IRAQ 2009-2010

Tour of Duty – Iraq 2009

Daily Life

Daily Life

Ft. Bliss TxArmy Warrior TasksMental PreparationUnit Validation

Deciding to Serve. Why?

Genuine Belief in what our country stands for - FREEDOM

Preserving what we have achieved.

Hope for future generations.

Opportunity to put training to use

Special Skills

Experience with my son

Challenges

Daily Life Work WeekAmenities

Rewards

Accomplishment

Rewards

Flag Football Tourney

MWR Events

Coming Home

Rejoining Family Readjustment

QUESTIONS?

• On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War”. In the aftermath of WW II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day.

• It is the VETERAN , not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the VETERAN , not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the VETERAN , not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the VETERAN , not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the VETERAN , not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the VETERAN , not the politician, Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the VETERAN, who salutes the Flag..."

~ Author: Unknown ~

"Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier.

- Zell Miller