Sorry for the lack of activity on the blog. David is so busy these days that he has not had time to post anything. If you have been watching the news, you probably know that there is a lot going on in his neck of the woods. He does have personal internet access now at his new location - from his laptop in his room. But, he only goes back to his room to sleep for a few hours every once in a while from what I understand! And, he is currently out "running errands" as he puts it. So, we haven't heard from him lately, and I'm not sure when that will end. As you can imagine, I don't like it when he is out running errands! Please say a special prayer for him and his unit right now.
Last week was a very hard and sad week for David. Our unit lost 1LT Nick Dewhirst, who was a member of the "XO Squad" that David proudly wrote about below. Nick was the D Company XO. As Battalion XO, David worked very closely with him for the past year. David described Nick as an outstanding officer and a superb person. He was killed in action when his vehicle was ambushed with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Nick was a mere 25 years old. Please keep his parents, other family, and friends in your prayers. The link on the sidebar will take you to a listing of all fallen heroes from the 101st Airborne Division. There is probably more David would like to say, and I hope he will get the chance to soon.
Another link that might be of interest is http://www.506infantry.org/. It is the web site of the 506th Infantry Association, and it has links to numerous articles about our unit and their deployment to Afghanistan. To get to the articles, click on "506th today" in the sidebar. When you get to that page, click on "2nd Battalion" and then on "articles." It is a great source for news from our guys.
Price, Harper and I have been trying to keep busy. We made a short weekend trip to St. Louis to visit a law school friend of mine and her family. Thank you to the Baloghs for hosting us and showing us a great time! We are currently in the D.C. area visiting family on both sides. More about that when we get home!
The video clip below is just of Harper walking around so that David could see. So, will be boring to most everyone else! And, I took it with my still camera and held the camera up length-wise. Then, I couldn't figure out how to rotate it. So, it is a good thing David will be watching it on a laptop and can just turn it sideways!! It takes a while to upload video here, so I gave up and put the others I had on YouTube . . .
P.S. The date above is misleading as it is now July 28th! I first uploaded the video on the 22nd, but didn't get around to adding any text until today. Don't know how to change the date!
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