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Comment by AH on November 6, 2009 at 11:43am

My thoughts and prayers are with all of the families and loved ones of the brave Marines lost in Afganistan, the 2 instructors lost in CC, the Coast Guard members and Marines lost near San Diego and the soldiers and civilians lost or injured at Fort Hood yesterday. It has been a difficult time for our military. It's a hard time for Moms also. One of the Marines lost near San Diego was at college with my son in the same major, just a year behind. Hits close to home, but I also know that my son is doing exactly what he has always wanted to do and I can't be prouder, but it still doesn't keep me from being scared. My son hasn't been deployed yet, and I tell people that as a mom, I am just as happy that he hasn't been deployed, but also as a mom, I know that he is anxious to get started doing what he was trained to do. All we can do is support them in their endeavors and try to keep our worry to a bearable level. Love to all of you.

Comment by Helomom on October 31, 2009 at 9:53pm

Low Flight
Dedicated to all Helicopter pilots - author unknown
Oh, I've slipped the surely bonds of earth
And hovered out of ground effect on semi-rigid blades;
Earthward I've auto'ed and met the rising brush of non-paved terrain;
And done a thousand things you would never care to
Skidded and dropped and flared
Low in the heat soaked roar.
Confined there, I've chased the earthbound traffic
And lost the race to insignificant
Headwinds;
Forward and up a little in ground effect
I've topped the Admiral's hedge with drooping turns
Where never Prowler or even Hornet flew.
Shaking and pulling collective, I've lumbered
The low untrespassed halls of victor airways,
Put out my hand and touched a tree.

Comment by Helomom on October 31, 2009 at 9:52pm

Why Helicopter Pilots are Different
Harry Reasoner, February 16, 1971

"The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter.

This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to."

Comment by Helomom on October 31, 2009 at 9:52pm

Naval Aviator moms-It been a tough week. There was also a "hard landing" of a TH-57 out of Whiting this week. Both aviators are okay but they made a trip to the hospital and that Bell Ranger is pretty much out of service. As a naval aviator (helo) mom for the last 8 years, weeks like this always give me pause. Every newscast the leads off with a special update - military aviation crash - gives me a knot in my stomach. But our kids love what they do and they are good at what they do. God bless them. If you haven't seen the new US Navy - A Global Force for Good commercial, back out to the main page here and watch it. It's the call service our children have heard.

And heads up... I'm going to follow this with a couple items my son shared with me. I hope you all can enjoy them... sometimes when things get tough, humor can light the way.

Comment by AH on October 26, 2009 at 6:26pm

Mike and another guy from his squadron were going to try and do a flyover at the CU/Nebraska game. Mike is a CU grad and the other pilot a NE grad. They didn't get started soon enough. It would have been really cool as this game is always a big rivalry game on the day after Thanksgiving. I bet it was great. I would have been crying and missed the whole thing.

Comment by Diane2557 on October 25, 2009 at 9:47pm

DJ: good to Winston finally has a date for winging. What a wonderful time you'll have and we'll be thinking of you while we're all the way north in WA celebrating Thanksgiving with my son and his wife. His jet (Ea-6b) carrier quals and deployment have for the second time, been postponed (yeah!!!). Now he's looking at Spring time instead of Dec quals and Jan deployment.

Comment by Paymaster on October 21, 2009 at 11:16pm

DJ....Is this a new picture of you and your son on our page? When did you take it?

Comment by AH on October 20, 2009 at 1:03pm

If you get out to Port Aransas, there is a place called Virginia's on the Beach or something like that. We had a great time ..... right on the water. We also went to Snoopy's which is on the Padre Island side of the bridge. That was pretty good. Be sure to check out the HEB Super or something like that. A real shopping experience.

Comment by Paymaster on October 17, 2009 at 8:25pm

I always ship in a flat rate box ( same price per box no matter how much it weights) US post office.

Comment by Paymaster on October 16, 2009 at 8:27pm

Lynn....Sent many of dozen of cookies to our son. I just use the flat rate box, put cookies in zip lock bags and pack with packing peanuts. I try to think about weather conditions when I am sending food. When our son was in Iraq we tried not to send things that would melt, also if it was the hot season, try not sending things that are made with eggs.

Good luck!

Jody
Just left our son with 15 dozen cookies for him and his crew on the USS Green Bay.

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