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My son leaves today for his third Persian Excursion

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#1

My son, Jeremiah, of whom I am extraordinarily proud, is leaving for his third deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He now equals his daddy in Persian Excursions. He leaves behind a wife and two children, who already miss him.

I am still having trouble getting used to the idea of him going into harm’s way. For years, I was the one who got underweigh and left him standing on the pier as I sailed into the sunset. I’m supposed to be the one who takes the risks to keep him safe. I don’t have to like it, and I don’t, but I accept it.

Compared to Army and Marine deployments, this will be a “Short Cruise.” He will be back in 6 months.

Please keep him in your thoughts.

#2

Tell him Thanks.
He and the rest of your family will be in my thoughts and pairs .

#3

you are not the only one who is extraordinarily proud. Wish him well for all of us.

#4

As they’re growing up, we’re the go-to guys, the fixers. Now we’re the has-been guys who need more and more fixing.

I hesitate to offer a prayer on your son’s behalf - it might cause his vessel to capsize! That said, I will take the risk.

Sometimes US warships in the Gulf take R&R in Perth. If that happens, let me know.

#5

My thoughts and prayers go with him…Godspeed!

#6

Can I say that I support the troops, but didn’t support the idiotic, short-sighted, ill-informed policy that got them sent there? Still, the decision WAS made, and now we have a moral obligation to finish the job.

I pray every last one will come home safe, and will pray twice as much for the families of those who won’t. God bless them, every one.

#7

Never mind

#8
Steve Featherkile said:
Never mind
I'm sorry, Steve, and I really don't want this to denigrate into a political scuffle. I AM proud of all young men and women who choose to serve, like you and your son. That doesn't mean I have to like the decisions on how they are deployed, and redeployed, and redeployed until they are exhausted. Or how they are treated upon their return.

That an honorable man like Colin Powell was left to hang out to dry after doing everything he was asked and more pretty much sums it all up for me. Much like the man who gave the order for federal troops with cavalry, armor, bayonets and tear gas to disperse the World War I veterans and their families who had gathered in Washington in 1932, this current emperor has no clothes.

As I said above I pray God will protect them from harm.

#9

Steve,
Our prayers are with your son and the other members of his unit.

#10

Prayers and best wishes for your son’s safe return!

#11

Steve – to have a son who will stand for all the good things we cherish is a proud and great thing… I think it takes an extraordinary man to put himself in harms way for all of us, but I’ve been scolded on this…

times like these I’ve been told make ordinary men, better than they were… they become extraordinary men when they stand in the defense of our liberty,… they become men we should look up to no matter their job or assighment…They become men we should respect… and beyond todays bi-partisan politicsand pork budget agendas, they are men we hope will come home whole and sound to lead this country into the future…with a compassion and understanding that today’s politicians seldom have (or show if they do have it)…

God speed to him, you and yours…my prayers are with you all.

Mark