Posted on 08/10/2005 9:12:15 PM PDT by Graybeard58
"He saw something in the road that didn't look right, and when he walked up to see what it was they detonated it," she said.
I am so sorry to hear about Ball's death, but is there no procedure for calling out a bomb disposal squad in these situations? If it looks suspicious enough to hold all the other men back, shouldn't the experts deal with it? Heartbreaking.
Tearful prayers for this family. May they find peace and joy with the memories of their husband and daddy. Thank you to the funeral home for being decent and kind. Prayers for our military men and women all over the world.
I am the same age as this wife and mother with 3 children also. I can not imagine having to start a life without my husband at my side. Prayers for her strength and courage as she becomes both mother and father to her children. May the peace of Christ be with them all.
Prayers for this family.
Prayers for the family!
Tears. Ive read many aritcles and heard many first hand accounts, but this.....
Prayers for the family from NJ.
The following information is also about another American who is an angel to those in the armed forces and their families. I am proud to say that this is my alma mater.
America Supports You: University Offers Scholarships
By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2005 – A Pennsylvania university is putting its values and money to work for the sons and daughters of servicemembers who make the ultimate sacrifice.
“It’s just the right thing to do,” said Widener University President James T. Harris said during a telephone interview with the American Forces Press Service.
The genesis of the idea came when faculty and students at the four-year undergraduate school began being called up and deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. “I was speaking with a fellow faculty member,” Harris said, “and we wondered if there was something we could do.”
Harris said he went back to his office and began “crunching numbers.” He found enough money in the scholarship budget to offer four full scholarships to the university. The offer equals $100,000 for one student for a four-year degree. Harris said the university “took it out of hide,” and he did no additional fund-raising to get the money.
He presented the idea to the university’s board, and the board members unanimously approved it. The board also went along with the program’s long-term commitment – some of the servicemembers killed in action have young children who won’t be old enough for college for many more years.
Harris began the process after the November election because “I didn’t want politics to intrude. No matter how you feel about the war in Iraq, as Americans, we should still honor those who serve.”
It’s called Widener CARES – for Children of Active and Reserves Educational Scholarships. The program is open to the sons and daughters of servicemembers killed in action in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. It is a national program.
The university – in Chester, Pa., part of the greater Philadelphia area – spent some of its early life as Pennsylvania Military College. The school today still retains a “good-sized” Army and Air Force ROTC program, Harris said.
“We think this is an appropriate thing for a university to do,” he said. “We talk all the time about educating young men and women to be good citizens. This is a way for our university to show that the institution is also a ‘good citizen.’”
REST NOW BROTHER!
GODBLESS YOUR FAMILY!!
SEMPER FI!
My prayers are offered for the soul of this brave man, and for his family, that the Lord will grant them comfort and strength in their time of sorrow.
I was SSgt Terry Ball's First Sergeant in 3/8 during the deployment to Kosovo. I echo his coach's words that there are some folks that you never forget -- GySgt Terry Ball is one of those guys.
He is the only Marine I ever knew who I truly believed would someday be the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; he was a model Marine and leader.
He is going to be missed by all of us who knew him.
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