[simpits-tech] War Hits Home

[Roy Coates]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Brian Sikkema wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> 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.
>

Being in the military has many great benefits - the chance of being sent
somewhere like Iraq can certainly take the edge off that though.

I'm reminded of the warning on a Jackass type TV show. "Remember, its all
good fun until someone loses a bollock".

I wish him a very safe and interesting post in sandy city.

Roy.