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#155761 - 09/19/07 07:39 PM
A video clip from Jeff in Afghanistan
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Ed Frawley
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Many members on my web board have been kind enough to send care packages to members of my son's platoon who are stationed on a firebase at 8000 feet in the mountains of Afghansitan on the Pakistan border.
For those new memebers my son Jeff is a paratrooper. He is 22 year old Sgt in the 82nd Airborne. As he likes to say - he is infinty and "in the line." That means there isnt anyone further out than they are.
Jeff came home last month for his 18 days mid-cycle R&R. He left a little over a week ago. He brought about 1700 photos and some videos home. I am posting one of the videos of his old firebase - Bruin.
Bruin no longer exists so there is no security issue here. Jeff's platton along with a platoon of Artillary aslo from the 82nd airborne manned the firebase for months last winter. Shortly after they left it was dismantaled and there is nothing there now.
Bruin was a nasty palce - Jeff went 4 weeks one time without a shower because they had no hot water and no indoor shower facility (youll see it in this video). They also had no food. That is to say their cook had no food. So for the months they were there they ate MRE's almost the entire time.
I took the liberty to spice the video up a little with some additional graphics. I take no claim for the content though - just maybe a few laughs. One of the artillary soldiers (whose name I do not know) put most of this together.
You can view it at: http://www.leerburg.com/bruin.htm
Emjoy - and don't forget to thank every soldier you see for the service to his country. Trust me every single one of them appreciate it.
Edited by Ed Frawley (09/19/07 07:41 PM)
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#155849 - 09/20/07 08:04 PM
Re: A video clip from Jeff in Afghanistan
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Howard Knauf
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Loc: Melbourne, Florida
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And prisoners here have the cajones to bitch about conditions in the jail. Thanks Ed.
Howard
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#155854 - 09/20/07 08:46 PM
Re: A video clip from Jeff in Afghanistan
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Shody Lytle
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Registered: 06/27/07
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Loc: Orcutt, California
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Thanks for posting this. It is humbling. So many people sit an their a**es and bitch while these Hero's are putting their lives on the line so we have the freedom so that they can. I try to remember all of our Hero's all over the world on my prayers. Hope your son comes home safe, and soon.
Shody
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#156538 - 09/28/07 02:08 PM
Re: A video clip from Jeff in Afghanistan
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Lindsay Janes
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It was interesting to see how these soliders live out in the desert. I think they need a hot shower once in a while. Thanks for sharing.
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"It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right"
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#156901 - 10/02/07 02:11 PM
Re: A video clip from Jeff in Afghanistan
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Robert Bell
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Great video Ed, as a former soldier in the 82nd my heart goes out to your son and his brothers out there.
All the Way Sir!
-Rob
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