A.J. Stocks--A Life of Service

 

North Carolina State Highway Patrol Officer A.J. Stocks’ life of service was honored at Arlington National Cemetery on December 1, 2008. His life was tragically cut short on September 9, 2008 while on a service call. Trooper Stocks was a United States Marine Corps veteran, 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army National Guard and served tours of duty in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He had just returned home from the war in Iraq exactly one year before the day he died. A caravan of buses and cars full of family, friends and colleagues made the trip from North Carolina to honor this fallen hero. Trooper Stocks leaves behind a wife and a young daughter. He was just 43 years old.

 

 

  

 

 

Congrats to Barack Obama

Congratulations to Senator Barack Obama of Illinois on being elected as the 44th President of the United States of America. Since January of 2007, when Senator Obama first announced his candidacy and accepted his first major endorsement from Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, through Election Day, Choice Photography was there, often with exclusive, behind the scenes access.

The President-Elect emerged triumphant on November 4, 2008, surviving what many have described as the longest and most arduous campaign in American political history. Running with a consistent message of hope and change, Mr. Obama organized thousands of volunteers, spoke to hundreds of thousands at rallies across the country, in big cities and small, and raised unprecedented sums of money to share his vision for America.

There are many challenges ahead for the new President when he officially takes office on January 20, 2009, most notably how to get a crippled economy back on track. In the face of the catastrophic collapse of the housing mortgage markets, failures of financial institutions, a U.S. auto industry in crisis, uncertainty on Wall Street and international markets, Mr. Obama and his administration will have to begin working immediately to restore business, consumer and international confidence in our nation’s economy that will stabilize both Wall Street and Main Street by stimulating investment and creating new jobs; a daunting task indeed.

For now though, let’s take the time to salute the next President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. We wish him well.