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Title: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Servonaut on July 14, 2008, 09:47:16 PM
I worked a military charter this afternoon bringing some troops home from Wisconsin to Louisiana.
I've seen the excitement when we bring troops home from Iraq, but this was unreal.

There was a big crowd.

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/Servonaut/DSC00470s.jpg)

Governer Bobby Jindal shook each soldiers hand when they got off the plane.

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/Servonaut/DSC00461s.jpg)

Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden? and LSU Head coach Les Miles were also in line.

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/Servonaut/DSC00463s.jpg)

By the time it was all done the flight attendants were bawling and I admit I might
have had a tear or two myself.

I had a very good day today.  :)
 
 
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Rebel on July 14, 2008, 09:49:21 PM
McCoy?
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Chris_ on July 14, 2008, 09:55:08 PM
That is very cool.  :)
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: asdf2231 on July 14, 2008, 09:56:57 PM
Why was this locked?  :confused:
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Rebel on July 14, 2008, 10:23:17 PM
Not locked anymore. I think a mod may have been trying to move it.
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Rebel on July 14, 2008, 10:25:33 PM
BTW, if it was at McCoy, I did a field exercise there for 3 weeks. We chartered two Southwest 737's who did round-trips to pick everyone up at Ft. Gordon. The cool part was, it was the first field exercise I went to that I didn't have to sleep in a f'n tent and on a cot.  :-)
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Servonaut on July 14, 2008, 10:28:56 PM
BTW, if it was at McCoy, I did a field exercise there for 3 weeks. We chartered two Southwest 737's who did round-trips to pick everyone up at Ft. Gordon. The cool part was, it was the first field exercise I went to that I didn't have to sleep in a f'n tent and on a cot.  :-)

We were bringing them back from Volk Field (Camp Douglas) according to my Mission briefing.
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Miss Mia on July 14, 2008, 10:31:54 PM
Very cool, that's a pretty awesome crowd too.

I've been to DFW once to welcome soldiers back from Iraq.  It's very moving. 
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: BEG on July 14, 2008, 10:35:55 PM
I would be a bawling mess.  I get teary eyed when I just see a member of our Military when I'm out and about.  Once we were in a Jason's Deli and there was a group of about 5 or 6 eating at the table next to me.  I started getting tears in my eye.  My husband asked me what was wrong and I said I couldn't tell him right then.  If I did I knew I would start crying.  I told him after we left, he thinks I'm a mental case.

Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: debk on July 14, 2008, 10:37:04 PM
I would be a bawling mess.  I get teary eyed when I just see a member of our Military when I'm out and about.  Once we were in a Jason's Deli and there was a group of about 5 or 6 eating at the table next to me.  I started getting tears in my eye.  My husband asked me what was wrong and I said I couldn't tell him right then.  If I did I knew I would start crying.  I told him after we left, he thinks I'm a mental case.




No....you are just a compassionate person....
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Rebel on July 14, 2008, 10:38:03 PM
Ole Jindal met'em as well. :rocker2:

He hunts and fishes. Is it just me? Or does it seem odd to see an East Indian in RealtreeTM clothing?
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Miss Mia on July 14, 2008, 10:39:29 PM
I would be a bawling mess.  I get teary eyed when I just see a member of our Military when I'm out and about.  Once we were in a Jason's Deli and there was a group of about 5 or 6 eating at the table next to me.  I started getting tears in my eye.  My husband asked me what was wrong and I said I couldn't tell him right then.  If I did I knew I would start crying.  I told him after we left, he thinks I'm a mental case.




Compassion.  :) 


BTW, I get a little teary eyed too.  It was very emotional at DFW airport. 
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Rebel on July 14, 2008, 10:41:13 PM
NOTE TO SELF: If you ever get to a Dallas meetup, wear your Class A's.

NOTE TO SELF(Correction): Take Class A's to the cleaners to have them altered, THEN wear your Class A's to the next meeting.

 :-)
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: LaceDustBoots on July 15, 2008, 05:30:07 AM
I would be a bawling mess.  I get teary eyed when I just see a member of our Military when I'm out and about.  Once we were in a Jason's Deli and there was a group of about 5 or 6 eating at the table next to me.  I started getting tears in my eye.  My husband asked me what was wrong and I said I couldn't tell him right then.  If I did I knew I would start crying.  I told him after we left, he thinks I'm a mental case.




BEG-me too.  The last 5 years of going to watch the city's fireworks show, I start crying, thinking of our Military and at the end of the show, I stand up with both fists in the air and yell "Thank you God for our troops and watch over them"!!!!!!  Then I feel a little embarrassed.  But I don't care!
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: Schadenfreude on July 15, 2008, 06:22:44 AM
Great pictures, servonaut. It's refreshing to see a wholesome group of people honoring our military than to see a picture of a bunch of filthy hippies sputtering inane slogans. ;)

Hold on to that pic of Jindal, it may be worth something some day!  :-)
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: DixieBelle on July 15, 2008, 10:40:25 AM
I would be a bawling mess.  I get teary eyed when I just see a member of our Military when I'm out and about.  Once we were in a Jason's Deli and there was a group of about 5 or 6 eating at the table next to me.  I started getting tears in my eye.  My husband asked me what was wrong and I said I couldn't tell him right then.  If I did I knew I would start crying.  I told him after we left, he thinks I'm a mental case.


Me too! Tell your hubby that I do it too. We're not mental :-) My hubby will stand in front of me so I can't see if he spots of uniform before I do. He'll say, "brace yourself. go shake their hand. don't cry."

We took a relative to the Vietnam wall several weeks ago. I lost it. I had to go sit down on a bench.
Title: Re: Just got in from a Trip.
Post by: debk on July 15, 2008, 04:27:32 PM
I would be a bawling mess.  I get teary eyed when I just see a member of our Military when I'm out and about.  Once we were in a Jason's Deli and there was a group of about 5 or 6 eating at the table next to me.  I started getting tears in my eye.  My husband asked me what was wrong and I said I couldn't tell him right then.  If I did I knew I would start crying.  I told him after we left, he thinks I'm a mental case.


Me too! Tell your hubby that I do it too. We're not mental :-) My hubby will stand in front of me so I can't see if he spots of uniform before I do. He'll say, "brace yourself. go shake their hand. don't cry."

We took a relative to the Vietnam wall several weeks ago. I lost it. I had to go sit down on a bench.


I've been to The Wall 3 x's over the years.....cried like a baby each time....