Our turn now

Greg · Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:52 pm

Well Maureen, it's our turn. Our son CJ is being deployed Saturday.
He is part of the 1200 National Guardsmen from NY going over to Afghanistan for a year.
He is headed for Ft Bragg (your neck of the woods Yanita) for 2 months of specialized training, then off to Afghanistan. Greg

Barb P · Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:16 pm

Greg, please tell him that Barb from NY is proud of him, and thanks him for his service.

JD · Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:37 pm

Hi Greg,

Proud and concerned at the same time I bet. My deepest appreciation and respect to him as well.

JD

Guest · Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:45 pm

Could someone please tell me what became of the scheduled Iraqi troop pull-out that Bush was so proud of last year? Between Greg and Maureen's recent posts and what I hear from friends with children in the service, things seem to be escalating rather than winding down. I just spoke to a veteran who is scheduled for a THIRD tour next year, when we are supposed to be well into handing over control to the Iraqis.

SpongeBob · Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:02 pm

HI Greg,
CJ is one of the reasons we proudly display old glory every day. God bless the USA and those who serve her!

-Bob

Harry · Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:06 am

Hi

Good Luck to CJ and his unit.

I appreciate them everyday.

Harry

Robert · Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:08 pm

Greg,

Give CJ our best wishes and tell him THANK YOU !! He will be in our prayers for a safe return along with his entire unit.

Yanita · Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:18 am

Hi Greg,

As a parent it is a proud and uncertain time. Please let him know that we are proud of him and all our military personnel!

Will keep him and his unit in our thoughts, and please keep me posted on how he is...Aunt Yanita is not far from Ft. Bragg!

Yanita

Demolition · Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:39 pm

Hey Greg, Tell your boy we are rootin for him
and praying for him and all his buddies.

David Dinwiddie,
Submarine Machinst Mate First Class, USN Ret.

Greg · Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:41 pm

CJ, Erica(girlfriend) and Sandy

CJ Left last night for Ft Bragg. I showed him the post & Your replies, He wanted me to thank you for your words & thoughts. Greg

Yanita · Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:47 pm

Hey Greg,

Thanks for the pic and happy that I could talk you through uploading the pic...when, I can't do it myself!

Handsome man!

Yanita

Greg · Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:57 pm

And for those of you that know me sense of humor, I just could not resist posting this one of my 4 yr. old grandson. He had all he could do to keep his head up with out falling over. He did help ease some of the anxiety Greg

Koiflowers · Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:11 pm

My heart goes out to you, because my son is home on leave and "returns" to Iraq early Monday morning, to resume his 3rd tour and I'm reading your post and wondering if I can quit crying before he comes in and catches me with red eyes. Thank you for posting your pic.

Now to cheer myself up, I'm going to reread OLDFARTS post about those fat ferrel cats. I read that post to hubby last night and I was laughing so hard I had tears leaking out of both eyes. Way to go old fart!

Koiflowers · Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:13 pm

One more thought. I resisted getting a myspace page until my daughter set it up for me. Now I get on myspace and chat (IM) with my son in Iraq for hours on end. Those boys and girls over there have computers and internet, or they borrow some time on a friend's computer. One night JD and I talked for 6 hours. When I said "you have to be getting tired of talking to me" he said "no way, it's the hi-light of my day!" They miss us so much when they are over there. I post pics of everything going on around here, and he looks through them and posts comments. He hams it up and posts pics of him flexing his muscles and goofing off, posing with his buddies that have been with him on all three tours. He has a family over there too.

Just wanted to let you know that you can talk to your deployed loved ones through the internet. They love it as much as we do.