OK - Poll no worky...

Here's the question:

If your AO went hot right now - full-blown hot with Gestapo in the streets rounding up Jews, anyone not willingly walking to the boxcars is simply shot in the street - how many men and/or women of your COMBAT TEAM would be at your muster point in 90 minutes?

How about in 24 hours?

By "Combat Team" I mean guys/gals who are going to work in Buddy Teams, into Fire Teams, et cetera.

90 minutes:

24 hours:

Kerodin
III

OK - I'll ask more directly

**BUMP**  The overwhelming response is obviously "yes", and I thank everyone for weighing-in.  I simply can't express how much it means that I won't have to put my hand out anymore asking for help to finance III Operations.  Please feel free to continue commenting if you are of a mind.  Here's where we stand: Legally, the organization is locked-up, ready to roll.  We could legally begin accepting memberships now - but for practical reasons it is too soon.  The Organization will be a 501(c)(4) as far as IRS is concerned.  That means the organization doesn't have to pay Federal income tax on most activities.  There's a good and a bad to donations:  The bad: Your donations/Memberships are not deductible.  The good: A 501(c)(4) never has to reveal who you are to anyone, even IRS.

There is more, I'll share when prudent.  Hopefully we'll have most of our blocks lined up by the end of the weekend.

~~

1) Does anyone have any problem if we create an official III Organization?  Caveat: Nothing would change except some swag and steady income for III Projects.  No ranks.  Leaderless resistance.  You are still III whether you join or not.  Everything. Stays. The. Same. - Except the III has steady income for things like the T.O.C. and helping fellow Patriots without having to make a big, noisy mess of it, etc.  Money would be held by a Treasurer.  Bylaws would be written in stone so no shenanigans.  Does anyone have a problem with it?

2) Would you join on an annual basis?  Get some swag and discounts.

3) Would you join as a lifetime member?  Get some more swag & discounts.

4) Mission Statement: The Restoration of Rightful Liberty in North America.

Anyone got a problem with that short and sweet Mission Statement?

.

5) Oath:I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the principles behind the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

 

Does anyone have a problem swearing that Oath?

The ultimate winner is the III.  Membership numbers mean we can tell NRA and Stewie to kiss our patooties.  Yeah, I said it.  Patooties.

Please weigh-in.

K

We are on a path. You will choose one way, or the other...

By the way, many people are planning to choose for you...

 

or...

You choose...

Kerodin
III

The monsters hiding under my bed aren't waiting for me...

...they're praying I'm not in a mood to hunt tonight...

Kerodin
III

It is time for a conversation among III Patriots...

This is my Battle Flag.  Tremble, Enemies of Liberty.  For if I fall and take it
to the bloody mud - one of my brothers will pick it up and kill you for me.

I have created a blog for a specific conversation whose time has come.

So let's roll up our sleeves, get into it, and win this flippin' war.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
III

Miscellany

Signal Corps: Read the post below.  Find a teen or twenty-something.  Staff yourself with a techie.

Medical Corps: Do the same with an ambulance tech.  Or that the classes yourself - learn how to help keep someone alive just long enough to reach a physician.

Spy Corps: Work on your Sneaky-Sneaky.

TIHK - We were awarded a wholesale account. 
Will be available soon.

TIHK: We've been granted a wholesale dealership.  Once the paperwork is all done, we'll make them available.  I have built my entire CQB class around one simple premise: If you can get your hands free from two very large men by the end of the day, you pass.  This little widget will help you do it if you somehow find yourself in cuffs.  I'm still working on my shim supplier for plastic ties.

Paul Lemmen:  Paul has started writing me in the last few days, and I want to thank him personally for an introduction he has made and the assistance he has provided.  We are III.

Kerodin
III

A Jedburgh Question

This is early in the process, too early to mention too many details.

Fact: The III is going to have Teams modeled on the Jedburgh Teams of WWII.

The question I'd like you to weigh-in on is simple: the name.

"Jedburgh" was chosen because it had zero meaning - it was simply a town in Scotland.

Is there a "cooler" or "Tacti-cooler" name you'd like to operate under if you find yourself working on a modern III Jedburgh Team?

Or, should we just leave it as Jedburgh out of respect for the men who gave the name meaning?

You're call.

Let me know.

Kerodin
III

III Signal Corps

The III needs a proper Signal Corps.  In the service there are many specialties within the Signal Corps, Patriots need a more slim and trim cadre of specialists who can work the hell out of a smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC, they need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of Unseen and the next great thing, they need to know what memory widgets work in what electronic thingies (these are all technical terms, don't try this without a spotter), they need to know how to spoof IPs, generally cause havoc to the "average" internet user.  They need to know how to capture audio and video and stills, work Looxcie and Vidcie and variants - all the things the average 13-year-old already knows.  They need to know all the ins & outs of social media. They need to know how to mask themselves, how to avoid, or slow down, being identified by OpFor.  Last but not least they need the old school radios - from short-range squad radios to HAM skills that let them reach the opposite side of CONUS.  HAM Masters are going to be less in demand, usually, that the folks who can play on the dark side of the net.

If you have such skills, or most of such skills, please work at filling out the resume. 

There will be a test.  Pass - you'll probably live.  Fail - not so much.

And when we begin deploying modern III Jedburgh Teams, every Team will need a Comms Officer. 

Oh my - did I just say that out loud?

Kerodin
III

Patriots at Bundy

Is there a list of the Patriots who were at Bundy?

If so, I don't want it, but some select group of Patriots needs it, and they need to watch and see when those Patriots start getting SWAT'ted by FBI and FedGov for being at Bundy.

Two separate reports remind us and make it clear everyone at Bundy is marked.

Here's article one.

Here's article two.

And all hyperbole aside, what the F are the rest of us planning to do when it begins?  Remember, Lexington & Concord wasn't merely about guns.  It was about arrest warrants for Sam Adams and John Hancock - two men without which there would likely have never been a Revolution.

So - no shit, is there a plan?  Have Patriots signed that plan?  Has anyone delivered that plan to DoJ in Washington?  We can play offense or defense.

Defense blows dead bear.

Kerodin
III

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is always a bit low-key around the Kerodin home.  It was the same when I was a boy, though when I was a boy we were never home on this day.  We were at the VFW in Great Falls, Maryland.  Usually there were groups of men laughing and being men - in a time when a Lady might blush, but she was woman enough to know she was around real men, and she liked it.  I really didn't figure that out until I was older.  Grandma married at least 5 times from that Post.  Say no more, please - that's my Grandma we're talking about.  ;)

On those days there were also small groups scattered about throughout the day, they shifted places and members as the day passed.  Those men were not boisterous and happy.  Emotion from those groups of men was enough to make a boy my age sometimes come close enough to hear, and sometimes find an overwhelming need to leave the building and find a spot in the woods that surrounded the post.

It happened more than once, but once was different from the others.  Men and women with tattoos on their arms were there for lunch and dinner.  A lot of the guys I had come to know showed up on a few of those days in their first-class uniforms - many had chests filled with buttons and ribbons.  That place was hallowed.  Young boys - at least this one - didn't ask what all the buttons, ribbons and pins meant.  And he never asked where that scar came from, or where the rest of his arm was...

It was at that place on Great Falls Road just a few hundred yards from the Potomac River, in the safety of my world - that every one of those men, and many women - had a direct role in preserving that safety, I met Sergeant Thomas Baker.  He had been dead about 23 years when one of the men who knew me at the Post introduced me.

I have no talent for writing what must be conveyed.  I will allow his Official U.S. Army Medal of Honor report speak instead.  Thomas Baker did not save the last round for himself...

Thomas A. Baker (June 25, 1916 – July 7, 1944) was a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II. He served with Alpha Company, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry division in the Philippines. He received a Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions in combat on the island of Saipan.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty at Saipan,  June 19 to July 7 1944. When his entire company was held up by fire from automatic weapons and small-arms fire from strongly fortified enemy positions that commanded the view of the company, Sgt. (then Pvt.) Baker voluntarily took a bazooka and dashed alone to within 100 yards of the enemy. Through heavy rifle and machinegun fire that was directed at him by the enemy, he knocked out the strong point, enabling his company to assault the ridge. Some days later while his company advanced across the open field flanked with obstructions and places of concealment for the enemy, Sgt. Baker again voluntarily took up a position in the rear to protect the company against surprise attack and came upon 2 heavily fortified enemy pockets manned by 2 officers and 10 enlisted men which had been bypassed. Without regard for such superior numbers, he unhesitatingly attacked and killed all of them. Five hundred yards farther, he discovered 6 men of the enemy who had concealed themselves behind our lines and destroyed all of them. On 7 July 1944, the perimeter of which Sgt. Baker was a part was attacked from 3 sides by from 3,000 to 5,000 Japanese. During the early stages of this attack, Sgt. Baker was seriously wounded but he insisted on remaining in the line and fired at the enemy at ranges sometimes as close as 5 yards until his ammunition ran out. Without ammunition and with his own weapon battered to uselessness from hand-to-hand combat, he was carried about 50 yards to the rear by a comrade, who was then himself wounded. At this point Sgt. Baker refused to be moved any farther stating that he preferred to be left to die rather than risk the lives of any more of his friends. A short time later, at his request, he was placed in a sitting position against a small tree . Another comrade, withdrawing, offered assistance. Sgt. Baker refused, insisting that he be left alone and be given a soldier's pistol with its remaining 8 rounds of ammunition. When last seen alive, Sgt. Baker was propped against a tree, pistol in hand, calmly facing the foe. Later Sgt. Baker's body was found in the same position, gun empty, with 8 Japanese lying dead before him. His deeds were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.

The voices in my head

Some of you know I have many voices in my head, all usually competing for my attention.  Some are good voices telling me to do good things.  Some - need to be duct-taped.

I hope this comment doesn't upset our tactical, professional war-fighters in the community.  I do not think RevWarIII will be fought by professional war-fighters, and will certainly not be won by such brave men.  I have the utmost respect for the professional Warriors in our midst, and I commend to you with all my being - get with them and learn what you can, while you can.  But the reason professional soldiers will not win RevWarIII is because, quite simply, we don't have enough.

The American populace today is much more like the populace leading up to WWII.  Of course you have to subtract the societal losers we have today, and that is a large percentage. But the average guy who will fight RevWarIII has much in common with the guys who went to war in WWII.  They were family men, they worked for a living in non-fighting trades and professions.  They had no desire to leave home and hearth to die in some foreign land to kill monsters who had, literally, become existential threats to life on Planet Earth.

Of course many of the guys going into WWII had WWI experience, but they did not have volunteer exposure to war the way Americans have since Vietnam.  Nor did they have any cadre of significance of Special Warfare Troopers who could help the average GI.  Our Special Forces were birthed, for the most part, in WWII.  A very, very overwhelming amount of that credit lands squarely on the shoulders of one William J."Wild Bill" Donovan.  Bill Donovan was a natural spy, a natural commando, a man who knew how to lead men.  He was a trained lawyer from Columbia.  He was a self-starter - when he saw a need, he acted, he did not bother with asking permission - he'd risk having to apologize later.

Jedburgh Team practicing with 1911s

Donovan, of course, created the OSS, the father of American Intelligence and American Special Forces today.  Here is the difference we face today, and it is the same challenge faced by Donovan: America needs (and needed) men and women who had the grit to spy, to assassinate, to kidnap, to sabotage, and to do all of these things with almost ZERO help from military logistics and there was no cavalry.  Patriots today need the same men and women - and if you look around at the men and women in your tribe, they have much more in common with the men and women Donovan had at his disposal than the guys Mosby and other modern SF had (have) at their disposal.

Winning RevWarIII will require guys and gals just like you, primarily the same pool of talent Bill Donovan had with which to work.  You may get seriously lucky and have a grizzled SF Warrior in your Tribe, or a tough old Sergeant who has been under fire.  But those are the exceptions.  You'll work with what you've got, you'll ask too much of those men and women, many will die.  Someone may ask too much of you, and you may die for it.  Donovan did it.  Now it is your turn.

I do not speak much of the III 300.  Nor will I.  I won't speak much publicly about III Jedburgh Teams.  But some of us will...

There are two teams Donovan created under his OSS that are relevant to this post. I'll begin with his "Operational Groups".  The basic OG unit had 2 Officers and 13 enlisted.  They would be dropped behind enemy lines to keep the enemy busy.  This group most directly remains alive in US Special Forces, especially of the Special Forces of the Vietnam Era.

The second set of Donovan's Teams I want to discuss have a very special place in RevWarIII, I daresay a fundamental task, staffed by the men and women of our Tribes, who know they will likely die.  These are the Jedburgh Teams.

These will be our III Jedburgh Teams.

First: the word Jedburgh came from a map of Scotland, it has no more meaning than that.

Jedburgh Team Ian

Second: Jedburgh Teams were 3-man cells.  There was the Commander, the XO, and the radio operator.  They were all cross trained.  Often the teams were mixed nationalities so if operating in France, they had a Frenchman to smooth the way, etc.

Third: Mission - The Jedburgh Teams were to get deep behind enemy lines - and parachuting wasn't always an option, and facilitate the OSS Special Operations Teams and assignments.  The Jedburghs usually arrived first, acted as liaison, and helped pave the way for the OSS SO troops.  Additionally, they were to help organize and arm the resistance, arrange supply drops, procure intelligence, provide liaison between the Allies and the Resistance, and to take part in sabotage operations.  They helped run the Underground.

Why am I speaking of Jedburgh Teams as we enter RevWarIII?  Why do I point out the original Jedburgh Teams were staffed by regular people, with much in common to our existing talent pool today?

Well, my friends, if you can't figure that out, you're not RevWarIII Jedburgh Material...

Read more about the Jedburgh Teams. here.

Kerodin
III

Please test to see if this poll is working --->

Yup - looks pretty fa'ckoked,

Successful Beginning of another serious III Project

**UPDATE**  We are now only 15 III Patriots shy (at $100/per) of hitting our target.  So we need fifteen of you to help us cross the finish line just $100 each, or one Patriot who as been looking for a worthy cause for $1,500.  We are so close - just one final push...

The III Patriots who will staff this bus, this support vehicle we have named the Tactical Operations Center (T.O.C.) intend to go into Harm's Way.

Their mission is to reveal to the world how evil many of the people who work in the name of our Government are to their fellow Countrymen.  The secondary mission of the III Patriots staffing the T.O.C. is to support Patriots on the ground as much as possible.

The T.O.C. staff will be from across the country, volunteers who raise their hands and say "I'll go - how can I help?"  We'll do the best we can to standardize operating procedures so even a team of people who have never met can get tasks handled.

I will repeat: The III Patriots who volunteer to serve a deployment aboard the T.O.C. knowingly intend to go in Harm's Way.

And every single one of you who sent money, who commented in support, who said a silent prayer, and those of you who will grab some of that extra, old gear from your basement when we ask for materiel - you are each and every one of you, responsible for making it happen.  You will be there on every deployment with us.  None of it would have been possible without the work of Brock Townsend and his daughter Dixie who always make us a safe, comfortable and excellent place to get the work of Patriots done.  These same things were done in our past...

I've talked to a few of you already who have volunteered to serve as HAM relays when needed.  We will be building a network.  We will be working with our Organized Militia allies.  We will be working with our III Patriots all over this country.

Sandman had a quote at Brock's that I am certain is causing consternation in particular .Gov circles.

Sandman said:  DHS never war-gamed for this...

We are the III.  We are Everywhere. 

Kerodin
III

III Battle Flag

As most of you know I created my own III Battle Flag, for several reasons.

The Nyberg is no good to me (Not because MBV threatened to have Gail Nyberg sue me for using it) but because the field of 13 stars is no longer truly representative of our fight today.

So, here's how I came up with the flag you see.

The stripes: This is directly from the Sons of Liberty flag, which was red and white bars running vertically.  The Sons of Liberty do have significant meaning in our fight today.

The blue field means exactly what it means on Betsy Ross' version: Vigilance, Perseverance, and Justice.

And the III represents every American in every generation who has picked up a rifle, or would pick up a rifle, for Rightful Liberty.  Not the Pledge of Allegiance.  Not the Constitution.  For Liberty.

So, this is my personal III Battle Flag.  I will fly it where I go, especially if I am heading into Harm's Way.  One day, one of you may wrap one around my corpse and take me home to my wife in it.  I hope I am that lucky.

I'm posting this because I am going to place an order for these flags.  If there is no interest from you folks, no worries - I will spend enough to buy myself a hand-embroidered one - mega-expensive.

The flags will be 3' x 5' just like our Resist flags.

The next rung down the quality ladder is an applique version of the flag.  I'll have to retail these in the $150 range.

Flags made in the same manner as III Rests flag would retail at about $100 each.

All three versions are suitable for outdoor use - but there's no way I'm putting an embroidered flag out in the weather.  But the applique and printed versions are good for outdoors and weather.

XXXXXX - I've put a poll up on the right - if you are interested in a flag, please click the appropriate category.  Because of the minimum quantities and expense of bulk orders, we'll go with whatever the majority chooses.  XXXXXXX

The polls aren't working on Blogger, so you'll just need to leave your two cents in comments.

It'll be a few weeks before I place the order.  I want to be in Idaho to receive them.  Again, because of the minimums and costs, about a week before I place the order I'll put up a payment button.  DO NOT PAY ANYTHING FOR A FLAG NOW.  Just use the poll and let me know which you'd prefer.

Kerodin
III

Get your hands free

Remember these little widgets?  They clip inconspicuously on a belt loop, or the top of your jeans, somewhere you can reach when you get handcuffed (shame on you - getting handcuffed is bad, M'kay).

I ordered two.

They are feather-light.  You should have no problem hiding several on you.  You'll be fine if Officer Friendly isn't looking for them.

I am also exploring two professionally made shims to open plastic-cuffs when needed.  They too are designed to be hidden where they are out of the way until needed, and likely to be missed in a pat-down.

I'm exploring wholesale accounts for each product with IIIGear, I'll let you know how it goes.

Would I recommend the TIHK?

Yes.

Here's their site.

Kerodin
III

For the I-Beam

I finally decided to pull the trigger.

When we go old school (and the Grid doesn't have to go down to go old school once in a while) my personal correspondence will be adorned with an old-fashioned wax seal.

Mine is 1.5 inch oval, copper head,  the handle is high-polish black Zebra marble.

My seal is hard to make out in the pic - it is our III 300 helm, with the scar, the III at the bottom, and between the cheek guards I have a stylized "K".

My first two attempts with wax were absolute Fails, so I'll have to play with it for a while. 

Here's the one the company made for me - it looks damned good.  And different color wax can accentuate detail.

One of the primary reasons I bought it is much more important than the old-school sealing of papers.

There are III Patriots and Militia (Just so you Militia guys know - The fact that you are Organized Militia means, without a shadow of doubt, you are a III Patriot.  But I'll continue to make the distinction for a while) who will be receiving letters of thanks, letters of commendation, and other correspondence from me that deserves a personal touch.  You Patriots will see this wax seal first.  And a few Enemies of Liberty will probably become familiar with it as well...

I am proud to stand among you all.

CustomEmbosserPro.com

Kerodin
III

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who found a way over the last week to help the III community.  Whether you helped Sandman, sent some bucks to help get the T.O.C. project rolling, or bought a stack of III Militia Patches for your uniform & gear - thank you.

If you donated to the T.O.C. you can count on being commemorated, in some way, on the vehicle.  It may be nothing but your first name painted on a fender, but we believe people who care enough to participate should be thanked for that assistance.

So, at least for a while, I'm going to quit hammering you to pick a cause and drop some money in a bucket.  The III simply can't continue to operate in a manner that when funds are needed for X, we stick our hands out and beg.  I'm usually the one with my hand out, and it sucks.  We usually get our projects done - but it still sucks.  We're going to work that out.

It's a pretty weekend, great for practicing your CQB, or running Buddy Drills with your guys, or teaching the kids the value of the 1911 over all other pistol designs, evah.  ;)

I am going to put the III Militia patch link below for two reasons: Per Sandman, without the word Militia on our clothing when facing FedGov, we are "unauthorized combatants".  No, FedGov isn't going to shoot us any more slowly or prosecute us any less for wearing the tab - but there is always value in doing things right.  The second reason, which is much, much more important, is to continue to show our new Organized Militia that we stand with them.  There is no "Us" and "Them" - it's just Patriots.

III Militia Patches

1 III Militia Patch $20.00 USD 5 III Militia Patches $50.00 USD 10 III Militia Patches $80.00 USD

Just 18 donors to go...

Folks, we only need 18 more donors at $100 each to hit our first goal for the T.O.C. 

That will give us a good start on getting the rig ready for deployments.

You can help us get over the hump, then you'll finally get to hear me shut up about it!

We can do this, Patriots.

Kerodin
III

It's Payday...

Yep - this is EXACTLY the same post as the one below it.  The only difference - it's payday for many people. 

Sandman still needs help.  He's the first on the list, his PayPal is listed.

The second PayPal is for the T.O.C. - the operation the III will execute to get truth to the public from Bundy-type clashes in the future.

The third PayPal is III Militia patches - supporting the bridges Sandman and Colonel Yingling and many Patriots at Brock's PatCon have invested into heavily. 

~~

Without money one can not fight a war.

Without money you can not pay your mortgage or feed your children.

I'm not asking any of you for any of that money.

I want you to stop drinking soda for a month.  I want you to stop smoking for a month.  I want you to do without a few of those little things you know you can afford to skip for a month - that will probably help your health at the same time.

Then I'd like you to take that money and consider three funding drives that are happening right now in the III Community.  Whether you spread it around or put it all in one place doesn't matter.  You'll be helping in a serious manner.

Item One: Sandman and his family need some emergency cash.  His PayPal is steelpreacher@hotmail.com

Item Two: We only need 22 more donors! We are raising funds for the III Liberty Support Team & T.O.C.  I said it yesterday, I'll say it again: If every person who reads this blog today were to drop a $100 bill into the project, we'd have it funded, our staff in training, and ready for deployment in weeks.  Here's the PayPal: 

Liberty Support Teams & T.O.C.

Option 1 $100.00 USD Option 2 $250.00 USD Option 3 $500.00 USD Option 4 $1,000.00 USD

Item Three: III Militia Patches.  The NC PatCon was historic in that Sandman, Christian Yingling and the III began building bridges between the Organized Militia and the unorganized Militia (that's us).  Buy a set of patches for your uniform and gear, or to hand out to members of your Tribe.

III Militia Patches

One Patch $20.00 USD Five Patches $50.00 USD Ten Patches $80.00 USD

Patriots: We all know the story of the original III Percent at Valley Forge.  As the war on, most of the American population - Tories, Loyalists and Patriots alike, slept in warm homes, worked in shops, ate regular meals, got their nails did - while the men who were fighting for their Liberty left bloody footprints in the snow.

Do not let that happen to us.

Three options for support are above.  Pick one, or pick all three, but please help.

Kerodin
III

From Sandman:

Hey Bob - III to III.  Carry on, Patriot.

~~

From Sandman:

Hey Folks,

I am still alive and kicking. The wife and kids are still at home, and things have been quiet for a couple days. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up, The PayPal links and checks in the mail have totaled up to over $4000.

But today I got to see a small miracle in action. I just got back from a 3 hour round trip to meet a Patriot. Lets call him "Bob". Turns out Bob lives a few hours North of our AO, and I met him at the Mercer PA PATCON, years ago. Last year Bob contacted me about helping the OVM. He was a good ways outside our one hour rally-range, so he did not join up. And I did not get a chance to meet up with him again.

Now Bob is a regular guy, self-employed, home-schooled kids, good wife, and very unassuming.

Just a regular guy, EXCEPT he is a III Patriot. He told me of his efforts to spread the message in a subtle and informative way. His own preps are sufficient for him and his family. He says he's too old and busted up to run and gun in the woods, BUT when the time comes he will stand.

Helluva guy.

Anyway, Bob asked me to meet him about and hour and a half north of my home. I was skeptical, and worried. But with my family at stake I decided to put the pride aside and take a leap of faith that Bob was on the up and up.

To make a long story short, after about a 20 minute talk, he put a check for $5000 in my hand. No strings attached and no payback date mentioned. I am floored. I am now in a position to get things squared away financially, get the IRS off my back right away, which will allow me to focus on the family again.

Bob's ONLY REQUEST was that I spread the word and get a message out to all the III% out there.

He said the III is not some small exclusive club, we are everywhere, he said to tell you that we have more support than we know. He said this was his way of paying it forward, III to III. He might not be in a Militia, or training in CQB, but he will continue to help (and he has friends) the best he can.

So my leap of faith turned into a small miracle, one that reminded me of how this works. That we may be a minority in the coming fracas, but we are an amazing minority. I let Bob know that our door will always be open to him and his. And that I will strive to live up to the trust he placed in me.

Please post, that donations are no longer needed, the III% have stepped up, and helped save my family. The rest is on me. God Bless and God Speed.

ps: you may post this mail if you wish. I am sure "Bob" won't mind, thanks again Bob and ALL the others who helped out. I owe you all a debt that can never be repaid. 

David C

aka: Sandman