Emotional trainwreck

[frankieG]

terry if u go i am with ya .....private

[spc]

when I do, it will be crossing over to the Corps. They're working on getting my records right now.

[yamahonkawazuki]

so what do you figure the timeline might be?, i gotta start planing a send-off party yet?

[tussey]

if you do man, be careful and throw a party before you deploy. ill buy the drinks

wait how man service men here?

me, terry, and yamahon?

[spc]

I'll assume 'unknown' is based off his avatar and I believe erbilabuc is a Marine. Scottpags was AF as I recall and I believe there are a few others.

[lewismug]

I was in the Army National Guard, but never deployed overseas.  I made it to the mob station and was sent home because of my knees a week before WE were supposed to deploy.  It was one of the saddest days of my life.  The guys I trained for 6 months with, and had been drilling with for 8 years went without me and I wasn't there to help them through everything.

[yamahonkawazuki]

if you do man, be careful and throw a party before you deploy. ill buy the drinks

wait how man service men here?

me, terry, and yamahon?

negatory, i serve only in spirit. hell i would have went if i could have gotten in 

[yamahonkawazuki]

final update on cpl hovater: he was posthumously promoted from SPC to CPL, and awarded teh purple heart, and teh bronze star, and teh medals, and flag were presented to his widow by teh Sec. of defenses rep Gen. james Schwitter

[theUBS]

Thanks for the update!  Hard to imagine what she's going through, but I hope this recognition at least offers some solace.

[yamahonkawazuki]

Oh im quite sure shes emotionally f%&ked up right now. thats a given. but shes got a large amount of family friends and those who care, like myself and teh rest of teh PGR, teh CMA, and teh blue knights, amongst otehrs ready to help with whatever is needed

[yamahonkawazuki]

i get two more missions in the VERY near future. i get to escort a funeral procession for a marine ( KIA/iraq),this fri/sat/monday  and to guard teh moving wall exibit at teh end of the month  , but its the least i can do, and im damned proud to do it 

[frankieG]

lcdr  20 years 6 months and 22 days .   i commanded one last post ceremony.  terry i know what you mean.  i did my part but there is still that nagging voice that wants you to be there until the bitter end.   

[spc]

HAHA did my ASVAB re-test (old scores were expired)  Made a 98 with all but 1 line score at max.  Still waiting on my 214, the MC liaison at St. L said it's been taking 2-3 months to actually get em from the Army.  I'm gonna shoot for a HUMINT or Psyops spot, it's a little iffy as to whether I can enlist on one of those, but aside from that I'm already qualified.  If that falls through, I'll probably take the DLAB again and head out Monterey way.

[451 F]

Terry, it takes a lot more courage to go back in then to stay in, I applaud you. 

Sgt Light 2531, 2841, 0321(comm, breaching, recognition)

[Big Lou]

'Lastly, I am proud of my country and it's flag.  I want to look back and say I am proud to have served my country as a Soldier'
-Last line of the Soldier's Creed (at least the version I learned)

"I am the defender of freedom and the American way of life.  I AM an American Soldier." -The last line of the version they teach now.  Regardless, it says the same thing. 
" I will always place the mission first.  I will never accept defeat, I will never quit.  I will NEVER leave a fallen comrade."
My condolences Yam.  I have lost two friends myself, and it is tough to be a part of something like that.  Keep in mind that they died for a purpose, a reason, even if, for some, that reason is up for debate. My heart goes out to you and to the family of the lost. 

[Big Lou]

if you do man, be careful and throw a party before you deploy. ill buy the drinks

wait how man service men here?

me, terry, and yamahon?

Army, male, E-5 type here.  One deployment, more to come Im sure

[yamahonkawazuki]

all went well, cept teh damned media was asking odd questions., to us ( the riders), asking us if teh war was worth it, whether we should be there, etc etc etc, when it came my turn, i said ( off camera) "madam, i respect you, and your work, but in this case, this is a funeral home, have some ( self censored f-bombing) respect. that is all. you can go ( f-bomb) yourself now. i do liek her work on teh air and such but this location was not teh location for a piece/questions like that" then i stood down. my riding mates were like DAMN MAN, lol. we do ( as riders / as a group, ( PGR/CMA/blue knights) have an anti hostility agreement amongst ourselves, and an unwritten agreement, where if we must say something like that, we do so off camera/audio , but other than that, it was cool. and get this. the first mission i ran, we had complaints because WE were asked to shield teh recieving room from the reporters, ( BY THE FAMILY) which we did all they got shots of were a wall of 5 by 8 foot flags, but it was funny cause we ran out of flags/personnel, so the only shot they had left was through the front door. BUT the sun, helped us on  that, cause it cast such a glare, it was almost liek a silhouette 

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ill ride escort monday, teh gs will be representin