Stevie and Mick visit soldiers at Fort Myer-ANOTHER smoochie pic!!!

Livia · #1 12-02-2005, 04:27 PM

http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/penta...s/38589-1.html

December 2, 2005
Rock n' Rollers lunch with Soldiers at Fort Myer

by Dennis Ryan
Pentagram staff writer

Lunch time diners at the Fort Myer dining facility yesterday may have been surprised to see two Rock legends meeting and greeting people in a back room. A line of Soldiers waited patiently for a chance to greet two visitors to the post.

Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood, who first rose to prominence with the band, Fleetwood Mac, in the 1970s, were in town to visit wounded personnel at local military hospitals. The two musicians dined with a group of wounded Soldiers from Walter Reed before repairing to the community center to greet and sign autographs for more Soldiers and some family members.

Nicks and Fleetwood visited Bethesda yesterday and were as excited to greet the Soldiers from Walter Reed as they were to see them.

"It was incredible," Nicks said of her fourth visit to the wounded in Washington. "It's always an eye-opener. They are amazing men."

"First visit," Fleetwood said of his trip to Bethesda. "It's awe inspiring in terms of the people, not just the patients. We were with Marines yesterday. You get an incredible story line going on out on the floor. It's quite astonishing. They have a truly extended family."

Nicks also praised the hospitals' staff for keeping up the patients' morale after their families return home.

Fleetwood was impressed with the wounded warriors' feeling for their deployed comrades.

"They've stayed in touch with their friends," he said. "A lot of the chaps were terribly concerned with those left behind."

Sgt. Steve Cobb was the envy of many when Nicks reached over and greeted him with a kiss. He was meeting the singer for the third time.

"I love Stevie," Cobb said. "I've followed Fleetwood Mac since I was growing up."

Staff Sgt. Lisa Kirk brought her own marker and guitar to be signed.

"I've followed them all my life growing up," she said. "I saw them in Concert in Philadelphia with Crosby, Stills and Nash. I've been playing guitar off and on since 1992."

The pic caption: Photo by Adam Skoczylas
Sgt. Steve Cobb gets a kiss from Stevie Nicks at the Fort Myer dining facility.

cliffdweller · #2 12-02-2005, 04:36 PM

Thanks for posting Liv. Stevie sure is giving out the goods (kisses) these days

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rbs3676 · #3 12-02-2005, 05:15 PM

I think it's fabulous that Stevie shows such fantastic support for our troops.
And WOW with Mick showing up! YOU GO!

rbs

David · #4 12-02-2005, 05:50 PM

Far out, Stevie & Mick!

1. Could Staff Sgt. Lisa Kirk actually be referring to an "Almost Time" concert? (The two years of touring preceding the release of "Time" is what I call the Almost Time Tour.) She refers to a Philly show with Crosby Stills & Nash, & then she says she started following them in 1992.

2. The Pentagram is the name of this sheet? What an odd name for a military rah-rah sheet, considering the pentagram's symbolic link with demonism & such.

Jyqm · #5 12-02-2005, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by David

2. The Pentagram is the name of this sheet? What an odd name for a military rah-rah sheet, considering the pentagram's symbolic link with demonism & such.

I'm guessing they're going for some clever conflation of "Pentagon" and "telegram," but yeah, a very strange choice.

ELIUD · #6 12-02-2005, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jyqm

I'm guessing they're going for some clever conflation of "Pentagon" and "telegram," but yeah, a very strange choice.

Yet quite appropriate for the current administration.

LeighB04 · #7 12-02-2005, 06:18 PM

Perhaps this visit is making up for performing at Brooks daughter Bat Mitzvah....?

Serrart · #8 12-02-2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by LeighB04

Perhaps this visit is making up for performing at Brooks daughter Bat Mitzvah....?

Torquemada would be proud of this logic.

Romy

Johnny Stew · #9 12-02-2005, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Serrart

Torquemada would be proud of this logic.

I knew that guy... you couldn't talk 'em outta anything!

LeighB04 · #10 12-02-2005, 06:36 PM

"A corporate CEO recently spent $10 MILLION. . .for his daughter's Bat Mitzvah party! It's none of our business what he does with his money, you say? What if you found out he's CEO of a huge defense contractor, DHB Industries, whose subsidiary, Point Blank Body Armor Inc., makes the allegedly "bulletproof" vests supposed to help protect our soldiers in Iraq? What if you knew that over 18,000 of these vests had been recalled by our Armed Forces, as being substandard for outfitting those troops?

David H. Brooks is the CEO responsible, but according to Joe Bua in the Daily KOS, he's been too busy hobnobbing with Aerosmith to notice. While the faulty vests were apparently pulled before they got to the field, they represent a significant portion of the company's contracted allotment. "

Sorry you have trouble following the train of thought.....

Serrart · #11 12-02-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by LeighB04

"A corporate CEO recently spent $10 MILLION. . .for his daughter's Bat Mitzvah party! It's none of our business what he does with his money, you say? What if you found out he's CEO of a huge defense contractor, DHB Industries, whose subsidiary, Point Blank Body Armor Inc., makes the allegedly "bulletproof" vests supposed to help protect our soldiers in Iraq? What if you knew that over 18,000 of these vests had been recalled by our Armed Forces, as being substandard for outfitting those troops?

David H. Brooks is the CEO responsible, but according to Joe Bua in the Daily KOS, he's been too busy hobnobbing with Aerosmith to notice. While the faulty vests were apparently pulled before they got to the field, they represent a significant portion of the company's contracted allotment. "

Sorry you have trouble following the train of thought.....

Don't be sorry, I have troubles following many trains of thoughts. What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? Bertolt would say.

Romy

LeighB04 · #12 12-02-2005, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Serrart

Don't be sorry, I have troubles following many trains of thoughts. What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? Bertolt would say.

Romy

Yeah... I just expect everybody's brains to operate in the same weird way mine does.... I just had a thought: maybe my brain is where the cheese used to be.....

MacMan · #13 12-03-2005, 12:52 AM

From the Washington Post.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ss_print/style

A double-take-inducing '70s flashback as Stevie Nicks dined with Mick Fleetwood at Fahrenheit in Georgetown Wednesday -- she in all-black, he in a vest, basically looking exactly like their old "Rumours" album cover. Fleetwood Mac's been breaking up and reuniting for 30 years, so we can't keep track of whether they're still in the band; at least we now know they're friends.