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10th BSB Soldiers receive combat patches
By First Lt. Robert Baker
Contributing Writer CAMP MIKE SPANN, Afghanistan – Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team's 10th Brigade Support Battalion recently gathered for a special occasion – receiving their 10th Mountain Division former wartime service patches.
The ceremony, led by Lt. Col. James Phillips and Command Sgt. Maj. Corey Watson, command team for 10th BSB, marks a special day for many Soldiers because it will forever change the way they are looked upon in the Army.
More commonly known as a combat patch, it is a tradition dating back to the Revolutionary War. It is a significant change to a Soldier's uniform. They wear the Army Combat Patch for the rest of their career on the right sleeve of their uniform, which sets them apart from other Soldiers.
The combat patch signifies a Soldier has been deployed in a combat area. It so also signifies their association into brotherhood and sisterhood inside the Armed Forces, and even in 10th Mountain Division (LI) itself.
"This was a prideful moment to receive my combat patch; this shows that we went all out for our country," said Spec. Eileen Samoza, a first-time deployer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th BSB.
Even those who have deployed with other units in the past have feelings of pride receiving the 10th Mountain Division combat patch for the first time.
"The ceremony symbolized a new chapter for the Afghanistan people and the American forces spearheading the surge, trying to win the hearts and minds," said Staff Sgt. Jessica Walla, who deployed with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2006. “The patch went to all of us in the 10th Mountain through shared commitment, valor and hardship."
Soldiers who have deployed with 10th BSB in Afghanistan are transformed forever. Whether they stay in the Army and become careerists or strike out in the civilian world, they will always feel the weight of the combat patch on their right shoulder.
Lt. Col. James R. Phillips and Command Sgt. Maj. Corey Watson, command team of 10th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, switch each other's combat patches during a ceremony at Camp Mike Spann, Afghanistan. Their new 10th Mountain Division patches worn on the right shoulder symbolizes the current deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by First Lt. Robert Baker.
Today's Mercies for Today's Troubles (Excerpt from John Piper )
http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByDate/1994/867_Todays_Mercies_for_Todays_Troubles/
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Lamentations 3:22-23, "The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness."
"that there is fresh mercy from God for each day's appointed pain. Today's mercies are not designed to carry tomorrow's burdens. There will be mercies tomorrow for that. Today's mercies are for today's burdens.
It's the phrase "they are new every morning" that gives me this great confidence that each day's mercies—each day's kindnesses—are given specifically for that day. Ponder that with me. Let it sink in. "His mercies . . . are new every morning."
Why are they new every morning? Why does God do it that way? It's not because yesterday's mercies were bad or weak. It's because they were yesterday's. Yesterday's mercies were for yesterday's burdens. Today's mercies are for today's burdens. They are new every morning. They are like the manna in the wilderness: you can't keep it overnight. Enough comes for each day. You live on God day by day, or you don't live on God."
The Swedish hymn gets it right again.
Day By Day
Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find, to meet my trials here;
Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment,
I've no cause for worry or for fear.
He Whose heart is kind beyond all measure
Gives unto each day what He deems best-
Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.
Every day, the Lord Himself is near me
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
He Whose Name is Counselor and Power;
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
"As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,"
This the pledge to me He made.
Help me then in every tribulation
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
That I lose not faith's sweet consolation
Offered me within Thy holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
Ever to take, as from a father's hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till I reach the promised land.
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