Thanks

While my hopes of pictures being loaded up are waining, I'll send out my public thanks to all of you that have sent care packages. Thanks to my lovely wife and mother, Gwinnette Medical Center (Orthopedic/whatever else) 6th floor nursing staff and Greg and Billi Aaron from Florida. Thank you all for thinking about us. It's great to get packages from home, kind of like Christmas for all of us when we open them!
OK the cursed pictures won't load. I miss high-speed!
So, July 4th has come and gone. We were given a grill by a KBR welder/woodworker in KAF and that came to good use. We built a little area by our Humvees and grilled out, thanks to the British Supply Officer. They were kind enough to give us tons of food: brats, burgers, steaks(skinny type) and all sorts of additional stuff. (no beer). Anyway, we grilled out, played some football, watched Saving Private Ryan etc. Several Brits came over to help us celebrate our independence. Before you say to yourself "that's weird" one of the Brit Captains said he considered the Revolution a way of purifying British blood and sanctifying the Royalty. My response was "Be glad. If we hadn't of left, you'd be speaking German." That ended that and we all had a good time, brother's in arms.
So, again back to the thanks. Ultimately, thanks to you all that have served and sacrificed for the freedoms out country has. No matter what your role is/was in it, service member, wife, child, sibling, morale supporter etc. Thank you!
You pacifist out there who sit back and take OUR freedom for granted, who go through the daily motions without thinking of the sacrifices of those who do the hard work(despite your feelings about the wars), go enjoy another Latte on us, we'll be here proudly working for who and what we love.