Dear Lt. Col. Taco: Hope to hear of the Harley ride after the 22nd. Glad to know that you'll be back in the U.S. and, hopefully, be able to spend some time with your family.
"Together We Served" is a marvellous way for both active-duty Troops and Veterans to stay connected...that feeling of being alone is horrid for both returning Troops and Veterans alike. God Bless you all and I hope that the site is well used.
Veritas et Fidelis Semper
Glad to see that you signed up for TWS Sir. It is indeed a nifty utility. I've managed to find several old friends on there.
S/F
WooHoo! I get to be first!
Congratulations on all your good news!
Woohoo!!! A mini Bell in the works!!! God help your wife ;~) Congratulations!!!
Oh, and congrats on the LTC too :P
In the name department, I like: Jesus Mohammed Shaquille Isaac Dimitri Yakusoku River Francois Englebert Lejeune Puller Clarion Bell.
That way on the first day of school they have their PC bases covered. Personally, I would like to see little Clarion grow up to marry David Ringer. The wedding invitations would be keepers!!!
Veritas et Fidelis Semper
P.S. Hope that you will consider posting a few photographs of the motorcycle ride. Thank you.
Do I understand that congratulations are in order?
Maggie said to drop by and give you a big "saaaa-lute" as we say here in fly over country.
Job well done.
Interesting initials there for Jr. Bell...or would that be the III? 
Big Congrats on both of your bits of good news Nice to hear of good things happening to good people!!
Saaa-lute!
Congrats on the LTC. About little boy Bell,didn't realize it was coming up so soon, It must have been the Taco Cocktail and passing of a Helmut Retest with another doctor. No hard feelings. We can see there have been enough of those upon your return and congratulations!
I like Deborah's name choice, but I would also like to submit, Don Juan Elvis Chester Puller Bell.Didn't know you became LTC so soon after you later, I've still been calling you Major. Now I can't get you humidors that say Major. I guess I'll send a care package in your honor.
A boy! Congrats! I think Mitchell John is good (wink wink).
Heh! Congratulations Colonel, for your upcoming son and your well deserved advancement!!!
I am sooo happy for you and your family!!!
Godspeed!
I received an invite from a friend to join the silly website army.togetherweserved. I registered, however, not under my own name, as I wanted to see what was on this website. I posted the below text on their forums, as I felt everyone should read it. Shockingly (not really) – it was erased almost immediately, my account was deleted, and my IP was blocked from the site. While I don’t really care about the latter two events, the first one showed that sometimes the truth hurts.
“I sent this message via PM to someone earlier and I think it bears repeating for the group. It probably won't be up for long, so enjoy.
Hans, my problem with the website and its lack of verification is two fold. On one hand, people can put absolutely anything on here and there's no controls whatsoever on what you can put on here. All the while billed as some sort "exclusive" site for mil personnel.
Now, that doesn't bother me near as much as that they might actually want verification, and that numerous stupid people, the same ones who get their identity stolen everyday, will probably do things like send this random site, which is nothing more than MySpace geared towards the military, their 214 or ERB or ORB. They have no business getting that. Further, while most of this info is fairly innocuous, you can go a long way to learning about people on here. This is precisely why this is an Opsec nightmare.
A FIS agent, trained or untrained, could use this place as a gold mine to harvest data from. Some of it displayed in profiles. Some of it will be in the form of contact under the guise of association (the whole I was in 4ID at the same time, let's be buds thing).
I personally wouldn't put identifying information such as what you've revealed in your profile, but you're far from the worst offender. Do whatever you want, but you and others on here have just exposed as much information about you to the world as most figures who are generally considered public do when they're holding office or involved in similar things. There's very little benefit to doing that.
Bob”
Bob,
I understand your concerns about TWS, I think it's a great site and you are limited to what you want to put on there. I have found three Marines that I haven't talked to in 20 years, so it's really a great thing for me. Thanks for reading the site.
s/f
Taco
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