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An article published in this morining's Raleigh News and Observer on Charlie Pelnik: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/01/11/912384/cary-teen-making-mark-in-hockey.html He was awarded a full scholarship from UND, is only 15, and born and raised in the Raleigh area.

I think I will go with...... Frattin surprise i know

how bout 8-1-1 in our last 10 games.....that'll work

glad to see this game is still on. still 3-2 sioux?

should be a great weekend. GO SIOUX! hey AZ, did you not get my message about the DVD set from sioux survivor?

lets go sioux! this game starts later, so i should be able to catch most of the 2nd half of the game once i get off work. still wish there was a free webcast somewhere, but its ok. i will handle updates on here. lets go sioux.....sweep!!

when do the lines come out? i need to figure out who is not playing so i dont pick them for SS! anyone know about Genoway?

Is Forbort back yet?

Is Forbort back yet?

just checking in. video wont work for me, even after I registered and all......about halftime? glad to see it is still close

LETS GO SIOUX! Thanks to the time change back in the States and no change here, I will be able to catch the last 2 periods of this game after I get off of work. Excited! Hopefully i can find a free stream somewhere.

NightStalkers hooah! an MH-60 DAP is the best. little birds are beastly. and MH-47s are to freaking die for yeah i bet they were using EAPS for that then. Still cant figure out why we arent using EAPS here with all the dust around, but maybe cause of the dang reduction in power it causes, and at this altitude, we need all the power we can get! yeah they are used some as air taxi's, so to speak lol. but yeah, a beast of a bird. love them and always will

tell me about it man. thats actually what I work on for my job. The chinook is an awesome, amazing aircraft. Yeah it looks big and bulky, some call it the schoolbus. But it is the fastest, most agile bird the army has helicopter wise. It also can carry its own weight in cargo between the inside and sling load (theoretically it can carry more (26000 lbs) that is weighs empty (25000 lbs) but you will be hard pressed to EVER find a chinook that weighs 25000 lbs and even when you are going to sling load another chinook, it usually is torn down to almost 15000 lbs) And yeah, it kicks up some dust. I will try and get a video while I am here for some chinooks landing after coming right over me. I have been out there a few times for that, but I usually try and take pics. When they do that, they usually are only about 100 feet above us when they fly over, and we are right on the edge of the dusted area. The downwash from those 6 blades (90 feet between the tip of the front disc and the tip of the aft disc) can blow you off your feet if you arent careful. It is an amazing feeling getting dusted out by one. Of course, then you have dust in your hair, ears, nose, etc lol

thanks man. we'll do what we can. just got back from watching a night launch of 2 CH-47 Chinooks, 2 AH-64 Apaches, and 2 UH-60 Blackhawks.....going to be a good night :-D

I am not a veteran myself, as I only recently joined the Army and am currently on my first deployment, but I have always been a huge supporter of veterans and current military personnel. When I was in high school I joined the CAF (Commemorative Air Force, formerly Confederate Air Force, an organization that restores and flies vintage aircraft, mostly WW2, at airshows around the nation) and helped out with the local chapter where I was at in NC. I was the only one under 20 years old, and 1 of only 2 under 40 in the chapter. There were many veterans there for me to get to know and learn lots of things from, from WW2 to Korea, to Vietnam, Desert Storm, etc. Over the 3 years I was there I heard tons and tons of stories from those times. I may not still be a member thanks to my schedule, but being with that group led me to attending many airshows a year and now I get to one whenever I can. When I do, i never hesitate to talk to pilots, shake a hand of a vet and ask questions, listen to stories, etc. It is always so interesting. Even just this past spring I was in Texas and chatting with veterans in the CAF from there in TX. Yeah, I am 24, and sometimes still act like it, and like things 24 year olds like. But I also feel a little more mature, older than my age, because of the people I have surrounded myself with and have given myself the chance to get to know. I am not bragging with that statement, I am saying I appreciate how those veterans have affected me and my personality over the years. Without them, who knows what could have happened. Veterans play a huge part in our lives, every day, that many people, and I may go as far as to say MOST people, in the US dont even realize. Obviously, thanks to the events of 9/11, the country is behind its troops 100%, even if they dont agree with the cause the military is fighting for. People don't take it out on the troops. Some go as far as to be sorry for the troops that we have to be over here fighting what some would call an unnecessary war. No matter what it is, you would be hard pressed to find someone who actually doesn't like, or appreciate, our troops, and that is a wonderful thing. And the same goes for vets as well. Being on this side now, I can't imagine what it must have been like in Vietnam, or for the troops when they returned home to a country opposed to them personally. We are a lucky bunch these days to have the support of the country. To those men and women who have served before, thank you for your service to this country and all the sacrifices that you have made to now be appreciated so much. To those men and women serving currently, whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, or elsewhere around the globe, or lucky enough to not be deployed at this time and taking care of things on the home front instead, keep up the great work brothers and sisters. No matter what people may think of the wars we are in, it was not our choice to be here, but we fight the good fight nonetheless. Thanks to all who support the military, especially the veterans. PFC Hamlin, Justin U.S. Army: 2009-current