Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Chase ~ CALL YOUR MOTHER

Chase,

USAA Survivor Relations representative, Alona Taylor at 800/292-8294, left me a  voice mail at about 10:30 this morning, saying they are trying to confirm the passing of my son Chase Patton, recently.

I told them I don't know, due to...

Chase... please call me... I am sick with grief...

Mom
619-948-0522

Friday, August 03, 2012

"O ou ide, Momma, O ou ide?"

"O ou ide, Momma, O ou ide?"  
"O ou ide, Momma, O ou ide?"


That is how my little Chaser would ask to go out side... I love him so... 

Thursday, August 02, 2012

Osama Bin Laden KILLED


CIA kept Reid in loop on bin Laden hunt

by Valerie Berdeski on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 11:19am ·
BY PETER URBAN
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Posted: May 2, 2011 | 10:09 a.m.
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid received a telephone call at home shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday from President Barack Obama, who was "very somber" with news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces.
The news did not come as a complete surprise to Reid, the Senate majority leader from Nevada. He had known the basics of U.S. intelligence on the bin Laden hunt through classified briefings from CIA Director Leon Panetta.
"I've been following this with Director Panetta for some time now," Reid said Monday morning as Capitol Hill buzzed with reaction over the culmination of a decade-long tracking of the al-Qaida leader and mastermind of the Sept. 1, 2001, attacks on the United States.
"The president called me and outlined what had taken place," Reid said. "The president was very somber in relating to me what took place."
"This awful man, this man who epitomized evil, has been brought to justice by American forces. His death is our most significant victory in our fight against al Qaeda."
As Reid spoke with reporters outside his office about the bin Laden hunt conducted by U.S. Navy Seals, he said he couldn't help but think of Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane Patton, a Navy Seal and graduate of Boulder City High School who was killed June 28, 2005, in Afghanistan.
Patton, 22, was part of a team that was trying to rescue a fellow Seal in a firefight when their helicopter was shot down near Asadabad in Kumar Province. Eight Seals were killed.
"I can't get the young Patton boy out of my mind," said Reid, who attended the officer's funeral.
Reid, who appeared alongside Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he hopes that al-Qaida will not survive the loss of bin Laden.
"I certainly hope that," he said.
But he followed up by saying everyone should be "very cautious with their optimism."
Contact Stephens Washington Bureau reporter Peter Urban at purban@stephensmedia.com or 202-783-1760.

Shane
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Obama Speach


This part of Obama's speach really stood out to me..

by Valerie Berdeski on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 4:41pm ·
This part of Obama's speach really stood out to me...

... Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims. Indeed, al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity....

and later went on to say~

...The American people did not choose this fight. It came to our shores, and started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens. After nearly 10 years of service, struggle, and sacrifice, we know well the costs of war. These efforts weigh on me every time I, as commander in chief, have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a loved one, or look into the eyes of a service member who's been gravely wounded....

Here is the link to his transcript:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/bin.laden.announcement/
Shane far right <3 div="div">
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Navy Destroyer named after a Seal Hero


Navy Destroyer named after hero SEAL

by Valerie Berdeski on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 6:34pm ·
This current news story is about Lieutenant, Michael Murphy. You all know my son Shane Patton... well, Shane  and fifteen others on board the Chinook Helo were killed when it was blown up in the sky while attempting to save Michael Murphy and the others on the ground - June 28 2005.


Navy SEAL Michael Murphy, killed in Afghanistan in 2005, honored; Murphy's mother christens ship on Mother's Day

(CBS News)  
It's been a week since Navy SEALs captured and killed Osama bin Laden.
Now, on this Mother's Day weekend, the heroic actions of another SEAL, this one killed-in-action in Afghanistan, have been honored by a grateful nation.
CBS News correspondent Seth Doane reports that Maureen Murphy was proud to christen a Navy Destroyer bearing her son's name.
"It is an honor and a privilege that I am to be the sponsor of the USS Michael Murphy," Maureen Murphy said during the christening.
Navy SEALs forgot to bring a tape measure
Video: The iron will of SEAL Team Six
Special section: The killing of Osama bin Laden
It was a tribute to Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2005.
"I would like a moment of silence for all of those men," Maureen Murphy said.
Eighteen other U.S. troops died along with Murphy back in June of 2005, including two in the Navy SEAL team he led.
His Navy SEAL team was on a secret mission until a group of passing goat-herders gave away their location. The team had decided to let the herders pass, rather than killing them.
That decision, though, revealed their location, and a Taliban video surfaced later reportedly showing the firefight that followed. As Murphy's small team came under attack from around 100 heavily-armed Taliban.
Already wounded, Murphy dashed into the open to get a satellite signal and place a phone call for help. The Chinook helicopter sent in to rescue them was hit by enemy fire and blew up, killing all 16 on board.
NATHANAEL: it was the worst day of my life - and the worst day in navy seal history," said Nathanael Roberti, part of the recovery team sent high into the mountain pass near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. "The next day we are up there recovering bodies. We fly in, fast rope in 85 feet. Bad enemy territory. The worse pass you can imagine."
The only survivor of the original SEAL team - Marcus Luttrell - told CBS News' Katie Couric he was able to escape because of Murphy.
Murphy was laid to rest a hero on a gloomy summer day. That same night his mother received an email that had been delayed.
It says, "Mom, I'm home safe and sound," and it arrived the day he was buried.
"I got that message that never came like three months before," Maureen Murphy said. "I feel like it was Mike saying, 'It's okay, mom. I'm okay.'"
On Saturday, in front of 3,000 spectators in Bath, Maine, he was honored with a $1.1 billion floating memorial.
At the ceremony, Maureen Murphy said: "I just want to say, happy birthday, baby."
It would have been Murphy's 35th birthday.

SHANE, second one in on the right side
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Steroids


A Story of my Life

by Valerie Berdeski on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 8:31pm ·

My first husband had me on Steroids... Deca Dura Bolin... at this time... He wanted me to be someone new... When my face started growing hair and my voice got deeper... he agreed to stopshoot me in the  butt with the steroids. He bought this big ass reusable, glass needle... ugh!

Anyway... He was the boss... and unfortunately... he is the boss of everyone in his life, including our children : (

He would buy them, the “roids”. across the border in Mexico, taking me with him. He knew all the key things to look for so as not to purchase the “fake” ones. He got underground letters from group of users... He made me put them in my underpants and sneak them across the border... you know why??? “Because, he said, You-have-nothing-to-loose, and I DO”... I just did as I was told... all those years... with him.

He supplied lots of guy's in the teams, with them also. Jim was the SEAL TEAM “Master at Arms” (means police man) and he knew when the “Piss-Tests” would come. He was also the king pin for the “Roids” He knew everything about them and how to get the most out of them. He set guys up on a “Program”, that's what it's called when you take them for a series of about 6 weeks... a program.

When you are a victim of emotional, physical, spousal abuse, married to a chronic adulterer, for years and years... it's like it doesn't exist... I just lived it... everyday...

until March 15, 1993... He had me reduced to a crouching ball of fear and tears in the kitchen. We lived in Silver Strand Navy Housing. He was screaming at me.. “YOU'LL NEVER LEARN... YOU'LL NEVER LEARN” our four sons age 11, 10, 5, and 4 standing around us watching him verbally and physically abuse me... and Guess why... it was pay day and “ I had spent too much money at the Commissary”

At that moment... something clicked in my mind, Something in my psyche said – get up and run – or you will die -

And so I did.

Feb 17, 2012 entry

on March 15th, 1993 at 5:30 in the evening, I was crying as I ran for my life, from my husband at the time... and in the front yard my children were crying too... and Chase and Deano were crying out at me... "take me mommy... take me with you mommy"

I couldn't... I drove away... with a gut instinct that this was the best I could do for them... because down deep I knew, that if I were not in the picture their father would treat them better


February 20, 2012

new memories come to me... I want to write them down... but I am not in a place where I can do that... then tomorrow comes... and I can not remember them.


week 5 of a 6 week program... not something I would recommend to others...
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