tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post7124715519472593195..comments2023-10-15T10:20:47.803-05:00Comments on Eighty Deuce on the Loose in Iraq: Welcome Home!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-69123775341758290422007-11-02T11:37:00.000-05:002007-11-02T11:37:00.000-05:00Welcome home! I wish I had known you were coming ...Welcome home! I wish I had known you were coming in to Dallas, I would have loved to meet you at the airport. I got chills just reading the reception you received as you taxied in... awesome. <BR/><BR/>~ Wolf Lover GirlWolf Lover Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394223517473918304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-39287477142440236372007-10-23T12:53:00.000-05:002007-10-23T12:53:00.000-05:00This first time reader is thankful for your servic...This first time reader is thankful for your service, and your safe return.<BR/>I have a son in the 2-23-4th Stryker. He doesn't write about the experience much, so it was nice to look back through your posts and get some up close insight.<BR/>Thanks so much!!!!!!!<BR/>Enjoy your time off.<BR/>I'll link to you from my blog.<BR/>God bless.Infantry Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287286919256333982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-65448938004608271882007-10-23T08:16:00.000-05:002007-10-23T08:16:00.000-05:00Grinning here E.D. : D I've had the pleasure of be...Grinning here E.D. : D I've had the pleasure of being part of some of those Welcome Homes, and Dallas done it good! ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY !!! Welcome Back !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-60667696434232800832007-10-20T11:22:00.000-05:002007-10-20T11:22:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing some of the details of your won...Thanks for sharing some of the details of your wonderful homecoming. It's great to know folks are taking the time to show the feelings of a grateful nation. I hope all our service men & women are getting receptions like yours. Since the MSM will not report this stuff, it's important that we learn about it from you.<BR/>You are very honest and mature to share your feelings about going back. And you are a professional; you'll be fine.<BR/>Also, I'm really jealous about your trip to Vegas. Now I just gotta take my wife.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-15945252709824067082007-10-19T14:15:00.000-05:002007-10-19T14:15:00.000-05:00So glad you are "home" and enjoying your leave. My...So glad you are "home" and enjoying your leave. My son voiced the same feelings about going back. It was so hard to watch him leave again. The morning I had to take him back to the airport (Houston to Dallas and onward) we both shed tears. I had promised I wouldn't cry but it was so hard not to. How fortunate to be home during this great weather after the summer in Baghdad. Enjoy yourself,you DESERVE IT. I SO appreciate your service. Thank goodness you received such a special welcome in Dallas, we Texans love our soldiers!!!!Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349849253694393618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-34421636523372568362007-10-19T08:18:00.000-05:002007-10-19T08:18:00.000-05:00That welcome home picture from Dallas is awesome!!...That welcome home picture from Dallas is awesome!! Thank you Texas. Vegas! I love it and I don't even gamble! I'm glad you're having a great time. I'm sorry that your worried about going back to Iraq, but I know from reading all of your posts that when you gat there you will be the same great Soldier that you've always been. Enjoy your leave. Thank you so much for your service to the country and the world from those of us who can not. God Bless.membrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527550651850993396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-17144886446735299682007-10-19T05:43:00.000-05:002007-10-19T05:43:00.000-05:00Welcome home! I have enjoyed your blog, your an i...Welcome home! I have enjoyed your blog, your an incredibly talented young man and very much appreciated. Enjoy what you can, while you can, and I have faith when the time comes you will carry on as you always do,<BR/>Thanks for everything. And corny as it sounds give Arizona a hug for me, I miss that state!Sparkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570862270487538538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-48789045082059303302007-10-18T19:51:00.000-05:002007-10-18T19:51:00.000-05:00Sounds like you are having a wonderful time! Good ...Sounds like you are having a wonderful time! Good to hear about the welcoming reception. Lots of folks care a great deal about our men and women working so very hard overseas. Thanks for being so honest. Our soldier decided not to come home on leave, but to visit another country, probably for the very reasons you have mentioned.<BR/>Safe travels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-12483221524836324312007-10-18T13:59:00.000-05:002007-10-18T13:59:00.000-05:00This Mesa girl is proud of you and hopes that you ...This Mesa girl is proud of you and hopes that you will enjoy the rest of your time at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-1377941345208821762007-10-18T12:00:00.000-05:002007-10-18T12:00:00.000-05:00Have fun on your R&R leave! I think haole wahine'...Have fun on your R&R leave! I think haole wahine's Janich quote is right on the mark. Don't worry about going back without your head in the game. You're a warrior who'll be able to "flip that switch" and know you're there to do things other non-warriors can't. Don't worry about it now, though...just concentrate on the joy of being home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-38939034648646826412007-10-18T11:47:00.000-05:002007-10-18T11:47:00.000-05:00Trackbacked by The Thunder Run - Web Reconnaissanc...Trackbacked by The Thunder Run - <A HREF="http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2007/10/web-reconnaissance-for-10182007.html" REL="nofollow">Web Reconnaissance for 10/18/2007</A><BR/>A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day...so check back often.David Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153191536633461987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-19659512358918806352007-10-18T11:16:00.000-05:002007-10-18T11:16:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing your thoughts- I've sent so ...Thank you for sharing your thoughts- I've sent so many people to your blog for your insightful writing. (I first heard about it via the Phx paper in an article about you and Charlie!)<BR/>Glad you are home (Our weather is really cooperating, too - Can't beat AZ in the fall!!) and am humbly grateful for the work that you do. Godspeed.Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189784216928723698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-79105283547412067482007-10-18T08:40:00.000-05:002007-10-18T08:40:00.000-05:00Glad to hear you made it home safely... what about...Glad to hear you made it home safely... what about Charlie? Will he be following you soon?Lapdog Creationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816978797409540468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-46558829179871446772007-10-18T07:49:00.000-05:002007-10-18T07:49:00.000-05:00YAY!! Thank you for sharing your experiences. Th...YAY!! Thank you for sharing your experiences. The photo of the fire engines showering the plane was simply magnificent! <BR/><BR/>Hearing your descriptions of Vegas helps us civilians to not take for granted the things we have in our every day lives.<BR/><BR/>I am so glad you have made it home and are having such a wonderful time!<BR/><BR/>HUGS :)Hawksdomainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889786904175619423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-71754674541739791592007-10-18T06:52:00.000-05:002007-10-18T06:52:00.000-05:00Its always better to bee home, i miss sri lanka to...Its always better to bee home, i miss sri lanka tooTimes Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502516625819524917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-51320990915330850612007-10-17T23:36:00.000-05:002007-10-17T23:36:00.000-05:00ED, I've been trying to show you "about us TEXANS!...ED, <BR/>I've been trying to show you "about us TEXANS!" See, I do not lie. I'm so glad you got the Dallas welcome !<BR/><BR/>Now, my dear, just cause you're one of the good guys:<BR/><BR/>"And although we may do our best to avoid trouble, sometimes trouble insists on finding us. When that happens, warriors flip the switch and act decisively--ruthlessly if necessary--to preserve and defend the things they hold dear. And when the fight is over, they turn off the switch and continue to cherish the things they valued enough to defend. That's what makes them warriors. And that's what makes them the good guys."<BR/><BR/>--Michael D. Janich<BR/><BR/><BR/>Enjoy R&R, and here's to when you can come home for good and keep switch flipped off.<BR/><BR/>Gratitude and Prayers.Haole Wahinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144881648654954101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864773858016511481.post-16428973048617371682007-10-17T22:15:00.000-05:002007-10-17T22:15:00.000-05:00Well said. I hope you continue to have a great tim...Well said. I hope you continue to have a great time and that when you head back your perspective won't be as hard to bear as it is right now. You know you can use that same perspective to give even more purpose to what you are doing It seems to me you already hadthat purpose from all you have written while you have been there so far-- it's just maybe come into focus more?<BR/>I am really proud of you for being so honest and intrepid both in your work and in your writing. It's a pleasure to read. Again have fun and stay in the now...for now. Traveling mercies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com