The Price of Freedom
I am a Battle Captain for an Attack Helicopter Battalion in the First Cavalry Division, currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I am an AH-64D Longbow Apache helicopter pilot and a veteran of OIF II. I have a very amazing son, David, who I miss very much and think about every day. I plan on getting out of the military as soon as I am able to go work for my dad in Florida. I hope to start a nice little business of my own someday!
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Beth, David, and I met up with the band at 5:30 for dinner at Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin. We hung our for about two hours, and as Beth and David were leaving, they gave David a baby guitar that they all signed which was really cool. They signed two of my OAR cds also. Then we were in the dressing room back stage during State Radio's performance. We watched OAR from the VIP area which was great. They put on a hell of a show and actually introduced me to the crowd as having just got back from Iraq and thanked me, which you can imagine was really neat. Before the show, they asked which songs I wanted to hear and when they would play them, Marc would look over and wave to me. After the show, we took the tour bus over to the hotel and partied until I started feeling sick. Which I did get repeatedly after leaving the hotel.
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