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The place I keep friends and family updated on our life in the US Army. My part in that I affectionately refer to as being part of the 82nd Chairborne Division!

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

What Aaryk's been up to...

I posted that over the Labor Day weekend that Aaryk had been putting in 13+ hours days. Here's why-http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20050906/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_katrina_25

specifically this-

The Pentagon, meanwhile, began sending paratroopers from the Army's storied 82nd Airborne Division to New Orleans to use small boats, including inflatable Zodiac craft, to launch a new search-and-rescue effort in flooded sections of the city.
Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, division commander, said about 5,000 paratroopers would be in place by Tuesday.


No, he's not going to New Orleans, he was just part of the team that got them ready to roll. It's kind of neat to read about it in the news.

2 Comments:

Blogger julio said...

Hey... just another soldier, glad to hear that our brothers are helping out those who need it... I'm in a unit that WOULD have been down there, if we weren't going to Iraq in a couple of months... in fact, from Jan. thru Jun. of this year, our unit was a Quick Response Force for the Western half of the U.S., and we would have been the first ones sent to any type of disaster, especially this one... so tell your hubby to keep up the good work, and Bless you all...

Peace...

9:23 PM  
Blogger Kyrie Drake said...

Thanks for the comments Julio! Best to you and yours as you get ready to deploy!

Be safe and God bless you!

Kyrie

4:22 PM  

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