alfadawg2's Blog

  As another year passes since 2001 another day of rememberance passes with it. This is my second 9/11 I have spent in Iraq. For me the pain of that fateful day has not lessened any over the years and I doubt it ever will. I am currently in Iraq and just re-upped for a back to back tour, leaving me away from home almost 4 years since 2001.

 My best friend just rolled in and we will do our last tour together. We talk at great length about why we do what we do and always come to the same conclusion.... so our children as well as others children hopefully won't have to somewhere down the line, and to try and make a difference in the lives of the folks here that just want to do what we do and thats just get up, go to work, educate our children and be left to live our lives with no fear. It seems a bit ideal but that's where we are at. We aren't the only ones, there are a whole bunch of us here on our own accord.

 Folks like SLEEKAT we feel sorry for. The have never had to live in anything else but a free society. Unfortunately we as Warriors can not pick who we represent, but are reassured that for everyone of them there are 1000's that understand what freedom and rememberance of the the fallen, be it civilian or military, is all about.

With that said..... NEVER FORGET.  I know I won't. And I will never mind sitting through the Memorials. It's called respect.

DAWG

Al Asad, Iraq