"Fear breads a deadening caution, a holding back, a stagnant waiting until people no longer can recall what they are waiting for or saving themselves for. When we fear failure more than we love life; when we are dominated by thoughts of what we might have been rather than by thoughts of what we might become; when we are haunted by the disparity between our ideal self and our real self; when we are tormented by guilt, shame, remorse, and self-condemnation, we deny our faith in the God of love." Brennan Manning

Thursday, December 13, 2007

As Promised

I believe every soldier that operates in the field, especially ones that make daily life or death trips up and down roads or to the bathroom, for that matter, longs to leave some sort of footprint behind to justify the sacrifices he or she makes in the line of duty. Today was one of those days that does just that. SGM and I have racked our brains to develop this camp and with pride today the two of us raised Old Glory over Camp Georgia. Most of our guys were off doing other stuff but the Hajji workers all stopped and watched as the two of us hoisted her up. It was a proud moment for the two of us. Rahim, one of our terps, came over to us, stood at the base of the pole and looked at her. He asked us what the stars and stripes represented and we proudly explained them to him. The others looked for a little while and then carried on but none the less I think many of them understood what was going on. The footprint of Camp Georgia has been laid. More Americans will come behind us and they will have safer, better living conditions than we've had. They will reap the benefit of our work and what more is to come. SGM made a profound statement in that not many people get to establish a FOB, or camp in our case. Nothing to something, so to speak. Just like Afghanistan.....taking nothing to something.

3 comments:

Heather said...

Congrats guys! Looks great!

ENLIGHTEN LIFEgroup said...

You Rock Bud!

David M said...

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