Son in Iraq
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:56 pm
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My oldest son spent a lifetime in Iraq in 2007-08 as an National Guard infantry sergeant doing convoy escorts from Kuwait to northern Iraq and back. He told us while he was there that nothing was going on but later on I saw the pictures of the destroyed vehicles from some of his runs. One soldier was KIA from his unit so they had a pretty safe run. I dreaded coming out of the house each morning at 5 a.m. to put the flag up in fear of an Army sedan parked outside waiting for the house lights to come on. After 9 years he decided enough was enough and didn't reenlist.
He encountered UK troops in southern Iraq and lots of good things to say about them.
My oldest son spent a lifetime in Iraq in 2007-08 as an National Guard infantry sergeant doing convoy escorts from Kuwait to northern Iraq and back. He told us while he was there that nothing was going on but later on I saw the pictures of the destroyed vehicles from some of his runs. One soldier was KIA from his unit so they had a pretty safe run. I dreaded coming out of the house each morning at 5 a.m. to put the flag up in fear of an Army sedan parked outside waiting for the house lights to come on. After 9 years he decided enough was enough and didn't reenlist.
He encountered UK troops in southern Iraq and lots of good things to say about them.