Well all, for those who have followed, thanks for your support. My boy and I took my mom back to Ft. Dix in NJ this past weekend after her last leave. They had a family day on Saturday with a 2 star general, the USO (miss 2005 was.....SWEEEET!) a 3 piece Army band and the works. It was quite emotional. The general said it was the largest family turn out for a unit of that size that he had ever seen.
We got to say our good byes to my mom as she was to fly out that night. They weren't able to fly out commercial but rather from McGuire AirForce base right next door on a C1 along with the Bravo co and their infantry. Because of that (being on a military plane) they had to fly in full battle gear, DCU's flack jacket, helmet, with rucksack and the works....for 24 hours worth of flight. They went from NJ to Ireland, Ireland to Budapest Hungary, and then on to Afganistan. She should have arrived there sometime during last night. We are waiting to hear from her and get her new post address. She will be the postal supervisor for that unit, responsible for making sure that all the soldiers get their mail and packages, (no small task in a war theater) and it is VERY important for morale. She will be there for at least 18 months, but plans on finally retiring when she gets home. She's been in the service for 25 years.
What really struck me while there was that the WHOLE time, night and day, 7 days a week, you can hear the jets landing and leaving McGuire's flight line bringing new troops in to train for deployment, shipping them out overseas, and bringing some home finally.
Remember our troops everyone. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but be sure to remember them daily, as they remember us daily and serve and sacrifice daily. And remember those that will never come home alive. It makes OUR problems seem irrelevant.
We got to say our good byes to my mom as she was to fly out that night. They weren't able to fly out commercial but rather from McGuire AirForce base right next door on a C1 along with the Bravo co and their infantry. Because of that (being on a military plane) they had to fly in full battle gear, DCU's flack jacket, helmet, with rucksack and the works....for 24 hours worth of flight. They went from NJ to Ireland, Ireland to Budapest Hungary, and then on to Afganistan. She should have arrived there sometime during last night. We are waiting to hear from her and get her new post address. She will be the postal supervisor for that unit, responsible for making sure that all the soldiers get their mail and packages, (no small task in a war theater) and it is VERY important for morale. She will be there for at least 18 months, but plans on finally retiring when she gets home. She's been in the service for 25 years.
What really struck me while there was that the WHOLE time, night and day, 7 days a week, you can hear the jets landing and leaving McGuire's flight line bringing new troops in to train for deployment, shipping them out overseas, and bringing some home finally.
Remember our troops everyone. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but be sure to remember them daily, as they remember us daily and serve and sacrifice daily. And remember those that will never come home alive. It makes OUR problems seem irrelevant.
