After 328 days of deployment in Afghanistan my son is back on US soil at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Unfortunately, I couldn't be there to welcome him home. He will be coming home to my house in a couple months to restart his life. Hopefully a man and with a much better attitude than when he was made to leave my home.
I'm very proud of him.
Welcome home Christopher!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Golf Co. End of Tour Awards Ceremony
2nd 320th Field Artillery Regiment received their End of Tour Awards. My son received an Army Acheivment Medal.
My boy is the one on the left in the above photo.
Do you know what a VBIED is?
It's a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device, basically a suicide bomber. My son was lead vehicle on a returning mission and was hit head on by one March 8th. They are all OK. His SGT. got a concussion and there was shrapnel in some kevlar. A civilian driving a "jingle truck" (Afghan tractor trailer) lost control when shrapnel hit his windshield and he rolled the tractor trailer in a ditch. He suffered a broken pelvis and two broken legs and was helicoptered out. There was a 30 Ft fireball and the M-ATV was destroyed. It did it's job - it's saved 4 lives.
My son's thoughts on being blown up "It was better than Superman at Sixx Flags! I want to do it again!"
Scary stuff. That happening with only a few days left of his deployment too.
The blast lifted the 33,000lb M-ATV off the ground. All they could see was orange through the glass and then the cabin filled with smoke. My son, soldier that he is, checked his gauges and then drove the truck out of the situation. There was one civilian casualty of which I have heard all the gory details and them only finding his lower torso and legs.
I could only find one small obscure post about the incident online and its "being investigated".
All I can say is - THANK YOU to Oshgosh for making the M-ATV that saved my sons life.
The M-ATV is officially my most favorite vehicle in the world.
My son's thoughts on being blown up "It was better than Superman at Sixx Flags! I want to do it again!"
Scary stuff. That happening with only a few days left of his deployment too.
The blast lifted the 33,000lb M-ATV off the ground. All they could see was orange through the glass and then the cabin filled with smoke. My son, soldier that he is, checked his gauges and then drove the truck out of the situation. There was one civilian casualty of which I have heard all the gory details and them only finding his lower torso and legs.
I could only find one small obscure post about the incident online and its "being investigated".
All I can say is - THANK YOU to Oshgosh for making the M-ATV that saved my sons life.
The M-ATV is officially my most favorite vehicle in the world.
Most Dangerous Road in Afghanistan.mp4
My son, my soldier was driving the lead vehicle on this mission.
You see that counter over there?
The green one that says "Days of my Child's Deployment.......well........it's going to stop counting very, very, very soon!
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Joss Whedon is a genius
I have been enjoying the broadcast of Firefly on Ovation this week. Even tough I have the series on DVD - I love watching it on broadcast TV. The world missed the boat on this one.
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