VISIT THIS VINE

"Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;" Psalm 80:14

 

 8 But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;

in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.

 9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,

from the traps set by evildoers.

 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I pass by in safety.

 

                               Psalm 141:8 (New International Version)



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 4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

 5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

 6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

 7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

 8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

                                         Psalm 35:4-8 (King James Version)

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Dedications for this Poem and Webpage:

Dedicated to all WARRIORS serving in ALL BRANCHES of the US military.

Dedicated to all US WARRIOR VETERANS.

Dedicated in particular to "MY" US SOLDIER WARRIOR:

Graham Binkley

 

 


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THE U.S. SOLDIERS GRADUATION
(Capitalized words are from ARMY Creed/Value/Motto/Song/etc. documents)

(NOTE: "He" = he/she)

(June, 2007)


Brave American Soldier stands in earned beret

         —so buff and handsome in blue.
He NEVER QUITS NOR ACCEPTS DEFEAT!

         ...Mark the distance—OSUT is through!


He’s finished the course, Graduation’s here

         And soon he will hear his cue
To be honored as PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY TOUGH,

         DISCIPLINED, shrewd and sinew.

He has proven he is TRAINED AND PROFICIENT

         In his WARRIOR TASKS AND DRILLS;

He has proven he is an EXPERT

         And a PROFESSIONAL in his SKILLS;


Brave Soldier stands cued to present himself

         To the world as tough-and-ready WARRIOR—
An ARMY OF ONE morphed into a MEMBER OF A TEAM

         Proven and recognized as world-superior.

As this brave soldier pledges in honor and duty to

         SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,
And to defend the “WE THE PEOPLE” CONSTITUTION,

         --The Brave SELF-LESS Soldier puts his own dreams on hold…and waits.


With courage he has passed the test and is now

         GUARDIAN of the American people--
Pledged To Protect the American WAY OF LIFE,

         Their rights, their freedoms and their steeple


Pledged to honor those Warrior VETERANS before him

         By being of Warriors a Replica
A Warrior who hunts down and destroys the enemies

         Of the United States of America.


Brave Soldier stands cued in SELFLESS SERVICE

         To do his DUTY and be LOYAL,
With PERSONAL COURAGE TO FACE FEAR, DANGER

         OR ADVERSITY (PHYSICAL OR MORAL)


He vows to do what’s right in INTEGRITY

         And with due RESPECT and HONOR—
Because his beloved country is THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

         And he bestows homage upon her.

Brave Soldier stands cued to be numbered among THE TRUE

         And be counted among THE BRAVE
Who stand in the gap to purchase “DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT”

         So our “FLAG WILL ALWAYS WAVE.”


And as Brave Soldier pledges, “THE ARMY IS ON ITS WAY,”

Now, forever, will he be
That “G.I. JOE,” GALVANIZED IRON, leader of leaders, shouting

         I’m “INFANTRY” — “FOLLOW ME.”

Our prayers will always be embedded

         Within INFANTRY rank and file
As our Soldiers fight for family, country, and comrades

         --Fight for all we count worthwhile;


For where e’er they go, I will always know

         That amongst that courageous BAND OF BROTHERS
God counts dear and clearly hears

         MY G.I.’s voice in concert with those brave others.

Gen. Eisenhower said to Soldiers “THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE UPON YOU

         As you fight against the wrong!”
We say, America, again now harken as Mighty Infantrymen

         “COUNT OFF THE CADENCE LOUD AND STRONG.”


As he volunteers to FIGHT TO BUILD OUR NATION’S MIGHT

         During perilous times and stormy,
You’ll hear that Warrior say, “I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER”

         --Proud member of the U.S. ARMY. 


                                --Joan Binkley

                                (Copyright by Joan Binkley, June, 2007)

                                (May be printed and copied but please give credit)
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POEM NOTES:


G.I. = “Galvanized Iron” / “Ground Infantry”

WHEREAS, FORTUNATELY, WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, have been honored through the years with the dedication and allegiance of each individual Soldier, and especially the volunteer Soldier, who has joined himself in pledge to become one great military body with many branches in defense of our great country; but


WHEREAS, WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HOWEVER, sometimes lose sight of the great patriotism and dedication borne by these individual volunteer Soldier Warriors And Veterans Who Take To Heart Their Pledge Of Honor to Defend the American People;


THEREFORE, WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, would like to renew our respect and thanks to all of our Mighty Soldier Warriors and Veterans throughout the military branches; and


THEREFORE, BECAUSE the ARMY INFANTRY is one representative Branch of our Great and Mighty Branches of Military Service;


HENCE THIS POEM, although based on the ARMY INFANTRYMAN serves as a snapshot representative of all of our Mighty Branches of Military Service.


THIS POEM is based on the following military documents:

The Soldier’s Creed / The Army’s Values / The Army’s Official Song / The Army’s Motto “I’M INFANTRY – FOLLOW ME”/ and upon “G.I.” – An acronym that has through the years enduringly and endearingly stood for “Galvanized Iron” and “Ground Infantry”

 

 

 

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FOR ALL THE SOLDIERS AND VETERANS:

Just a nostalgic walk back down memory lane to where it all starts with that sweet First Week of Infantry Training experience where infantrymen drown in Drill Sergeants.
"Yes, Sir, Drill Sergeants Sir!"



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"Yes, Sir, Drill Sergeants Sir!"

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Psalm 144

Of David.

 1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock,
       who trains my hands for war,
       my fingers for battle.

 2 He is my loving God and my fortress,
       my stronghold and my deliverer,
       my shield, in whom I take refuge,
       who subdues peoples under me.

 3 O LORD, what is man that you care for him,
       the son of man that you think of him?

 4 Man is like a breath;
       his days are like a fleeting shadow.

 5 Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
       touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

 6 Send forth lightning and scatter {the enemies};
       shoot your arrows and rout them.

 7 Reach down your hand from on high;
       deliver me and rescue me
       from the mighty waters,
       from the hands of foreigners

 8 whose mouths are full of lies,
       whose right hands are deceitful.

 9 I will sing a new song to you, O God;
       on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

 10 to the One who gives victory to kings,
       who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.

 11 Deliver me and rescue me
       from the hands of foreigners
       whose mouths are full of lies,
       whose right hands are deceitful.

 12 Then our sons in their youth
       will be like well-nurtured plants,
       and our daughters will be like pillars
       carved to adorn a palace.

 13 Our barns will be filled
       with every kind of provision.
       Our sheep will increase by thousands,
       by tens of thousands in our fields;

 14 our oxen will draw heavy loads.
       There will be no breaching of walls,
       no going into captivity,
       no cry of distress in our streets.

 15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true;
       blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

          Psalm 144 (New International Version)

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Psalm 35

 1Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

 2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

 3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

 4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

 5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

 6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

 7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

 8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

 9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

 10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

 11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

 12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

 13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

 14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

 15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

 16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

 17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

 18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

 19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

 20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

 21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

 22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

 23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

 24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

 25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

 26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

 27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

 28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

                Psalm 35 (King James Version)

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