Thank you all for the kind comments and prayers. I'll do my best to serve with honor, do a good job, and, if it comes to a head knocking session, get the job done and get my guys home in one piece. Not sure yet what my assignment will be (hoping for command of a Cavalry Troop or Armor Company), and this could go on for a while so I'll have to play it by ear, but one thing to remember is that this is an all volunteer Army, active and reserve, so none of us can honestly moan about being called to do what we signed up for, what ever that assignment turns out to be.
I will be leaving in a couple of hours and it will probably be a few days before I can get email up and running when I arrive. Hopefully connection to the net won't be a problem. I'll try to check in then if circumstances permit.
If it turns out to be a while before I can connect let me sign off with these thoughts: First, I am proud to serve and honored to lead. (Prayers for skill, determination, and wisdom will be greatly appreciated). Second, God bless the United States of America and help us preserve and defend our freedom to agree, to disagree, and still be friends and fellow Americans at the end of the day.
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