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My Dad's Being Deployed to Iraq
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
yea, the couple of emails he sent me..
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Dear Nathan:
I probably will not be able to [go to my graduation] because I am deploying to the Persian Gulf for one year starting in June. I will leave in early June. I will operate in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. I just learned this last week. I was not expecting this, but I guess this is the price of being in the Army. I haven't deployed [to iraq] since 2003, so I guess it was my turn to deploy again. I will keep you informed. One thing will be for sure and that is that over there I will call you on your cell phone.
I am back from Singapore. My next trip is on 20 March to Israel for six days.
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Nathan: I am at the airport waiting to board my plane to Israel. I will first
stop
at Frankfurt, change planes, and on to Israel. I will search for an
Israeli
flag and will send you currency as you asked me. Hopefully everything
will
go fine. I am not enjoying travel anymore because now I think the whole
time
about deploying again. It's going to be a long year. I should have
volunteered to go when they where sending people for only six months.
Oh
well, it is too late now.
If you write me this week and I do not answer it is because my
Blackberry
does not work in Israel. Take care of yourself and be good at school
and
work.
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this sucks:( |
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| dj_bas |
Oh man, i'm sorry to hear that. Is he a soldier or an officer? Does he see any combat?
My friend just got deployed to Afghanistan about a week ago. Kinda scary. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
he's a colonel, been an officer since 1981, tank commander to 1991, worked in washington since 1996, and now he's doing all these high level trips around the world. i have no idea what he does as a job, but im just told, it's "international military cooperation negociating."
he went in the invasion of panama in 1990 i believe, bosnia in 1995, iraq for 3 months in 2003, and now again there.
the only combat he told me about is during the iraqi freedom 2003, several scud missiles landed about 1/4 mile from his bunker. thats it, thank god. |
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| dj_bas |
| Well that's good. Sounds like he's pretty high up, he'll return safely :D |
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| eFeKz |
| ah man, sorry to hear that. damn, ur graduations late! |
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| Purple |
| What if he refuses to go? I mean will the government put him in jail or what? |
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| dj_bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Purple
What if he refuses to go? I mean will the government put him in jail or what? |
Yes. It's called going AWOL, or desertion. Either way it's bad. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by Purple
What if he refuses to go? I mean will the government put him in jail or what? |
court martial - dishonorable discharge. u have to follow orders. my dad though isnt a combat soldier anymore. but iraq is a bloody mess.
| quote: | | ah man, sorry to hear that. damn, ur graduations late! |
actually, my graduation is in mid-may, but i think my dad isnt going so he can avoid my mother, which he hates. the first email was just a response to my question, "are u going to be at my graduation?" my mother has moved on, but he has refused to talk to her for almost 10 years. i dont give a about it anymore. |
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| MeLLyMeL |
| awwww that sucks. |
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| Purple |
| Well that seriously sucks. My best wishes to him. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| THANKS!! |
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| eFeKz |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
actually, my graduation is in mid-may, but i think my dad isnt going so he can avoid my mother, which he hates. the first email was just a response to my question, "are u going to be at my graduation?" my mother has moved on, but he has refused to talk to her for almost 10 years. i dont give a about it anymore. |
oh i gotcha, well good luck with that man, in a that sucks, you have my sympathy, best wishes |
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