May God be with you and your sons.

Thank you to this family for all they are doing for their country. I know Julie McGlothin will worry as she said, but she is also rightfully proud of her sons. Hope they all come home safely.

I have know of a father and son and a couple of families where two brothers were serving together in the Middle East, but now three brothers together...

this mom and this family have much to be very proud of and Ms. McGlothin please know there are American citizens praying daily for our troops and service members....thanks to the American Legion for this presentation and recognition and keith, Eric and John thank you for serving and God Speed to you all....

I just wanted to correct a few errors in the article. For one My Husband Keith Thornton is a PFC serving in Iraq, hes been there since January and is serving a 365 day tour. Secondly her 20 year old sons name is MARC not ERIC, Third, Johns last name is Grauer not Mcglothlin and he will definitly not be going to Iraq or Afganistan in August...there not going to send him there straight out of bootcamp, he needs more training then that. He is a correctional officer so theres a good chance he wont even be deployed over there anyways. Marc will be deploying to Iraq in August but John will not be.

oh and another thing....her son steve will not be joining the military, he tried once and backed out so please please dont give him any credit, in fact, he told me not too long ago that he wished my husband wouldnt make it back from Iraq alive....NICE BROTHER ISNT HE???

proudarmywife.....sounds like a bit of family conflict going on here. This doesn't seem the place to air that but I guess you felt the need to share or to blow chunks on someone's glory story. Whatever the problem is, it really is irrelevant because I feel that each and every soldier serving overseas or anywhere in this big old world, doing a job handed to them under whatever circumstances, deserves praise and acknowledgement of the utmost regard.

Having had one son deployed to Irag, I can only imagine how difficult having three sons in harm's way must be....I will keep you and them in my prayers. Please tell your sons how proud we are of them and pray they will all come home safely. Also, knowing how expensive it is to send those 'care packages' to the war zone, especially to three sons, perhaps we, as supporters, can get together and help out with materials and postage. Maybe the Bangor Daily can provide a follow-up story on where donations can be dropped and/or adresses where they can be sent. I'm sure many like me would love to help, even in a small way.

paws51: I agree with you....well-said.

Thanks chersully

Excuse me 'proudofmywife', but my son graduted from boot camp, came home on leave and was on his way to Irag within another month. The on;y 'other training' he had between coming home and deployement was jump school but jumping from 3000 ft certainly didn't teach him how to fight more effectivily in the sand of Iraq. paws51 has it right, this is a time to come together and support these young men not airing family conflict.

Hello,

this is LCpl. Marc McGlothlinlin's wife I would just like to say thank you to everyone for all the well wishes, it means a lot to Marc and his brothers! Marc is a wonderful Marine, Husband, and Father! We miss him very much and cant wait for him to come home safe. That also goes for his brothers as well! So again thank you everyone!!

onthefence thanks for clarification...I was pondering the comment about being deployed out of basic....I have seen several young people go to boot camp, come home for a short visit with family and then get sent straight to the Middle East....

proudarmywife , nobody takes exception to you correcting facts from the story. Also we all should consider the strain you must be under with your husband serving so far away. It can't be easy. Some where just suggesting that a story honoring this proud mother isn't the best place to air out any conflicts her sons may have with each other. Being a parent myself, I realize that she probably loves all of them reguardless of what they do or conflicts they may have with each other.

well you dont know her or them or me!! I never said she wasnt proud...i am proud of all of them and i dont care what you people think

duckwa you get an A for effort anyhow...:)

Thanks Pab, and reguardless .... thank you proudarmywife for your sacrifice of taking care of the homefront while your husband serves so far away. The ones that are left home, deal with the same stress and worry as those that serve. Our country owes you a thank you for helping him serve his country. Thank you.

well atleast someone has appreciation for the people who really do care about the soldiers. It more stressful on me and our kids then anyone else in this family. Im not out looking for any attention from people. I do what i have to do for my husband and for my family...im not out looking for donations and attention!! But im sure there are plenty of soldiers out there who would love to receive care packages who dont have anyone to send them things. My husband on the other hand has more then enough stuff from me. I cant wait for him to be hom eand out of harms way!

I jst talked with the wife of the other brother and she said that all she thinks is that they shoul dhave made it a better story and got all the facts right before they posted it. Why did they not make it a bigger story and maybe even add in that each one of these soldiers have a wife and children? It would have made more sence to make it more about the soldiers and not all bout the mother! Shes not the one fighting over there. I understand that the flag was dedicated to the mothers but just the thought that they showed no appreciation for the familys of the soldiers in the article made it a lowsy article. Why dont they ever do things like that with the military spouces? We dont get any recognition anywhere!!!!

Ok so I'm the wife of Private John Grauer not John McGlothlin (he had his name changed) and I just wanted to let you the facts about my husband. He was told that he would be stationed in the United States because he is a Corrections Officer. He was never told that he would be shipped to the Middle East after boot camp. He wasn't even suppose to graduate boot camp til September so I'm not sure how he can be shipped to the Middle East in August anyway. I'm not putting down his mother because she got the flag, I just wanted you all to know the true about what my husband is doing. I care about my husband and my two brother in laws, but as proudarmywife said how come they didn't write anything about the soldiers wives and children? WE are the ones that have to sit at home and take care of the kids and worry about our husbands, while she just worries about the three of them. WE don't get any special flags, or gifts. WE suck it up and go on with our daily lives.

I wish to thank all military families for their sacrifices in order to keep our country safe. My heart + prayers go out to the spouses and young children of these men. Military wives must have great personal strength to deal with every day life while separated from their husbands during training + active duty.

Bless you all.

I am a family friend and know these boys personally! They are great men and have had a mother who would do absolutly ANYTHING for each and everyone of them! She raised all 4 of her sons ALONE!! Ms. Mcglothlin took great pride in her sons even tho it was a struggle to maintain the everyday expenses of having 4 boys and a home. She always wanted her sons to have more than she did and not have the financial worries. Being a mother myself I completely understand how and where she was coming from! I would think her daughter in laws would be thrilled for the recognition the Legion has done for her and not be jealous because she was recognized for having these boys and raising them to be great men. Without her there would be no men for these girls. A mothers love is unconditional,loyal and true. I pray for these boys every nite and for thier families and their mother. I would think it is time to grow up and stand united as a FAMILY not against each other. You all love these men and your love should unite you together forever. Peace be with John, Keith, and Marc. THEY ARE WONDERFUL MEN AND SOLDIERS. No matter what thier last name is, rank or where they are stationed. They are stilll protecting us and thats all that matters. This flag was presented to thier MOTHER!!! ITS A MOTHERS FLAG. Good luck to you all. I AM VERY PROUD TO SAY I KNOW THESE YOUNG MEN AND I FEEL SAFE WITH THEM PROTECTING MY FAMILY!! THANK YOU JOHN MARC AND KEITH!!

Very very well said JBsWifey!

OMFG!!!! Look lady, I dont know you and you sure as hell dont know me.....So therefor you have no right to say anything about me! I cant believe how much you people have turned this around. The only reason I corrected the friggin article in the first place was because if my husband is going to be in the newspaper I would appreciate if the information was correct. I dont think how she raised them has anything to do with how they turned out and why they chose to join the military. My husband joined the military to straighten up his life and try to be a better person so what does that tell you? And I dont know what you heard but we have never been against eachother for crying out loud get your facts right before you run your mouth. I am the last person who would be jealous of a friggin flag.. are you serious? Its a peice of fabric that doesnt mean anything to me. I deal with the reality of my husband being deployed everyday...I take care of the children by myself everyday...I deal with the fact that my husband might never come home ,everyday...I deal with peoples bull crap everyday..I dont need a friggin flag to tell me that my husband is deployed!!!!!! I have great respect for Keith Marc and John...They are the kind of people I look up to and its people like you who have no friggin clue about us that piss me off when you get involved in places where you have no right to be getting involved in the first place just because your a friend of Julie's doesnt mean im going to care about what you think! So jump down off your high horse and stick your nose somewhere else because your two cents arnt welcome here!!!

THIS IS SO FUNNY! THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU NEVER WAS NEVER WILL BE. YOUR POOR HUSBAND OVER THERE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS IMMATURE CRAP IS VERY SAD! I FEEL FOR HIM POOR MAN! TRYING TO FIGHT A REAL LIFE WAR AND HIS WIFE CAUSING TROUBLE ON THE HOME FRONT HOW VERY SAD!!!:(

wow

it was a nice story until proudarmywife screwed it up.

she needs a valium or something

I feel sorry for her family

to Julie McGlothlin- I hope your sons come home safe.

Alright this isnt proudarmywife but I am married to one of the boys. THIS WHOLE THING STARTED BECAUSE SHE WANTED THE INFORMATION ABOUT HER HUSBAND TO BE RIGHT IN THE PAPER!!! WOULDNT YOU WANT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR HUSBANDS TO BE RIGHT IN THE PAPER!! I TALKED TO MY HUSBAND AND HES NOT TO HAPPY THAT IT SAYS THAT HE WAS "TOLD" HE WAS BEING SENT TO IRAQ IN AUGUST, WHEN HE WAS "NEVER" TOLD ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!! So you guys can say CRAP about her all you want because Ive TALKED to her husband and as far as I was told he believes that she did the right thing to correct to story, cause just like my husband he wants the information about him and his brothers to be right!! And to JBsWifey you may think that you know John, Marc and Keith but untill you sit down with them and listen to how their child hold really was, you cant really say anything!! And the flag is called the SERVICE Flag and anybody who has a family memeber in a war zone is aloud to have it! It was just called the mothers flag during WW1 because all the mothers got together and made a symbol to show that they have children away fighting. After that Congress used it as a flag for anyone with family memebers fighting. Yes you can look it up because I have. SO I do believe that proudarmywife and I were not in the wrong for correctiong the infromation about our husbands. WE both really dont care that she got the flag, because we could go out and get on ourselves if we wanted one! But we really dont because we dont need the flag to tell us that our husbands are away defending you me and everyone else in this country. WE deal with it every day!! Our friends know that WE deal with it every day and anyone that sees us out knows that WE deal with it everyday!

SO as I SAID before I dont think that WE were wrong!!! Everybody just took the fact that we wanted what was said about our husbands WAS right and they did too!!!!!!

Alright this isnt proudarmywife but I am married to one of the boys. THIS WHOLE THING STARTED BECAUSE SHE WANTED THE INFORMATION ABOUT HER HUSBAND TO BE RIGHT IN THE PAPER!!! WOULDNT YOU WANT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR HUSBANDS TO BE RIGHT IN THE PAPER!! I TALKED TO MY HUSBAND AND HES NOT TO HAPPY THAT IT SAYS THAT HE WAS "TOLD" HE WAS BEING SENT TO IRAQ IN AUGUST, WHEN HE WAS "NEVER" TOLD ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!! So you guys can say CRAP about her all you want because Ive TALKED to her husband and as far as I was told he believes that she did the right thing to correct to story, cause just like my husband he wants the information about him and his brothers to be right!! And to JBsWifey you may think that you know John, Marc and Keith but untill you sit down with them and listen to how their child hold really was, you cant really say anything!! And the flag is called the SERVICE Flag and anybody who has a family memeber in a war zone is aloud to have it! It was just called the mothers flag during WW1 because all the mothers got together and made a symbol to show that they have children away fighting. After that Congress used it as a flag for anyone with family memebers fighting. Yes you can look it up because I have. SO I do believe that proudarmywife and I were not in the wrong for correctiong the infromation about our husbands. WE both really dont care that she got the flag, because we could go out and get on ourselves if we wanted one! But we really dont because we dont need the flag to tell us that our husbands are away defending you me and everyone else in this country. WE deal with it every day!! Our friends know that WE deal with it every day and anyone that sees us out knows that WE deal with it everyday!

SO as I SAID before I dont think that WE were wrong!!! Everybody just took the fact that we wanted what was said about our husbands WAS right and they did too!!!!!!

again I say wow