#1 Son going back to Iraq at the end of the year.

[GoOwls]

Well, if you remember, #1 son went to Iraq in the first wave in 2003...he's scheduled to go back to Iraq for a year this fall now....and he got married last spring and they are expecting a #1 grandson in September.

He said there are plenty of Army wives who want their Obama vote back, now that he's realized that getting out of Iraq isn't going to be as easy as it appeared from the outside looking in while making all those wild campaign promises.

I freakin' told you guys last year, but you didn't listen, as a group....I told you.....;)

[pied]

Hope he is safe. How does he feel and how has he avoided a second tour this long? Does he have any idea if his job will be the same different this go round?

[J-Rock Mom]

Well, if you remember, #1 son went to Iraq in the first wave in 2003...he's scheduled to go back to Iraq for a year this fall now....and he got married last spring and they are expecting a #1 grandson in September.

He said there are plenty of Army wives who want their Obama vote back, now that he's realized that getting out of Iraq isn't going to be as easy as it appeared from the outside looking in while making all those wild campaign promises.

I freakin' told you guys last year, but you didn't listen, as a group....I told you.....;)

I tried telling everyone also, but they didn't listen either.

Your son will be in my thoughts and prayer for a safe and speeding return.
Also please tell him THANK YOU for his service and sacrifice in keeping us all safe.

God Bless our Military!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GoOwls]

I tried telling everyone also, but they didn't listen either.

Your son will be in my thoughts and prayer for a safe and speeding return.
Also please tell him THANK YOU for his service and sacrifice in keeping us all safe.

God Bless our Military!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you....;)

[JagFan]

Thank you to your son and your whole family for his service. I will add him to my military prayer list. God speed.

[GoOwls]

Hope he is safe. How does he feel and how has he avoided a second tour this long? Does he have any idea if his job will be the same different this go round?

He got back in 2004. He's about 6' 4" and has red hair, freckles, handsome young man, if I may say so myself, the girls love him and the boys follow him.....born leader and chick magnet.....

....so, the Army decides he would be a great recruiter...they convince him to try it.....he hated it....but he made a commitment.....then, he was so good at it, they wouldn't let him stop and get back to the infantry and kicking in doors, like he likes to.

Finally, they had kept him doing recruiting as long as they could, so he wen't back to infantry where he gets to blow up stuff and get dirty every day. That was in August of last year.

Now he is stationed in Ft.Drum New York, in the Mountain Division, right where he wanted to be. They train at altitude, just like he did when he was in the 4th ID brigade that is stationed at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs that trains at altitude. ( the rest of the 4th ID was in Texas, but they had a brigade that trained at altitude in Colorado to support the rest of the mechanized units.....Michael was in that bunch)

I doubt that they'll be doing as much door kicking as they did the first time, but his MOS will be the same.

[GoOwls]

Thank you to your son and your whole family for his service. I will add him to my military prayer list. God speed.

Thank you....;)

BTW.....#2 son, the one that was raising his two daughters and got sent to Afghanistan in 2005 for a year.....he just re-upped with the Army reserves, and after a long training period, just became a Dallas Police Officer about 4 weeks ago.

[JagFan]

Thank you....;)

BTW.....#2 son, the one that was raising his two daughters and got sent to Afghanistan in 2005 for a year.....he just re-upped with the Army reserves, and after a long training period, just became a Dallas Police Officer about 4 weeks ago.

Congrats to him on the DPD job. I will add him as well.

[pied]

Thank you....;)

BTW.....#2 son, the one that was raising his two daughters and got sent to Afghanistan in 2005 for a year.....he just re-upped with the Army reserves, and after a long training period, just became a Dallas Police Officer about 4 weeks ago.

Name isn't Robert Powell is it?

[Miss Kitty]

Thank you to your sons and your family. I will keep you all in my prayers.

[GoOwls]

Name isn't Robert Powell is it?

Nope...not him, but I'll ask if he knows him.

[GoOwls]

Nope...not him, but I'll ask if he knows him.


Said he doesn't know him....;)

[pied]

Said he doesn't know him....;)

Have they ever been seen in the same place together?

[GoOwls]

Have they ever been seen in the same place together?

Hmmmmmmm...........;)

[svhorns]

Does he know Zachary Boyd?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5331997/US-soldier-fights-Taliban-wearing-pink-shorts.html

[farmerfan]

Go
I wish you son the best as he deploys back to Iraq.
I spoke to my brother earlier tonight who just made it home for good from his second deployment to Iraq. He joined the Army in 2004 and was deployed back in late 05 for the first time.
I have another real good buddy who is in the 82nd and he is going back next month for his 4th deployment. I wish your son Godspeed

[slorch]

Well, if you remember, #1 son went to Iraq in the first wave in 2003...he's scheduled to go back to Iraq for a year this fall now....and he got married last spring and they are expecting a #1 grandson in September.

He said there are plenty of Army wives who want their Obama vote back, now that he's realized that getting out of Iraq isn't going to be as easy as it appeared from the outside looking in while making all those wild campaign promises.

I freakin' told you guys last year, but you didn't listen, as a group....I told you.....;)

any military person that voted for Obama... well...I told ya so!