Troy called this morning to let me know that he his back in the U.S.
Troy's parents came out to celebrate the arrival of the 3rd ID back at their home base.
We look forward to getting to spend some time with troy during his post tour leave
Friday, March 28, 2008
Homeward Bound
Greetings from Kuwait!
We finally arrived in Kuwait sometime early this morning, and have only a few hours left until we start the final steps before we head home. The biggest obstacle is going through Customs; I finally got all of my bags packed, and early tomorrow morning will have to dump them out to make sure I don't have any rocket launchers or tanks hidden in my duffle bag. Once we've finished our inspections, it then becomes a waiting game. We've been given plenty of time to go through Customs, so I'm sure we'll have the better part of the day to wait around.
I couldn't help but laugh last night as we were boarding the C-17 cargo plane that took us from TQ to Kuwait. There were two long lines of Soldiers slowly loading from the rear of the aircraft, and as I looked up and watched some of the first Soldiers start heading up the ramp I saw someones arm raised well above their head...just flipping off Iraq. I think he summed up our feelings quite nicely.
We're outta here!
Troy
We finally arrived in Kuwait sometime early this morning, and have only a few hours left until we start the final steps before we head home. The biggest obstacle is going through Customs; I finally got all of my bags packed, and early tomorrow morning will have to dump them out to make sure I don't have any rocket launchers or tanks hidden in my duffle bag. Once we've finished our inspections, it then becomes a waiting game. We've been given plenty of time to go through Customs, so I'm sure we'll have the better part of the day to wait around.
I couldn't help but laugh last night as we were boarding the C-17 cargo plane that took us from TQ to Kuwait. There were two long lines of Soldiers slowly loading from the rear of the aircraft, and as I looked up and watched some of the first Soldiers start heading up the ramp I saw someones arm raised well above their head...just flipping off Iraq. I think he summed up our feelings quite nicely.
We're outta here!
Troy
Saturday, March 22, 2008
3/22/08
Hi everybody
I wanted to send out a quick email while I had the chance. Its official...we're finally coming home! I've got all my bags packed and ready to go; tomorrow we should be moving to the flight area of TQ to await our flight to Kuwait. Once in Kuwait, we should be there until sometime on Wednesday when we board the big bird bound for HOME!!!!! Project arrival is early morning on Thursday the 27th...just five days from now.
We've already torn down our aid station here and will be turning over supplies to the main aid station here on post. As of now, all of our efforts will be concentrated on getting home.
Since we should be arriving on Thursday, we won't start the re-integration classes until the following Monday, which will be nice; its strange to think that we'll actually get a weekend off!
Following the two weeks of classes, we'll be turned loose for leave; our start date should be April 12th, and be at least a month long.
Any more info I get along the way I'll try to pass along.
See you soon!!!
Troy
I wanted to send out a quick email while I had the chance. Its official...we're finally coming home! I've got all my bags packed and ready to go; tomorrow we should be moving to the flight area of TQ to await our flight to Kuwait. Once in Kuwait, we should be there until sometime on Wednesday when we board the big bird bound for HOME!!!!! Project arrival is early morning on Thursday the 27th...just five days from now.
We've already torn down our aid station here and will be turning over supplies to the main aid station here on post. As of now, all of our efforts will be concentrated on getting home.
Since we should be arriving on Thursday, we won't start the re-integration classes until the following Monday, which will be nice; its strange to think that we'll actually get a weekend off!
Following the two weeks of classes, we'll be turned loose for leave; our start date should be April 12th, and be at least a month long.
Any more info I get along the way I'll try to pass along.
See you soon!!!
Troy
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