Navy Lieutenant refuses IA assignment

This happened a few months ago and I just happened to see it mentioned on another blog.  I’m not offering my opinion one way or another on this but she had some legitimate arguments for refusing to go … and not the typical “I’m against the war” arguments.”  The type of assignment they were sending her [...]

It’s those random comments …

that startle me from Obi-Wan.  Last night, we had crazy bad thunderstorms in the area and at one point, there was a really loud boom.  It woke me up and scared the bejesus out of me.  He put his arm on me and said “it’s okay.”  And then went on to tell me how he [...]

He’s Home!

I can finally let that big breath out that I’ve been holding for the last twelve months.  He landed around 5:30 yesterday afternoon.  Before I get into the reunion story here, I want to give a huge Thank You to Operation - Welcome Home Maryland, a wonderful group of people I wrote about in an [...]

Less public and media attention to war

Interesting article on MSNBC today.  I think this is what many of us have been saying for quite some time now.  Only a very small percentage of people in this country are actually aware of what’s going on with the global war on terrorism (GWOT) or even pay attention to any media regarding same. 
My only [...]

Emotional overload

I just emailed Obi-Wan tonight the following email:
I just watched a news segment on a group of National Guardsmen leaving from this area and I got emotional seeing all the families saying goodbye.  It reminded me of this time last year and how hard that was and everything.  I’m so thankful you are coming home [...]

Passage of time

It’s been almost a year now since Obi-Wan left for Iraq and in 8 days, he’ll be leaving to come home.  In some ways, these 12 months have passed much quicker than I imagined, but there were times that I felt like I was stuck in a time warp.  The first few months undoubtedly sucked [...]

Unserviceable

Obi-Wan sent me a picture of his hat that he’s been wearing for the last 12 months.  His friend made up the caption for the picture and I thought it would be nice to include in the blog.  It’s a sign that almost a year has passed now and this chapter of our lives will be closing.  [...]

Truly blogworthy

My mom sent me this link to a military support operation in Maryland.  It’s called Operation Welcome Home - Maryland.  I had heard about what they were doing but didn’t know there was a website and such a coordinated effort to welcome home the troops.  You can read more about it on the website.  As [...]

A word of thanks

Part of my preparation for the big Italy trip is calling the banks and credit card companies we use to notify them of overseas purchases ahead of time so that they don’t disable our cards or anything for fear of identity theft.  I called my bank and credit card company today, which included USAA, and as usual, [...]

Iraq …

I just saw another bleak headline about more soldiers killed in Iraq today.  My heart goes out to their families.  The article went on to talk about how sectarian violence had diminished since the surge began according to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki but there are differing reports on that opinion depending on who is [...]