When my son Corey was in Airborne school, back in September/October timeframe, he was 30 minutes late for formation one time which got him in trouble. They put him back with the class coming through after his so he graduated from Airborne with the next class. Then the weather kept him from graduating for another week. Of course we were kind of frustrated because that put him coming home on leave back 3 weeks. I was annoyed but still in the back of my mind was thinking "Maybe there's a good reason for it"...I'm always thinking that when something goes 'wrong'. The spot that he was supposed to fill was, of course, filled by someone else who deployed to Afghanistan. At the time, he was irritated that he wasn't deploying as soon as he was out of Airborne school like some of his buddies were. Corey, instead, was assigned to the Global Response Force.
Fast forward 4 months.
While Corey is in Haiti, the boy that filled Corey's spot in the unit that went to Afghanistan was killed, along with his captain, a few weeks ago (Feb 2) when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device Feb. 2 in Zabul province, Afghanistan. I'm so grateful that it wasn't my son, and thanking God for the series of events that kept him out of that jeep in Afghanistan..but I feel so guilty being so happy for me when there's a mother in Albuquerque bringing her son home in a coffin...
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13287
Melanie
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