The Dessert Voice
This email was in my mailbox today:
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Hello, everyone.
It has been roughly eighteen months since the last correspondence from the desert voice, or for those of you that are new to the list, SPC Jonathan L Parker, 101st Airborne Division, AIR ASSAULT! Many things have happened since i last set foot on this sandy ground. The birth of my son Matthew, on Nov 17 2004. The day i married my beautiful and loving wife, Bernice, on January 24, 2005. Acheiving my air assault wings on Dec 22, 2004. The loss of our dog Tygger whom my family has had since i was much younger not too long ago.
There have been tears, and cheers all around, but deep in the back of our minds, i believe that we all knew that the day when the soldiers of the 101st would have to come back to this place would come. And now it is here. I pledge this to each and every single one of you. No enemy bullet, no coward with a bomb, no sandstorm, no lack of water, or sleep or anything else will prevent me from achieving my number one mission: coming home safe and sound. When i became a soldier, i realized that i took on one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. But it is a job that i love to do, and i believe in the purpose for which i do it. I do it for my family, and my children, that they may grow up in a world free from fear. I do it for the iraqi people that they may one day have a democratic government free to make their own choices by the peoples vote. I believe in a country, that for all of its bickering and infighting is one of the greatest countries on the face of the earth. And this is why i wear this uniform.
While there may be times that my letters will be spaced apart, do not worry. With all of your prayers as my shield, i know that nothing can prevent me from returning safely. I will do my best to keep you all updated as to the latest news and happenings. Dad, btw, OPSEC is the word today, so please try to keep any specifics such as dates, times and places out of these emails. I will send what i can, but everything else is classified information.
To my parents, my brother, my wife and my children, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends; I thank you all for your support, and love, and belief when i have faltered.
For now, godspeed to all of you.
I Love you all.
The Desert Voice
SPC Jonathan Parker
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Hello, everyone.
It has been roughly eighteen months since the last correspondence from the desert voice, or for those of you that are new to the list, SPC Jonathan L Parker, 101st Airborne Division, AIR ASSAULT! Many things have happened since i last set foot on this sandy ground. The birth of my son Matthew, on Nov 17 2004. The day i married my beautiful and loving wife, Bernice, on January 24, 2005. Acheiving my air assault wings on Dec 22, 2004. The loss of our dog Tygger whom my family has had since i was much younger not too long ago.
There have been tears, and cheers all around, but deep in the back of our minds, i believe that we all knew that the day when the soldiers of the 101st would have to come back to this place would come. And now it is here. I pledge this to each and every single one of you. No enemy bullet, no coward with a bomb, no sandstorm, no lack of water, or sleep or anything else will prevent me from achieving my number one mission: coming home safe and sound. When i became a soldier, i realized that i took on one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. But it is a job that i love to do, and i believe in the purpose for which i do it. I do it for my family, and my children, that they may grow up in a world free from fear. I do it for the iraqi people that they may one day have a democratic government free to make their own choices by the peoples vote. I believe in a country, that for all of its bickering and infighting is one of the greatest countries on the face of the earth. And this is why i wear this uniform.
While there may be times that my letters will be spaced apart, do not worry. With all of your prayers as my shield, i know that nothing can prevent me from returning safely. I will do my best to keep you all updated as to the latest news and happenings. Dad, btw, OPSEC is the word today, so please try to keep any specifics such as dates, times and places out of these emails. I will send what i can, but everything else is classified information.
To my parents, my brother, my wife and my children, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends; I thank you all for your support, and love, and belief when i have faltered.
For now, godspeed to all of you.
I Love you all.
The Desert Voice
SPC Jonathan Parker
posted by Chris Parker at
8:26 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for posting this, it's more heartfelt than any presidential speech could ever be.
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Gail at Large, at 10:45 PM
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