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I just got back from Pensacola, FL from seeing my first grandchild. While down there I went over to Eglin AFB to the EOD school and was taken through the IED section. Let me tell you, we have learned our lessons and are still learning them. I was impressed by the new equipment I was shown and the professionalism of the current EOD folks. They are so much better than we were.

But while down there I had an interesting experience. I stopped to get gas at a station that was owned by a Vietnamese family and also got me a cup of coffee. I asked the owner if he was Vietnamese and he said yes but wanted to know why. I told him I was a FReeper and was part of the Vietnamese Americans and Veterans Against Kerry. He asked me if that was the group that was trying to stop Kerry from being elected and I told him yes. He got a big smile on his face and told me the coffee was free.