[Allegra]

I’m going to get a portrait of Shannon to give to Elen when she comes back to the U.S.

What a lovely and thoughtful gift!

And I didn’t know Elen was a Marine. How long has she been in? That’s wonderful! I will keep her in n my prayers.

[Tax-chick]

Going on four years. She’s based in Okinawa, but the last I heard, she was going on a Navy destroyer for a few weeks. Her MOS is “tactical air traffic control.” I think that means keeping our helicopters from flying into one another and stuff.