Sunday, November 23, 2008

Beyond Words

This afternoon my girlfriend, a Sergeant First Class in the Virginia National Guard, called me to see something on the TV. Janis served an 18 month tour in Iraq. She had over 600 missions outside the wire with a civil affairs unit. Just outside the Green Zone in January of 2004, her vehicle was IED'd. Her interpreter Nahla, sitting behind her, died. The back of her head had been blown off. They were on the way to the Baghdad International Airport to pick up Nahla's fiance, an Army Lt. Colonel. Janis didn't cry that day. She was too busy calling in a medevac and securing the blast site.

Today she had tears in her eyes. Here's why......

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......whether you say oorah, or hooah, we, the veterans of the GWOT, share a common bond few others will ever understand.

A new administration is coming to the White House with hopes of making history. We who've made history wish them well. We pray that our sacrifices and successes will not be forgotten. We, for our part, can not and will not.

...and yes, I teared up too.

6 comments:

AnonymousOpinion said...

That was beautiful.

Jo Castillo said...

Beyond words is so true. Thanks, hope your Thanksgiving was great and full of blessings.

Flag Gazer said...

Yes, we teared up too when we saw it on television.

Thank you never seems enough, but thank you all.

Anonymous said...

Never forgotten. Ever.

LCDR Tammy Swofford, USNR, NC

Sky-David said...

Beautiful communication of soldier bond. Yes! So precise, the Soldier has an 82nd Airborne patch, just like this old one some 40 years ago.

Wine Recipes said...

Great reead thank you