Posted by JMS/.MN on September 07, 2012 at 01:37:44 from (209.237.125.241):
Youngest daughter, 28 year"s old, Daddy"s little girl, went to Afghanistan today for a 9 month deployment. Got married a year ago, Sgt. husband went last Sept for 9 months in Qatar, now she deploys, they"ve had only three months together. Jen enlisted for 4 years in May "09, now extended for 2 years to do the deployment with her battle buddies, cuz normal ETS would be before deployment ends, and she could not go. Dedication, service, commitment of her life.
Jen has a double major from Stanford U in Psychology and Sociology, but chose to serve us, and US. Wanted to be "just like Dad", mid 60s Special Forces A-Team Demo Sgt Veteran, but as a female, she cannot be in SF, a combat position. So, she chose PsyOps, fits her college background, did first in her Army PsyOps class, then 6 months Arabic language, writes and speaks it. She"ll be based at Bagram, (Jen"s comfort comment to Mom,about staying on base) but PsyOps and Civil Affairs people typically get attached to SF A-Teams, in country. Especially important to have women in country to deal with native women.
She"s the fifth paratrooper in our family, after my brother, his two sons, myself, now her. She made her 16th jump this summer, not likely to get any now.....but thrilled with every one. Three pix- first one is typical view for a jump about 1250 feet high, walk out the back at 160 mph. BTDT 22 times, planes and choppers....most empty feeling....trust your life to a 32 foot circle of nylon. Second is of a C17- plane like she went over on today.....4 rows of jumpers....bout 4 times bigger than the C130 I had jumps out of in the 60s. Notice the "baggage"- it shows a combat equipment jump......easily doubling the soldiers weight- BTDT- itzabitch!
Last one....proudest day of my life.......Jen"s grad from jump school, Ft. Benning, GA, Jan 29, 2010......I got to pin her wings on. Six of us Dad"s were first generation paratroopers, got called out before graduation to pin the wings on our soldiers. All five of us in our family trained on those same towers, 1962-2010!
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