Good Luck MagRedC5!

14 posts · started Mar 22, 2007

Maddie Mar 22, 2007, 6:14 AM
MagRed: My heart, prayers, and spirit are with you as you embark on your tour of duty in Iraq. Your courage and devotion to your fellow human beings couldn't be manifested in a more altruistic and selfless manner. God bless you!
SoldierNurse Mar 22, 2007, 6:21 AM
Maddie, your words mean a lot to me & deeply appreciate the gesture.

Please, pray for strength... for my wife, rather than for me. My wife is having a very hard time with the thought of me being gone for +12 months.

God bless our troops & their family members.
Maddie Mar 22, 2007, 6:42 AM
MagRed: Once again, your selflessness shows. I am behind our troops 100%; as a matter of fact, I tried to join but, crikey! I'm too "old!" Every night I light a candle and say a prayer for all our troops and you and your wife will be in my thoughts until your safe return. Hope you'll be able to drop a line once in a while and let us know how you're doing. Group hug!
Debc Mar 23, 2007, 2:58 AM
Hey MagRedc5, when do you leave? Good luck and may God watch over you. How do you sleep with loud trucks driving by? I almost joined but they couldn't offer me retirement or my current salary. In one more year I will be too old.
Debc
SoldierNurse Mar 23, 2007, 4:23 PM
Debc wrote:Hey MagRedc5, when do you leave? Good luck and may God watch over you. How do you sleep with loud trucks driving by? I almost joined but they couldn't offer me retirement or my current salary. In one more year I will be too old.
Debc
My wife & I live in the residential area [on-post housing], so loud trucks are not an issue. However, helicopters, planes, and practice artillery fire can be heard from off in the distance. Yet, all that is music to my ears.

I leave this Sunday for Ft Bliss, TX and after 10-30 days I'll fly to Iraq for +12 month deployment. Anticipated return is April 2008.

I realize some folks may not support my Commander-in-Chief, but it is great how well the general public supports the troops, and their family members.

Thank you for the kind words.
SoldierNurse Apr 2, 2007, 10:49 AM
Update;

I arrived in Kuwait yesterday [Sunday] and it is really, really sandy here. In fact, in the afternoon the sky was gray D/T a little [sarcasm here] sandstorm.

I can't really give any further details D/T OPSEC, but I'm doing fine. I can say I'll be in Kuwait only until the end of this week. Then, off to somewhere in Iraq. When I get settled with a permanent APO I'll let ya'll know.

BTW, at this time my internet access is limited.

Later...
cougarnurse Apr 2, 2007, 10:32 PM
Well, it's about time we heard something! Glad to know you made it there. Understand about the Internet bit; post when you can.

:p
cassioo Apr 3, 2007, 3:23 AM
one of our docs just got to come back a couple of months early (imagine that) because as he says they needed more beds for incoming so sent some of them home...hope all goes well for you and time goes quickly for you and your family
SoldierNurse Apr 3, 2007, 2:04 PM
LOL, we had to wait a couple of hours at the firing range this morning before sending some rounds down range ... the camels had to be cleared from the area. I'm sure the locals would not have been happy if one of the hump backs got shot by accident.

BTW, IGNORE my Tacoma temperature below in sig because it is nowhere near such here in the desert. Cool at night & HOT during the day with lot's of sand. Oh yea, way off in the distance [I hope] mortars can be heard during the nighttime.

I'll keep ya'll posted. Again, once we move to our permanent op site I should have more internet time.
SoldierNurse Apr 5, 2007, 8:00 AM

My OCONUS address;

1LT Cary James Barrett
Task Force 31
Unit# 60533
APO AE 09375

Hint... I could use baby wipes & waterless hand sanitizer gel ;)