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Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Especially as we enter the holiday season. Our guys and gals over there need to hear often from home.
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Good idea Ed. I know the troops in the sand and on the ground have it a lot worse than us in the submarine. Our only enemy that we have to worry about is ourselves and bordom.
Hey man the ship life sucked when i was on it but now i am back on land and scheduled for deployment to kuwait in 08, again. I appreciate what you guys are doing for other military guys and it means a lot to get stuff from people while out there.
Thats what I am talking about..... My little Bro is on his second tour in Iraq... and being a Vet (13 yrs Army) and still serving as a contractor... I know how much your support means to the troops.... keep it up and pass it on to everyon you know!!!!!
His son was born in TX on Sept 10th 2006.
Hum. To me he seemed like just a kid himself at 22.
Anyway A few weeks later he shipped out. At first they told him his destination was going to be Isreal. At the time a crap load of fighting was going on over there. In the end it was to Kuait then Iraq.
We e-mail each other quite a bit or as much as time will allow him too. I would rather he spend his phone time and computer time talking with his young wife and checking up on his new family then talking with his oldman.
He still keeps up with his Martial Art training. More so I think to occupy any free time he has, and keep his mind off things. I guess in a lot of ways he's a chip off the old block as I would do the same.
Not a day goes by that I don't wonder how much he's not telling me in the e-mails. When a month goes by and I've not heard from him a bit of worry sets in.
I know I will never look at him as a kid again. He's a grown man now. I can tell by the few short phone conversations we've had that he's changed a lot.
I miss him dearly, but I know that there is no compairision to what his young wife is giong through. His son is almost a year old now. I can't imagine missing that time.
I'm god damn proud of what he's doing. My heart bleeds a bit every day for his wife and son.
God Bless and watch over all the service men and women. God bless those who wait and worry at home.
John. I miss you son...
Thanks for refreshing our minds John and my god watch over and bring your son safely home to his family
Lest We Forget!
The average age of the military man is 19 years. He isa short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances, is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work, and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either
He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drove a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howitzer.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional. He can march until he is told to stop, or stop until he is told to march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient.
He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.
If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food.
He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death than he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them. He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking.
In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom.
Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American Fighting Man that has kept our country free for over 200 years, and is out there trying to bring freedom to the rest of the world.
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