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Thanks for the nice words. I think we provide better news coverage here than on the boob tube!

Great story, wouldn't it be nice if we could get that good warm feeling about life in general, think it would be a better place.

How is your brother doing in Iraq, we are thinking of him and all of those in the Military.

Richard

Originally Posted by ford2custom

Great story, wouldn't it be nice if we could get that good warm feeling about life in general, think it would be a better place.

How is your brother doing in Iraq, we are thinking of him and all of those in the Military.

Richard

Richard
He's doing well. I talked with him last weekend, but he'd been up for a long time in surgery, after a 3 day local artillery shelling of their area. I guess they treat locals as well as troops. He sounded upbeat though. Said the comissary has next to nothing over there. I guess he blew a 1amp cord fuse to a vacuum, and was asking me to send one, as that would be impossible to find over there. The things we take for granted. I can walk down to our local hardware store in a few minutes and get one. He has to send home for the same things!
No news on the Family and wife front, but I don't ask either. I like to think he should be focused on the present while over there.
I talked with a lady at work whose son is a vehicle computer specialist. When a HMMV or other vehicle is ambushed and disabled, he goes out in the field to try to get the computer up and running, so they can retrieve the vehicle. The vehicles won't start without the on board computer running. If he can't get it running he has to remove the gps system or destroy it. I guess there are very few people trained to this specialty, so he has been called back on his third tour of duty now. Normally he would get a year back here, but he gets about three months. The sucky part of his job, is the Iraqis know he will come back for the computer or vehicle, so they lay in wait to ambush him or kidnap and randsom him. He is constantly surrounded by Rangers who's job is to keep him alive and get him back. She told me she called him on his cell and heard guns and explosions. She said I better call you later son, he said, don't worry mom they can't hit shit. Two seconds later he says crap! His mom asked what happened, and he said they just blew up the commisary. His mom then said I thought you said they can't hit anything, he replied laughing, I'm sure they weren't aiming for it mom!

I think of her story all the time, the pride and fear in her voice. These Guys deserve all the support we can send!

The guys are doing way more then should be asked of anyone going back 2, 3 and some times more. I prayed every day my niece was over there, and my nephew has been there twice. Sometimes I think if people didn’t have relatives over there, they wouldn’t even know there was a war going on. I would like to see the Soldiers get the appreciation they deserve for making this Country safe.

I was in the Army from 64-67 State side, my Brother went to Vietnam, the enemy didn’t get him but agent orange did last year, he turned 62 in May got one Social Security check but the family had to send it back since he died before the end of the month!

Tell your Brother we thank him for what he is doing and we hope he can get back to hot rodding soon.

Richard

I am sorry for your loss. I have a cousin who developed a neuro disorder after operation Dessert storm. Lots of people over there were exposed to chemical war fare. It's a sad world, when your brother never even got a chance to enjoy retirement.

Here is another great story posted on msnbc.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23538741/