Does anyone know what VBIED means? Are you there, Richard? Helllooo ...
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Writings and musings on the eccentric beauty of sacrifice. Come journey and write with us. We are resolved to capture something positive in a troubled world and laugh when we can along the way. This, then, is dedicated in Loving Memory to LCpl. Aaron C. Austin, USMC KIA Fallujah, Iraq on April 26, 2004. Rock On...
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Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device
Damn things.
De'on was just asking me what a VBIED is. Remember she is the soldier who said she had a "thingy to carry other thingies!"
Thank you for coming to our site. We sure like yours.
LOL
And, thank you, Steve...
Yes, the Army got their dream when they got me. :) I'm still trying to remember what those things were called.
They were nothing more than a strap that you wore for war or alert, guard duty or the field. The strap strapped around your chest and had brass holes in it that you "hung things" on.
An olive drab Christmas tree of sorts. With decorations of more olive drab: field bandage, other stuff I can't remember. Did our canteens hang from it? No that was a pistol belt.
Well, we are talking about the people who gave me a 4-1/2 M jungle boot when I needed a 3 W. Nothing quite like doing an obstacle course with those things! That was the closest they could get!
Thanks De'on, Steve for this site and showing some of the good that is being done in this war.
We love it here. It's amazing how much. I've had to eat every word I've ever said about any child spending too much time on the computer.
We want to hear all the real news we can, without the filter of some politically or financially motivated backers who have to be pleased. We know there's bad news. But we also know there is a lot more good news than we hear. We were in the military and know the good and the bad.
But more than anything, we know that we live in a country where if you want to go to college, you can. If you don't want to go in the military, you don't have to.
Most everyone that's in surely must want to be. And I don't for one second think that it's the only choice in life they have. Look at Pat Tillman. No, these service members are the best of our best. There is something inside them that wants to be a part of something larger than the small world we can all lock ourselves into. They want to give something and get back the pride they feel in wearing that uniform.
I'm very thankful I am able to do this. It's just one of the mercies God has sent my way. It must be part of the larger scheme of things because I am so driven by it.
We love you, Rich.
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