HOME!!!!

Well I did FINALLY make it home!!!! Tress! Flower! Grass and yes my Red Machine...it is good to be home!

USA!

After a 20 hour trip.....Germany ---> BWI ----> Atlanta ----> Gulfport we are at our NMPS and doing our final demob before heading home!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
BWI was pretty neat...it was a military flight from Ramstein and quite a few from USO and others were there to greet us as we deplaned. It was nice.

Germany and Beyond

One picture says it all.  We made it to Germany!

KAF and OHSU DET A!

Well there are not a lot of good things to like about KAF but one of them this time is definetly meeting up with my 3 shipmates from OHSU DET A!!!  That was a treat!!!

The First Leg Home

YES!!  We have completed the first leg of our trip home. We left Apache early this am and are now in KAF for our checkout with TFMS and NAVCENT.  It feels good. Pics are of our second group heading out. Second pic is the ride!

Sitting on the Dock By the Bay

The Crew getting ready to head home! We had our TOA yesterday and we are set to head out and start the treck home!!

A Very Dark Day

"A car bomb blast killed five Americans in Afghanistan, including three US soldiers and a young diplomat on Saturday."
Yesterday was a very dark day for us. We have become so close with our Amry Brigade here. Three of the 5 that died were from our Brigade. After 14 hours of caring for the wounded, we stood as a unit in the dark as the bodies were taken to the flight line, along with pretty much all of FOB Apache assembled including most of Raider 1-3.  So sad.