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Post by tbone421998 on Jun 6, 2007 8:00:18 GMT -5
I'll start, my son, Jeremy, is a sargent in the Marine Corp. He is in his 7th year and is stationed in Japan. He's done two tours in the sand box and we hope that will be all.
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Post by Coach on Jun 6, 2007 8:25:30 GMT -5
Tell him thanks for serving this country.
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Post by tbone421998 on Jun 6, 2007 12:49:06 GMT -5
I certainly will the next time I talk to him Coach.
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Post by redbaron on Jun 6, 2007 15:01:06 GMT -5
All of these brave men and women who serve our country and defend our freedom deserve all the gratitude and support that we can give them. Thank him for me, too, T-bone.
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Post by tbone421998 on Jun 6, 2007 21:43:55 GMT -5
Will do JB. I have to agree 100% with you.
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Post by jamesa46 on Jun 7, 2007 1:29:02 GMT -5
I would like to send out a salute to my son PCF Chris Anderson and all of his Battle Buddies serving in the 41st Combat Engineers of the 1st Engineers Batallion - "The Big Red One" serving in "The Sand Box" at Camp Speicher 30 miles northwest of Baghdad.
My son has already earned his Combat Medal and a Purple Heart.
Please keep all of our men and women serving in combat in the middle east in your prayers.
I also want to ask to keep "CrashTest's" son also in your prayers who is currently serving in Afghanistan.
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Post by Coach on Jun 7, 2007 8:59:57 GMT -5
My nephew did 2 tours in Sadr City and is out of the army now. I'm happy he made it out in 1 piece.
Best wishes and thanks to anyone who has a loved one in the Military
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Post by tbone421998 on Jun 7, 2007 12:51:46 GMT -5
James, I want to personally thank your son for the sacrifice he has given for our country. I want to thank you and all of your family for the sacrifice that you have given also. I was so thankful that Jeremy wasn't injured in either tour. I know what my family went through while he was over there. I can't imagine what it was like to get that phone call that Chris had been hurt. I am just thankful that he is okay. I know that it is not just the person in the military that is sacrificing and hurting we are too. I will keep Chris and all of our men and women in my prayers.
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Post by jamesa46 on Jun 7, 2007 14:40:07 GMT -5
James, I want to personally thank your son for the sacrifice he has given for our country. I want to thank you and all of your family for the sacrifice that you have given also. I was so thankful that Jeremy wasn't injured in either tour. I know what my family went through while he was over there. I can't imagine what it was like to get that phone call that Chris had been hurt. I am just thankful that he is okay. I know that it is not just the person in the military that is sacrificing and hurting we are too. I will keep Chris and all of our men and women in my prayers. thanks tbone. That means a lot to my wife and I. The prayers and supplications sent forth by concerned believers and americans as you and many others out there is extremely important and helps us to carry on daily with that God sent "peace that passes all understanding" knowing that so many of you truly care. Now having a son in combat certainly helped us to understand and have a tremendous amount of respect for the sacrifices made by family members and soldiers in the past who fought for our country in Vietnam, Korea, WWII and WWI and for our soldiers in uniform everywhere. |
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Post by crashtest on Jun 8, 2007 5:10:02 GMT -5
I would like to send out a salute to my son PCF Chris Anderson and all of his Battle Buddies serving in the 41st Combat Engineers of the 1st Engineers Batallion - "The Big Red One" serving in "The Sand Box" at Camp Speicher 30 miles northwest of Baghdad. My son has already earned his Combat Medal and a Purple Heart. Please keep all of our men and women serving in combat in the middle east in your prayers. I also want to ask to keep "CrashTest's" son also in your prayers who is currently serving in Afghanistan. James, Thanks so much for your kind thoughts. I found this picture of my son taken by a reporter from Oregon. The South Carolina National Guard was in the process of replacing the Oregon National Guard at Camp Phoenix:  www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=900&ArticleID=41690&TM=11655.33Here is a YouTube of his squad on patrol. It looks like they are making a difference. Since that time, they have been redeployed. He can't say where, except that "it's where the action is". When he calls, I give him the Patton line: "Well, at least you won't have to tell your grandkids, 'I shoveled sh!t in Louisiana' [No, I waded through it in Afghanistan (there are no sewers in Kabul)]. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LakP261OVowJames, God bless your son, Chris. I pray daily for his safe return as well as for the sons and daughters we so cherish. We worry so much about them. True, war is hell, but I sense that they have answered their calling and wouldn't have it any other way. We have been blessed, haven't we, James. PS. The Purple Heart part just sank in. Please tell me Chris is ok. ~Crash |
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Post by crashtest on Jun 8, 2007 8:27:17 GMT -5
Last Memorial Day, we visited my uncle's grave at Arlington. He died 8/15/43. He was a crewman on a C-47 and was shot down over Tsili Tsili, New Guinea by a Japanese squadron. I found this poignant marker a few rows in back of his.  |
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Post by mikeinsa on Jun 14, 2007 18:05:04 GMT -5
My son is on his second tour. Out on a mission as of this morning and does not know when he is coming back but it should be a short one this time. He just got promoted to Sargeant. I got a picture of him after the ceremony with some gal that also got promoted. If I knew how to paste it on here I would
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Post by tbone421998 on Jun 14, 2007 19:56:33 GMT -5
Welcome Mikeinsa. I have kept your son in our prayers. I glad he made Sargeant. Jeremy is hoping to make Staff Sargeant this summer.
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Post by Coach on Jun 14, 2007 21:55:11 GMT -5
My son is on his second tour. Out on a mission as of this morning and does not know when he is coming back but it should be a short one this time. He just got promoted to Sargeant. I got a picture of him after the ceremony with some gal that also got promoted. If I knew how to paste it on here I would E-mail it to htown_2002@yahoo.com, I will get it posted for you. |
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Post by crashtest on Jun 15, 2007 4:41:38 GMT -5
My son is on his second tour. Out on a mission as of this morning and does not know when he is coming back but it should be a short one this time. He just got promoted to Sargeant. I got a picture of him after the ceremony with some gal that also got promoted. If I knew how to paste it on here I would mikeinsa, I use www.flickr.com it is a Yahoo based photo sharing site. You get a free account and upload your photo(s). Then right click on the uploaded photo to find properties. Copy and paste the address into a message here, putting in front and in back. (Leave out the spaces in img. Here is another one from Afghanistan:  |
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