U.S. admin on 20 Apr 2007 11:26 am
President Bush to Honor “Gnat Guard”
When Bob Pritchett first got the early morning call on April 15th, he thought someone was having him on.
“Here was this guy with a cowboy drawl saying, Bobby Boy, I’m calling up your troops, prepare to get wet, heh heh, and I’m thinking yeah, right,” Pritchett recalled. “Then the photo-op crew showed up with their cameras and mics, and I knew my country needed me.”
The midnight cowboy caller in question was indeed President George W. Bush, and the troops he was calling up to deal with area flooding were Boy Scouts from Troop 124, out of Wayne, New Jersey. While the New Jersey National Guard usually gets such assignments, Troop 124 was less busy “bringing democracy,” and thus got the call.
“It was cool. I got to earn my Swimming badge, and my Rowing badge, and my End Times Preparedness badge,” said First Class Scout Rusty Jones.
See the whole article at CAP News:
http://www.crystalair.com/content.php?id=35200704018
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