP GIRL COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER FAN CLUB THAN THE BRAVE HEROES OF THE 601st AVIATION SUPPORT BATTALION FROM FORT RILEY, KANSAS !! HUGS AND KISSES TO YOU ALL FROM GINA ELISE !!

SHOW ME YOUR FAVORITE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDAR MONTH !!!

WITH MUCH THANKS TO MY THOUGHTFUL "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE DONATED HUNDREDS OF CALENDARS TO OUR BRAVE HEROES IN THE MIDDLE EAST !! IT'S WONDERFUL FOR THESE SOLDIERS TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULT JOB THEY HAVE TO DO !

THIS MUST BE THE COMEDY TEAM OF THE FORT RILEY KANSAS BATTALION !! THANK YOU FOR ADDING SOME COMIC RELIEF TO THE "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" ALBUM PAGES !!

....AND HERE'S ONE OF MY AWESOME SUPPORTERS IN NORTH CAROLINA......PAT DELATTE !!!

HERE I AM GETTING READY TO DELIVER YOUR DONATED CALENDARS TO OUR HOSPITALIZED VETERANS AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA !!

THE LONG BEACH VA HOSPITAL VOLUNTEER SERVICES IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE MR. MEL BURGOS---MY VERY KIND AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ESCORT WHO ACCOMPANIED ME DURING MY VISIT TO THE HOSPITALIZED VETERANS.

I HAD TO STOP AND PAY MY RESPECTS WHEN I SAW THIS POSTER ON THE WALL AT THE LONG BEACH VA HOSPITAL.

HERE I AM WITH SAILOR, RONALD DOZIER !

WELL, CHESTER BRADSHAW, I WOULD SAY THAT THE AIR FORCE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU WHEN YOU SERVED OUR COUNTRY !!

RAYMOND LA BLANC ! I HOPE YOU SCORED BIG AT YOUR BINGO GAME HERE AT THE VA HOSPITAL !

I LOVE MEETING KOREAN WAR VETERANS....AND HERE IS ONE GREAT SOLDIER, MELVIN JAMES !!

WHAT A SWEET MAN THIS FORMER SOLDIER IS !! KOREAN WAR VETERAN, AL LEWIS , IS A CHARMER !

HANDSOME AND DISTINGUISHED LOOKING GREGORY PETERS IS A VETERAN OF THE VIETNAM WAR !

HERE I AM IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH WITH THE MAJESTIC QUEEN MARY DOCKED BEHIND ME ! HOW ABOUT SOME INTERESTING HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THIS FAMOUS SHIP . . .

SEMPER FI !!! HERE I AM AFTER MY VISIT TO OUR AWESOME VETERANS AT THE LONG BEACH VA HOSPITAL AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A FEMALE MARINE VETERAN WHO I MET DURING MY HOSPITAL VISIT...

I AM PRETTY SURE THAT AS PATRIOTIC HATS GO....THIS ONE SURE TAKES THE CAKE !!

GOOD BYE, LONG BEACH ! IT WAS A PLEASURE TO VISIT YOUR VETERANS !!

A MEMORIAL SET UP TO HONOR THOSE TROOPS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. . .

LOOK WHO I MET AT THE SOLDIERS' ANGELS FIRST ANNUAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MEETING IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA !! IT'S JIM RILEY FROM BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER !!I

HERE IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE FAMOUS "ZIEGENFUSS DUO ! CARREN IS THE AWESOME WIFE OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE SOLDIERS,CHUCK ZIEGENFUSS, WHO IS THE MILITARY BLOGGER OF "FROM MY POSITION ON THE WAY" ! CARREN IS STARTING A SPECIAL NEW PROGRAM !

I LOVE THOSE GUYS WHO WRITE FOR THE MILITARY BLOG, "BLACKFIVE" . WHAT AN INTERESTING PERSON BLAKE "LAUGHING WOLF" POWERS IS !!!

STEVE FROM IRAQ WRITES: " I GOT MY CALENDAR !!!" *****GINA ELISE FROM CALIFORNIA WRITES: "WAY TO GO, STEVE !!!....THIS IS ONE AWESOME PHOTO OF YOU....THANKS SO MUCH !!!! "

HERE IS MY " NUMERO UNO BEST SUPPORTER" IN AUSTRALIA !! GREG ATKINS IS ALSO A GREAT SUPPORTER OF OUR TROOPS !!!

A SALUTE OF APPRECIATION TO MY GENEROUS SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDARS and POSTERS THAT I HAVE DELIVERED TO THESE **SEVEN**HOSPITALS . . .

CW3 NICK GATEWOOD AND 1SG TOMMY SNOW !!! LOOKING GOOD THERE WITH YOUR "PIN-UPS FOR VETS" CALENDARS !! WE ALL SEND OUR BEST WISHES TO YOU THERE IN AFGHANISTAN !!

SEAN IN SEATTLE---YOU ARE A BRAVE HERO, TWICE OVER !! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY IN THE AIR FORCE AND NOW FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A FIREFIGHTER IN WASHINGTON STATE !!!

....AND HERE HE IS...THE BIG-HEARTED DOUG ASFALY FROM MINNESOTA !!!! A GREAT SUPPORTER IN 2007 AND 2008 !!!

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MILITARY K-9 HANDLER CPL. KORY WIENS AND HIS LABRADOR RETRIEVER PARTNER, COOPER . . .