Posted on 01/04/2005 5:57:07 PM PST by airborne
I have been posting this elsewhere, but I'm getting so much information (and hope to collect info from others) that I wanted to start a seperate thread to keep you informed and, maybe, help my mental health by sharing.
We were all saddened to hear of your father's death in Iraq in 2005. Some people will tell you that he died in a wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Your father's death was not in vain. He was living up to the highest ideals of duty, honor, country. While war is a fickle thing and tragic things happen, those who serve in the United States Military are the finest people you will ever know.
It is my sincere hope that by the time that you are old enough to read and understand this and other writings like it that you will understand and appreciate the sacrifice that you father made. Iraq will be a peaceful productive nation that is a model for others countries.
We will prevail and the terrorists will be destroyed. You life will be different and more peaceful due to your father's and others efforts.
My children grew up under threat of nuclear annihilation by the Soviet Union; we defeated them and that threat is now gone. The terrorists will be gone some day.
Do not let one person dictate your opinion on you fathers live. Study, learn and make you own opinion.
Very Sincerely,
Mad.
De Opresso Libre.
www.strykernews.com
There are links and opportunities to post messages to the men and women in Iraq.
What a beautiful letter! See my following post and you may be able to have Brendan and mom read it.
Her daughter is in 1st Armored I thought...?
My dad was in the 82nd and the 101st....
I only was around for the 101st time though....
Indy meet Mojo
Mojo meet Indy
Indy's daughter is soon to be on her way to honoring herself and her country in Iraq. I think that your organization has found another person to send care packages too since I am not there anymore :)
What do you think?
AMERICA..HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
That might be a good idea.
Especially if she keeps some sort of online journal or something. Although there are plenty of stories onthe internet that the FReepers find now and again....
If I was still in Iraq, I would help, but I am actually waiting to go home now....
Update....
Her group went. Not sure which 'group' (the brigage, the battalion, the unit, the platoon) went, but she said it was fun. They were told the night before they had to go. Lots of people were there to support them.
I asked her the other day if she was being attached to airborne. She doesn't know yet. They're playing with her pack the barracks date. She's living on Custer Hill if you're familar.
Keep the screen name!
well that is a possibility too :)
Hi Mojo!
She is part of an organization of patriots called Proud Patriots.
They sent some care packages to me for the guys there and it make Christmas much more enjoyable!!!
I second it...keep the screen name.....
Taken into consideration :)
And here's today's news...
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January 09, 2005
Base like gun range
Link to Full Article
By Steve Walsh, Post-Tribune staff writer
MOSUL, IRAQ — The Army base at Mosul looks like it fell from an episode of M*A*S*H. The roads swim in puddles of mud. Grime covers the trucks and Humvees. The crumbling buildings of the former Iraqi base and the quickly assembled offices, nailed together by the Americans, play into the disheveled look.
The only thing that looks really new are the rows of concrete barriers being hauled into place to improve security.
Most of the newly arriving unit of local Indiana Guard troops will be using this as their home, likely for a full year.
Carried by crane from a common yard, just past the place where the 113th Engineering Battalion Guardsmen sleep, the concrete barriers sprout unexpectedly. After breakfast, a crew placed a 6-foot-long, 7-foot-high barrier to the left of the doorway in the office of Col. Richard Shatto and the senior staff.
“The battle for Mosul is the battle for Iraq and it will happen on your watch this January,” Shatto told his senior staff in the morning meeting.
The details of their mission are still not defined, but for the next month it is to help secure the elections. Americans are not expected to monitor the polling places, but troops are expected to harden them against attack on election day.
Shatto has been into the city three times since arriving six days earlier with an advanced party. No one has shot at him, but he has seen shooting around him, he said.
“It’s a mess out there, no doubt. It’s not the Iraqi people but outside insurgents,” Shatto said.
My point was, I just happened to click on the new thread, I have no clue what a stryker brigade is. But, the vanity was good, and seemed appro to me and my family. I'm willing to bet there are other parents out there like me who just don't know the lingo and skipped this thread. I suggested something like, 'personal stories from the war' as an addition to the thread. But you all know the military side, I'm coming from a civilian perspective. Just trying to help draw an audience. I'm really not trying to rain on airborne's parade, just an observation.
a Stryker is a type of vehicle....
It is like a Bradley on wheels....
I wish I could post a picture of it....
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