UPDATES from LAURA

Here are a bunch of photos Laura just sent from when they were leaving FL for MS.

The send off from Florida. The family members all said goodbye before we loaded up the busses to go away for a year.









The last thing we did before boarding the busses, was draw our weapons. The enlisted and non-aviator officers drew M16s. The senior enlisted drew 9M. The aviators drew M4s and 9Ms. You can see my 9M in its holster at my waist. The M4 is slung over my shoulder.

We hand carried them until we got to Kuwait and Iraq.







This was from 31 May, when we left FL for MS.

A Harley club escorted our departure through post, out the gate, through the town, and led our two busses down the highway. When we got to the road intersections, they stopped traffic for us. If we were going through the towns, the police stopped traffic.