Morning Jay. I see you day is going as well as mine!!!LOL!

 

Boy...this is an upbeat thread today!!!

 

YES! Cold, wet an... Never mind. Lets just say that I'm glad I had socks on.

 

Afternoon Ken. How are things in your neck of the woods?

Pat, how was your nephew?

 

Does FTE still offer bumper/window stickers?

 

Jay, he's doing great! Looks good, came home in one peice. He was doing security for the EOD guys, out disarming IED's. He's going to be back in North Carolina for the next 6-8 months, then probably rotate back to Iraq. Bought himself a really nice Harley too! I'm pretty proud of that kid!

And, I'm pretty sure FTE still sells the decals. Did you ever register for your free decal? If you go to the Misc. column at the very top of the thread, fourth choice down, you can register for a free decal. Or, try the onlline store.

 

I have the bumper stickers!!!!!!!

 

I'm glad he is doing well. I have a little story to tell:

My parents have been out of town on a business trip up until yesterday. So I drove down to Albuquerque to pick them up from the airport. While I’m waiting with my grandkids I see a large group of people rushing toward the security area. Curious, I walked down in time to see two little boys unroll a paper banner that said “WELCOME HOME AMY!” After a few minutes, everybody started clapping and waving little American flags. Down the walkway came two soldiers, a young black man and an equally young white woman. The young woman started running and leapt into the arms of all of her friends and relatives. The young black man (a Sergeant) smiled and looked around, then hung his head and started to walk away. Alone. I looked around me and a couple of older people were watching him walk away, and I said to them watch this... I yelled out HEY SARGE! WELCOME HOME! He looked up with kind of a weird look on his face, and I told my kids "go shake that mans hand and tell him welcome home". They did, as did I, and the older couple. Then Amy’s’ group made their way over and I asked her if she would give he and I a hug, and welcome him home, the crowd of her friends and relatives hugged the Sergeant, and everybody was crying and laughing.

It was real nice, but rather depressing as well. I just wish I could afford to hang out at the airport everyday and greet the men and women that come home and don't have the support system that the Amys do.

 

Cool Randy, how do I get a couple? I checked the store, they offer the t-shirts, and when you click on the "free bumper sticker" tab, it says page not found.

Let me know Randy.

 

randy, keep up the good work i live in santa fe county so thanks. as far as for your truck what were you thinking man? that was one good lookin truck.

 

good evening people!

as mondays go...mine was good...the boss was happy with my work, the traffic was light, no kids, no pets...im skeered!

 

Jay, your a good man. I'm sure that sergeant appreciated what you did.

 

Good Morning New Mexico!! hey Randy, what did you do with/to your truck??

 

That was an awesome thing you did at the airport Jay. Way to go!!

 

I just felt so bad for the guy. My unit never had that problem. We went, did the job, then came home with most people never knowing that we left unless it was for a long deployment.