Friday, September 19, 2008
Mission Complete
This afternoon and this evening I stood outside and watched AFN Team 3 board busses and SUVs and drive off. The members of this unique band of indivduals job is done and it is time for us all to head back t our duty stations.
What started as a group of Sailors meeting in a classroom back in Febuary has come to its end on a curb side in Kuwait.
During this nearly eight month period we trained together in the Pine Barrens of Fort Dix, N.J., and desert of Kuwait and eventually told the military's story from the lines in Baghdad, Iraq.
Was it all good times and laughs...not by a long shot. We were thrown into a environement we knew nothing of in New Jersey with Army training. Several of us like me had very little experience with the M-16 or with land navigation but we made it through.
In New Jersey and then in Iraq we were treated as second class citizens by our leadership of different services. However, we once again sallied forth and made it through.
Whats more is we did not only make it through but in the end we excelled! I think AFN Iraq is a better flowing machine after we left and I know those who have replaced us in Team 4 will contiue in the path we set.
So now I sit in Kuwaitr for another week as my plane back to Diego Garcia dosent leave for a few more days.
As I sit here and ponder I want everyone to know they can be damn proud of the work that those over here are doing and that those who served in my group led the charge of excellence in the desert.
So now...its just me and the desert...guess I'll hit the gym.
What started as a group of Sailors meeting in a classroom back in Febuary has come to its end on a curb side in Kuwait.
During this nearly eight month period we trained together in the Pine Barrens of Fort Dix, N.J., and desert of Kuwait and eventually told the military's story from the lines in Baghdad, Iraq.
Was it all good times and laughs...not by a long shot. We were thrown into a environement we knew nothing of in New Jersey with Army training. Several of us like me had very little experience with the M-16 or with land navigation but we made it through.
In New Jersey and then in Iraq we were treated as second class citizens by our leadership of different services. However, we once again sallied forth and made it through.
Whats more is we did not only make it through but in the end we excelled! I think AFN Iraq is a better flowing machine after we left and I know those who have replaced us in Team 4 will contiue in the path we set.
So now I sit in Kuwaitr for another week as my plane back to Diego Garcia dosent leave for a few more days.
As I sit here and ponder I want everyone to know they can be damn proud of the work that those over here are doing and that those who served in my group led the charge of excellence in the desert.
So now...its just me and the desert...guess I'll hit the gym.
Labels: I/A, Iraq, Iraqi Freedom, Navy
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