PING for a message from Iraq.
Posted on 02/01/2005 3:15:08 PM PST by concretebob
Hey all, The blackout has been lifted..OOORAH!!! My squad is back on base, after 6 lo-o-o-o-ong days!!! Only a couple "hairy" moments....no one (Seabees or Marines) got hurt!! There's power in prayer, that's for sure!!!
We had a reporter with the Los Angeles Times (Tony Perry) "embedded" with us today...as we completed our (last)mission. Look for the story to come out in the LA Times tomorrow or Thursday!! Imagine that, a reporter imbedded with the Seabees....(lol)
Needless to say, we're worn out.....!!! Hopefully, I'll get a good nights sleep...in "my" rack tonite!!! OOORAH!!! One thing about it, being here really gives you a different perspective on how well off we are back home....God is so good!
They've given us the day off tomorrow, Wednesday to recouperate I defintely need it...this IS a young man's game!!!
Looks like in (about) 30 days some of us will start to "retrograde" back the way we came....to be processed thru the Combat Stress/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder interviews. Then it's on to sunny southern California!!!! :)
How's the song go?...I've done my time I'm coming home....(lol)
Okay....too corny! Sorry! That's what happens when you go days without sleep!!!
I'll write more later!!! Thanks again for all your thoughts, prayers and support!!! Could not do this without you and them!!!!
Take care God Bless Larry
PING for a message from Iraq.
Tell him we are all praying for his safe return
Hope they all get some rest..Thanks be to God that all are safe..May they stay safe.
OOORAH!!!
God Bless Larry
thanks for the PING
Yo... you get my Freepmail?
Yes, just haven't done anything yet, which includes taking 30 seconds to THANK YOU.Please let your friend know he & his fellow soldiers are in our prayers daily!
Good job, Marine.
Keep the faith.
Tell Larry we are glad they weren't hurt, and he is in our prayers.
Good to hear that your friend Larry is still in good spirits.
Let's hope for a successful completion of his mission, and a swift and safe return home.
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
Thanks for posting your buddy Larry's good news email message. Give him a big "thank your for your service" from all of us at FR!
(Short-list ping to a few who may wish to spread the msg.)
Prayers for his safe return. I am grateful we have such wonderful folk risking their lives for Freedom.
Larry may think the song is corny, but he's going to be astonished at how many yellow ribbons there are for the troops!
Okay, so they're not tied around the old oak tree -- they're magnetic and they're stuck to cars, and they're not yellow, all of them, some of them are camo, whatever that's about.
But there are more than hundreds ... there are hundreds of thousands!
Thank God for brave men and women who are willing to stand in harm's way between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
God Bless Larry and his buddies!
Thanks for posting, concretebob!
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers.
Yes, we should bring that song back. We do have yellow ribbons everywhere, why not make a big package of it all?
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