This is off topic, but I’m posting it anyway! It’s a happy day for me.

Texast · March 29, 2008 4:31PM

Many members on the board have sent me private messages of support concerning my Son, whose picture I have used as my Avatar while deployed with the 3RD Infantry Division, 1ST Brigade Combat Team in Ramadi Iraq as a Combat Medic, this was his second tour of duty in Iraq.

I am ecstatic that his second tour, which was extended to 15 months due to the “Surge”, is now complete and he has returned today to his home base at Fort Stewart Georgia.

My Son has made me very proud of his service to our country; he will be spending the next few months out-processing as he has completed eight full years of service, the last two not of his choosing but was retained under the “Stop-Gap” measures that caused service members with needed skills to be denied released from active duty.

I will be looking forward to seeing him very soon. And I want to express my thanks for all those that took the time to send packages and letters to the troops.

To keep this from being poofed if you can post a picture of a Military Challenge Coin or a Peace Dollar.

Tim

commoncents05 · March 29, 2008 4:35PM

Don't have any pics of coins, but that is indeed very great news. Glad to hear. Many thanks to him for his service.

-Paul

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nutz4coinz · March 29, 2008 5:20PM

I know you must be thrilled...he has done you a great service, as well as his country. Even with NO coins, or coin related topic, if this thread got poofed, something would be wrong somewhere. Congrats on having him home for good! Thank him for me..... everyone who has served should be thanked. Enjoy having him home, because in just a few months, he'll be the same old pain in the butt he was before he left, and you'll be smiling even harder then....congrats, pop!!!!!

storm888 · March 29, 2008 5:29PM

Excellent news.

Hopefully, they will all be home safe as soon as their important work is finished.

lasvegasteddy · March 29, 2008 6:02PM

congrats there tim and to your boys service too

thisnamztaken · March 29, 2008 6:49PM

I'm happy for you both, and thankful to him for his service for us.

seatedcoins · March 29, 2008 7:11PM

It must be a great feeling to have him in back in the states. We here certainly appreciate his service to our country. I know that when my brother got back to the house after a tour in Iraq it was a great feeling. He ships off to Afghanistan in April.

LeeG · March 29, 2008 7:55PM

Super news!! Appreciate his service and know the future is bright!!

My Mom gave me this one:

BIGJAYVEE · March 29, 2008 8:18PM

OOORAH!! Welcome home and thank him for all of us.

Mesquite · March 29, 2008 8:38PM

Thank you!

bidask · March 29, 2008 9:33PM

I am very happy for the safety of your son and the service for his for his country.

FilthyBroke · March 29, 2008 10:08PM

Congrats!! That's great news, I'm sure you're excited!

Yes, thank him, please, for his service to our nation.

-William

shuckins · March 29, 2008 10:50PM

MrHalfDime · March 29, 2008 11:29PM

This is a very special day for you, and we can all relate to your joy. All Americans owe your son, and so many others like him, a debt of gratitude for his service to his country.

I can relate to the feeling that you now have. One of my sons recently retired from the Army, after eight years in the Army Rangers, 1st Battalion, 75th Regiment out of Savannah. GA.. My oldest son is presently deployed in the Persian Gulf as a Lieutenant Commander and helicopter pilot in the Navy.

Mar327 · March 29, 2008 11:44PM

I'm so very happy he's back. Is his wife also coming home?

God bless them, and a huge THANK YOU for his/their service.

Marlene

ksteelheader · March 29, 2008 11:50PM

Combat Medics rock.

Semper Fi

DUIGUY · March 29, 2008 11:57PM

millennium · March 30, 2008 12:09AM

Congratulations! I am proud of him, and I can only imagine how proud YOU must be of him....

Thank him for me.
Steve

JimK · March 30, 2008 12:21AM

Congratulations!
You truly do have a lot to be proud of.

Preussen · March 30, 2008 12:28AM

<< <i>To keep this from being poofed if you can post a picture of a Military Challenge Coin or a Peace Dollar. >>

Thanks to all who serve and have served. -Preussen

gecko109 · March 30, 2008 12:30AM

This is one of the very few OT posts that I dont mind. Please extend my sincere thanks to your son for his loyal and brave service to our great country.

Phil

LindeDad · March 30, 2008 12:38AM

Thank them for there service, and I hope they all get back soon.

CaptHenway · March 30, 2008 12:43AM

God bless him, sir, and his family!
Praise the Lord!

richardshipp · March 30, 2008 12:54AM

Please thank him for his service. Here is a coin that seems appropriate for the thread...

Doogy · March 30, 2008 1:06AM

Amen, glad to hear he is back safely. May God continue to watch over him, and your whole family as well!

Now, maybe we can have some real Peace in the coming years.............

TwoSides2aCoin · March 30, 2008 1:10AM

This is the best day of my life, so far. I imagine what it must be like for you.

No matter how bad a Peace Dollar gets beat up... It still says PEACE.

on the "BACK"

that's a bad pun...
But, WELCOME BACK !

Peace,

Joe

zeus135 · March 30, 2008 1:14AM

Congratulations to both of you, we really appreciate what your son is doing.

Sorry the images are a little fuzzy.

YaHa · March 30, 2008 1:18AM

You must be very proud as I am also, tell your son that I really want to thank him for giving my wife, my son, my daughter and myself a chance of continued peace here in the States and what he and others did and are doing will never be in vain. God Bless him and all of the other troops that serve us.

Heres a cold one on me.

Below is our dog, she's a retired police dog that we adopted 9 years ago, she loves to sit in her private chair and listen to us talk, watch the birds fly by and after all of that she loves to fall to sleep. She and your son have served us greatly!!

numisma · March 30, 2008 1:24AM

Thank God he is home. I know that this is a happy day that you will never forget. Best to you and your entire family.

Edscoin · March 30, 2008 1:24AM

Glad to hear another Great American Hero is home safely. I Thank him for his Service!

57loaded · March 30, 2008 1:32AM

i am happy that your son has returned home safe, thank-you for sharing your love and some of his experiences with the forum and PM's.

here is a military challenge coin for the current 11th Bombardment Group Association. Know as the "Grey Geese". It was made up of 6 squadrons which flew in the Pacific. The 26th is still active as the "Space Aggressors".
my dad was a navigator on B-24's. the coin was presented during their annual meeting at Pearl Harbor Dec 7 2007. (Hickam AFB)

guym · March 30, 2008 1:33AM

My heartfelt thanks for your sons service and I'm very happy for you both.

rgCoinGuy · March 30, 2008 1:56AM

Congrats!

tydye · March 30, 2008 1:58AM

Congrats on your son's return

RichieURich · March 30, 2008 1:59AM

Texast, I want to add my thanks to your son for his service to our country! Thank you!

HighRelief · March 30, 2008 2:09AM

I would like to thank him for his service to our country.

God Bless America

pursuitofliberty · March 30, 2008 2:09AM

Tim,

Congrat's on your son's return. Please extend my thanks to him for his service to our country and commitment to our way of life. I know you must be both proud, and relieved, that he is home again.

My boy is also serving, although it will be some years before his service is complete. I really do have a great respect for all the men and women who make the sacrafice to serve our nation.

ricko · March 30, 2008 2:19AM

Congratulations... Thank your son for his service to our country.... Happy to hear it is a successful, and now complete, tour. Cheers, RickO

cmerlo1 · March 30, 2008 2:22AM

Glad to hear he made it back OK. We truly appreciate his service to our country!

SkyMan · March 30, 2008 3:00AM

Congratulations to your son on returning safely (and to you on raising such a great son). Thank him from myself and my family for keeping us safe.

blu62vette · March 30, 2008 3:01AM

Congrads, glad you have him home. Best wishes to your son and his wife.

Swampboy · March 30, 2008 3:17AM

Thanks for sharing the wonderful news with us.

Happy day!!!!

jessewvu · March 30, 2008 3:20AM

Thanks to all those who served is the simplest way to express our country’s debt to our service men and women. This post reminded me of my email signature while I was out at Edwards AFB in CA as a civil servant.

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell

And now I have this:

"The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me." - Abraham Lincoln

I believe every word of both.

DorkGirl · March 30, 2008 3:24AM

Give him a big hug and tell him thanks from all of us.

GFourDriver · March 30, 2008 3:29AM

The stop loss tour was a tough one I'm sure, but all that much more rewarding when you can finally take the boots off for good.

Griv · March 30, 2008 3:30AM

<< <i>Many members on the board have sent me private messages of support concerning my Son, whose picture I have used as my Avatar while deployed with the 3RD Infantry Division, 1ST Brigade Combat Team in Ramadi Iraq as a Combat Medic, this was his second tour of duty in Iraq.

I am ecstatic that his second tour, which was extended to 15 months due to the “Surge”, is now complete and he has returned today to his home base at Fort Stewart Georgia.

My Son has made me very proud of his service to our country; he will be spending the next few months out-processing as he has completed eight full years of service, the last two not of his choosing but was retained under the “Stop-Gap” measures that caused service members with needed skills to be denied released from active duty.

I will be looking forward to seeing him very soon. And I want to express my thanks for all those that took the time to send packages and letters to the troops.

To keep this from being poofed if you can post a picture of a Military Challenge Coin or a Peace Dollar.

Tim >>

Tim, you tell your Son that we are ALL proud of him and are grateful beyond words for the sacrafices that he, his comrades and the families have done to protect this great nation. There will always be some loud mouths that say otherwise but the American people ARE grateful and ARE proud of the men and women that brave very dangerous conditions to keep America save. I am glad is is back safe as I know you are. Thank you all!