Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Krusher on December 08, 2003, 11:12:17 PM
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If this has been posted before, what the heck its worth a second.
link (http://www.reoutfitters.com/WeSupportU/WeSupportU.htm)
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Just an FYI.
About 3/4 through that montage is a shot of a man in full combat uniform sitting on the ground holding a little child.
That man is CPT John Vining. John is a fellow co-worker with me at Madigan Army Medical Center, an Intensive Care Unit Nurse like I am. We both deployed with the 47th Combat Support Hospital in March of 2003 (I am a Captain as well) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and later Iraqi Freedom. John was pulled later on and sent into Iraq to support the mission there. I stayed behind in Kuwait with the main force. He came back about two weeks ago from Iraq and later Kuwait. I have been back for a while, I was luckier than John.
I enjoyed this montage. It reminds people of a couple of things. First every deployed soldier leaves something behind. The hardest thing about deploying was leaving my son. This is the second time I have gone overseas since Danny was born. The first was when he was three, the last he was six. When you are gone they don't stop growing and that time you lose you don't get back. Leaving puts a stress on your family and some families don't survive it.
Secondly, there is always the risk of the ultimate sacrifice. I was there during the ground war portion of the campaign and although I was relatively safe compared to the Marines and soldiers fighting in Iraq we still were at risk from missile attack and terrorist strikes. Luckily nothing happened to us, unlike in 91 when that barracks was hit.
Keep these guys in your prayers, no matter what you think politically. Keep the Iraqi people in your prayers as well. I did when I was there and do now. Whether you think that GWB did this for the Iraqi people or not isn't important, I went over there for that reason and most soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen over there now are there for that reason.
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Capt. Cofield
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CPT Cofield, I went over 13 years ago because that's what my country said I should do. During and after the war I was able to talk to many people, both Iraqi and Kuwaiti and never once did I feel like I was not over there for a very good reason.
When an Iraqi soldier surrenders to you, and you offer him an MRE, and he asks for a particular MRE menu, I'm pretty sure he is not hostile.
Our guys and gals over there. SFC Francis, you keep yourself safe bud!
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to them all.
And please God bring them home safe soon.
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Thanks for serving your fellow man, here and abroad.
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Don't know your rank, but
to you too Mr. Shew.
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thanks for the post....was really moving
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Originally posted by wklink
Keep these guys in your prayers, no matter what you think politically. Keep the Iraqi people in your prayers as well. I did when I was there and do now. Whether you think that GWB did this for the Iraqi people or not isn't important, I went over there for that reason and most soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen over there now are there for that reason.
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God Bless our Military Men and Women.
Stay safe and come home, Gods speed.
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U.S. Army, Retired.
'75 - '95.
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Capt. and thank you.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
thanks for the post....was really moving
One of your brothers in the Marines sent it to our BBS. He has been to Iraq once and is going back in February (I think)
too all of you guys.
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All I can say Capt and to the others, and all I need to say...
Is Thank You...
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