NOW THE Subject: NOW THE REST OF THE STORY
YOU NOW KNOW WHAT THE "LONG E-MAIL" IS. NOW THE REST OF THE STORY.....
ON MY RETURN TRIP FROM KENTUCKY I HAD A LAYOVER IN ATLANTA. I GOT SOME BREAKFAST AND
COULD NOT FIND AN EMPTY TABLE. THEN I SPOTTED A COUPLE OF SOLDIERS IN THOSE DUSTY
LOOKING FATIGUES AND ASK IF I MIGHT JOIN THEM. THEY RESPECTFULLY AND GRACIOUSLY
INVITED ME TO SIT. I WAS LIKE A FOX NEWS REPORTER ELICITING ALL SORTS OF INFO. THEY
WERE VERY REFRESHING TO ME. THEY WERE FROM A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT IN IRAQ AND HAD
BEEN HOME ON LEAVE. THEY NEVER MENTIONED HOW HARD IT WAS TO GO BACK OR ONE
NEGATIVE THING. THEY WERE GRATEFUL THAT THEIR WAS PAID FOR AND THEIR LEAVE STARTED
WHEN THEY REACHED HOME, NOT WHEN THEY DEPARTED THEIR UNIT. THEY CORRESPOND WITH
LOVE ONES EACH DAY VIA COMPUTER, LIVE IN AIR CONDITIONED PREFAB HOUSES AND HAVE A
GREAT MESS HALL (OOPS DINING FACILITY) AND ENJOY A COMFORTABLE LIFE. THEY WERE
POSITIVE IN EVERY WAY., WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THEIR MISSION THEY DID NOT HESITATE TO TELL
ME THAT THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND THAT THEY SAW
PROGRESS EACH DAY. OH MY WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING I HAD. THEN....A YOUNG MAN
APPROACHED THE TABLE "COMING OR GOING?" WITH PRIDE "GOING BACK".
THEN HE SAID, "I THANK YOU AND SUPPORT YOU" AND THEN HE PATTED EACH ONE OF THEM ON
THE BACK. THIS YOUNG MAN HAD AT LEAST 10 TATTOOS, EAR RINGS (6 OR 8),LONG HAIR DROOPY
PANTS WITH A THREE FOOT CROTCH. I THEN,WITH TEARS IN MY EYES AND VOICE, SAID" THAT
MUST HAVE REALLY FELT GOOD".
THEY SAID,"YES IT DOES". AND THEN ONE OF THEM TOOK MY HAND AND SAID "I AM SORRY YOU DID
NOT GET TO FEEL IT IN YOUR WAR". YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THEN. THEY HUGGED ME AND
WE PARTED. I WAS HUMBLED AND FELT COMFORT THAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF THAT
CALIBER ARE FIGHTING FOR ME. THESE YOUNG MEN WERE NO BORN DURING OUR WAR, YET THEY
UNDERSTOOD. THEY NEVER WHINED. BROTHERHOOD.
FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH OUR BROTHERS.
YOU NOW KNOW WHAT THE "LONG E-MAIL" IS. NOW THE REST OF THE STORY.....
ON MY RETURN TRIP FROM KENTUCKY I HAD A LAYOVER IN ATLANTA. I GOT SOME BREAKFAST AND
COULD NOT FIND AN EMPTY TABLE. THEN I SPOTTED A COUPLE OF SOLDIERS IN THOSE DUSTY
LOOKING FATIGUES AND ASK IF I MIGHT JOIN THEM. THEY RESPECTFULLY AND GRACIOUSLY
INVITED ME TO SIT. I WAS LIKE A FOX NEWS REPORTER ELICITING ALL SORTS OF INFO. THEY
WERE VERY REFRESHING TO ME. THEY WERE FROM A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT IN IRAQ AND HAD
BEEN HOME ON LEAVE. THEY NEVER MENTIONED HOW HARD IT WAS TO GO BACK OR ONE
NEGATIVE THING. THEY WERE GRATEFUL THAT THEIR WAS PAID FOR AND THEIR LEAVE STARTED
WHEN THEY REACHED HOME, NOT WHEN THEY DEPARTED THEIR UNIT. THEY CORRESPOND WITH
LOVE ONES EACH DAY VIA COMPUTER, LIVE IN AIR CONDITIONED PREFAB HOUSES AND HAVE A
GREAT MESS HALL (OOPS DINING FACILITY) AND ENJOY A COMFORTABLE LIFE. THEY WERE
POSITIVE IN EVERY WAY., WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THEIR MISSION THEY DID NOT HESITATE TO TELL
ME THAT THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND THAT THEY SAW
PROGRESS EACH DAY. OH MY WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING I HAD. THEN....A YOUNG MAN
APPROACHED THE TABLE "COMING OR GOING?" WITH PRIDE "GOING BACK".
THEN HE SAID, "I THANK YOU AND SUPPORT YOU" AND THEN HE PATTED EACH ONE OF THEM ON
THE BACK. THIS YOUNG MAN HAD AT LEAST 10 TATTOOS, EAR RINGS (6 OR 8),LONG HAIR DROOPY
PANTS WITH A THREE FOOT CROTCH. I THEN,WITH TEARS IN MY EYES AND VOICE, SAID" THAT
MUST HAVE REALLY FELT GOOD".
THEY SAID,"YES IT DOES". AND THEN ONE OF THEM TOOK MY HAND AND SAID "I AM SORRY YOU DID
NOT GET TO FEEL IT IN YOUR WAR". YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THEN. THEY HUGGED ME AND
WE PARTED. I WAS HUMBLED AND FELT COMFORT THAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF THAT
CALIBER ARE FIGHTING FOR ME. THESE YOUNG MEN WERE NO BORN DURING OUR WAR, YET THEY
UNDERSTOOD. THEY NEVER WHINED. BROTHERHOOD.
FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH OUR BROTHERS.