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Happy Fourth of July!
Jul. 4th, 2007 04:50 amHappy Fourth of July Y'all!
I hope everyone is enjoying their day and that there's much beer and burgers and fireworks. I'm skipping the festivities this year in favor of bringing a bunch of boys home for two weeks rest and relaxation after six months tooling around Iraq.
I can't think of a better way to spend my day.
As evidenced from above, they can get a little loopy sometimes, but this is the joy of troop transport. It's always a joy and a pleasure to start the trip back to the west knowing that everyone is whole and healthy and looking forward to spending time with their family.
Bringing them east is a completely different feeling and one I'm happy to skip on this trip. The picture above was taken during a troop deployment to Afghanistan - hence all the weapons and the loopiness. There's a fair amount of psyching up that has to be done for those trips, from the guys going over there but I'd also say from the people bringing them over too. I stand in the plane and tell them 'thank you' and 'be safe' and my heart is in my throat because I want every single one of them to be on the plane back home where I can say 'thank you' and 'welcome home'
Welcome Home is my favorite phrase to say during Troop Transports.
So in all the festivities and the shenanigans and the drinking, raise a beer high and think of the troops.
I hope everyone is enjoying their day and that there's much beer and burgers and fireworks. I'm skipping the festivities this year in favor of bringing a bunch of boys home for two weeks rest and relaxation after six months tooling around Iraq.
I can't think of a better way to spend my day.
As evidenced from above, they can get a little loopy sometimes, but this is the joy of troop transport. It's always a joy and a pleasure to start the trip back to the west knowing that everyone is whole and healthy and looking forward to spending time with their family.
Bringing them east is a completely different feeling and one I'm happy to skip on this trip. The picture above was taken during a troop deployment to Afghanistan - hence all the weapons and the loopiness. There's a fair amount of psyching up that has to be done for those trips, from the guys going over there but I'd also say from the people bringing them over too. I stand in the plane and tell them 'thank you' and 'be safe' and my heart is in my throat because I want every single one of them to be on the plane back home where I can say 'thank you' and 'welcome home'
Welcome Home is my favorite phrase to say during Troop Transports.
So in all the festivities and the shenanigans and the drinking, raise a beer high and think of the troops.
