Last flight

Well the time has come once again, I flew my last flight in Afghanistan. And now I am in the process of trying to fit all my crap into a few boxes and bags. It was a little easier last tour because I was at a fob that was not shutting down so I mailed a ton of crap to the house. This FOB has not had out going mail for months so I am limited to what I can do. I will try to get buy with the amount of space that I have but I am sure some things will not make it home. I will have to make some tough decisions as to what I bring and what I throw away. Everything that I throw away I will burn myself, as to not leave anything here that can be used once we are gone. I have burned every package that Shirley and Marie have sent me just to make sure that the mailing labels are destroyed and addresses are safe and secure. Not that I am paranoid, it just makes sense to keep things secure, after all this place will be in the middle of nowhere in less than three months with no US forces around here for miles. 

My time here has been short, and I am not complaining I will be home two months early. My Apache company will be going to Kandahar and they will stay there till the end of Aug. the rest of us will be going through Kandahar to Savannah. I should be home on the 14 or15 of July if we do not have any travel issues. I am pretty excited to get home and have just a little summer left with the kids. Although Robby will be in South America till the end of July I can still spend some time spoiling my three girls. 

I look back at the seven months that I spent here and I think of all the things I have been through with Task Force Viper, I have been so lucky. Our BDE has had so many miss fortunes with aircraft and personal and bad shoots and a litany of other issues. We are so blessed to be taking all the Vipers home this tour, although our BDE Has suffered some losses and those folks will be missed and never forgotten. I thank God for looking over our team here at FOB Wolverine and getting us all home safe and sound.