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NOW ITS PRINCIPLE with ME no way will I QUIT.. We are fighting our own war just like the guys and gals are over there and we will FIGHT to make sure we can support them and it will be through AOL This just came from IRAQ I have to remember why I was given the name Cobra Mom..and keep fighting to keep the name
opmale1@aol.com Did i have throughts of shutting the program down.. I asked for a sign that I should keep it going. WELL it came.. This e mail just came from Iraq. 11/9/03
I just graduated from the air assault school yesterday. It was chalenging and turned out well as could be expected. It was bitter sweet yesterday tho, as 3 of us from b company found out Friday evening that one of our very own blackhawks had been shot down by the enemy in Tikrit. A LANCER air craft I couldn't believe it . I personally knew these guys I have been living and working with them hand in hand since we got here berfore the war started. It was such a terrible traggedy for us all to experiance and it goes without saying the suffering of the families of the 4 crew members that have died our thoughts and prayers are with them. There were also 2 passengers (US soldiers) who died horribly. The enemy is determined to try and scare us away and make us give up thru fear but they have only strengthened our resolve. We struck back that night as our air and ground forces drove in bombed destroyed several targets and kicked in the doors of designed houses and buildings. This is
still a very active war over here and we are not going to give up it is not over. Men and women are laying thier lives on the line everyday here. It has hit very close to home now sparking the continuous alertness that we need to have and awareness that US citizens should have of what we face each day in this place. It has hit everyone very hard in our company please be in prayer that we will be able to concentrate and fly safely as we continue to fight for our families and our country, the land that we love.