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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey guys,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I just found out that a good friend of mine,
an F-16 Crew Chief in the Michigan ANG, is getting deployed to Iraq pretty soon.
We don't know exactly where he's going yet, but it's not like there's a plethora
of options. I think it comes down to pretty much either Kirkuk or Bhagdad
International, but I could be wrong. Anyway, there's a big group of us from the
high school days that are in the military in one form or another, 2 ANG guys,
both Crew Chiefs, 1 active duty AF, hoopilopter crewman/door gunner, 2 of us in
ROTC, and one at the Academy. But Ben's the first of us to get shipped out
anywhere. I guess this is going to be the first of many, though. It's just an
interesting new point of view on the whole thing. Definitely not CNN's
angle.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just thought some of you might be
interested.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>