Thread: I was set back on my heels today

What an honor - glad to hear you get to be involved first hand.
The company I work for is a fairly big sponsor of that group and I'm always on the lookout for chances to volunteer if they have stuff locally.
Let us know how it goes!

Shane

I am humbled that all of you speak so kindly. I guess it took a kick in the head to get me moving. I am reminded how Andrew Carnegie used the first half of his life making hordes of money and the last half of it helping people and giving it away in endowments. I didn’t make a lot of money the first half of my life but I did raise more than my fair share hell and then some.

When I was about 30 someone said the older you get the more you act like where you are going. That didn’t make much sense at the time but when I hit my mid to late 40's then I started getting worried. I know there is no score board but I am able to sleep better at night. Besides the guy in the mirror has a straight razor to my throat. I feel a need to trust he will do the right thing.

A Vietnam ERA Vet who served as well and this was...
Great way to honor our friends & brothers who served.
Did you may that visit?

CanonSterVA,

You bet I made that trip! On Jan 22, 2014 I checked in at the front Gate of Ft Leonard Wood. We drove to the Family service building and started to unload. When I walked in with the first load I was welcomed by my students. Each of us paused looked at each other for a moment as though we were not believing the other was really there. I started with 6 students and then a great thing happened. About 15 minutes into class others that Terry had tried to get to join the class for sometime asked if they could join. That put us up to 9 and Terrys hard work had paid off as more were joining in.

We had from a Full Bird to a SPC all sitting around the table working and cutting up together. We talked about the Army from when I was in to what it is like now.
I had visits from some of the top brass on the base on down to the lonely PVT just to say thanks for stopping by. At lunch time we pooled our funds then we were trying to figure out who was going to make the run a SGT that had been working on a laptop in the day area stepped forward and said he would. He came back with a Pizza that I swear was 40” across that was baked in a brick oven.

After lunch we went back to work until 4:00 when they closed the building. A trip to Cracker Barrel for dinner and more talk we went back on post and went to the dayroom in the barracks where I showed my tricks of the trade and how too until 10:00. When we were saying good by there were real heart felt thank you’s from all of us.
I have friends there now that call just to say hello, some call to just ask a question & some call just to have someone to talk to.

The good news is there are 2 more post that are starting this program one is FT. Sill OK. and the other is to be announced in 3 weeks.


Well that is a quick summery of what we did, I wish I could have spent more time. I will post some picture tonight when I get home if you would like

Kevin

Originally Posted by hidestoart

Well that is a quick summery of what we did, I wish I could have spent more time. I will post some picture tonight when I get home if you would like

Kevin

Sharing those would go a long way for everyone.
Thank you for the update.
Myron

I only have this one as I can not find my thumb drive which has more but this should do for now. This was the start of our class.