prayers for you and yours... it always hurts to lose a brother in arm.. I have no words to express how sorry I am to hear of your lose. Know that his life helped save others.
I have family in maine if you need anything let me know.
Not a firearm discussion
Nothing to do with firearms here, but perhaps a misuse of the board as a "sympathetic ear".
My son, Specialist Wade A. Slack, 21, was killed in Afghanistan on May 6.
Wade is at least part of the reason I entered this community. I built a 5.56 AR for him as a gift recently and because he wanted me to have an AR as well - and I decided upon 6.8SPC as the caliber - I joined this forum.
Wade's MOS was explosive ordnance disposal. On May 6, his squad was tasked with disposal of unexploded rocket and mortar rounds at an FOB (forward operating base) in Afghanistan which had been coming under sporadic rocket and mortar attack. He completed the assignment and was waiting to be airlifted out when the FOB came under attack again. A 107mm rocket or mortar exploded approximately twenty feet from where Wade was and he took shrapnel in the cheek and neck. The neck wound severed his carotid artey and he died. I have a medical background, so I know that it was quick.
No one else was killed or injured.
I'm in a bad place right now. I've had a life. I want to trade places with Wade. I'm angry, sad, helpless and hopeless all at the same time.
Wade was looking forward to being home this fall for the births of two nephews or neices. His sister and sister-in-law are both due about the same time.
We were supposed to be sighting-in his AR this fall. I bought him a stripped lower receiver for his birthday in March and just kept getting packages until Wade's AR was complete. He was excited about it - wanted pictures and so forth.
Wade had a military transfer ceremony at Dover AFB two days ago, and will have another at Augusta, Maine, when his remains come home. Don't know when that will be as yet but it will be sometime in the next two days.
I can't write any more right now......
prayers for you and yours... it always hurts to lose a brother in arm.. I have no words to express how sorry I am to hear of your lose. Know that his life helped save others.
I have family in maine if you need anything let me know.
Molṑn Labé
http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2008Intl/Roberts.pdf
"I figure we are gunman because we are better then most, and it beats branding cows or digging copper" -Appaloosa
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.-Thomas Paine
You have my condolences. It's never easy to lose a loved one.
I'm so sorry.... It's not easy, but he was doing a job, and it was a dangerous one. He and all the others will be hailed as heros, just like the men who died in places like the beaches of Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Vietnam, Korea and in so many other places across this world. Many hundreds and thousands of parents have stood in your shoes over the course of this country and its forging, and every single one is an exception of great sorrow and gratitude for what they have sacrificed. We are all forever in your debt.
My small little words may not bring you any comfort, and I feel like I should just keep my trap shut. But all I can say is that I'm sorry. Let us know if we can help in any way. Nothing is too far for a Texan. I have family in Maine too.
We live in the land of the free, only because of the Brave.
You have my condolences & prayers
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.-
Robert A. Heinlein
Our prayers are with you and your family.
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American....
-Tench Coxe, Feb. 20, 1788
You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. Keep you head held high, he was a hero!
USAF Ret.
Pistol,Rifle,Sniper Team
Combat/Flight medic- 88-94, Flight Nurse 94-08, Chief Nurse / CCATT 05-08, Marksmanship Team 00-08
Tours -Desert storm 2, Somalia 1, Bosnia 3, Afghan. 2, Iraq 1
My Condolences and prayers Sir.
I am sure your Son was treated with Dignity and Respect all the way home. I had the honor to stand for the final farewell to several Soldiers on their last trip home from Bagram Airbase.
Mike
Our most sincere condolences for your loss ... and our tears and prayers for you and yours.
Both of out fathers, one brother, and two sons have been or are career military ... Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy and Marines. We thank you for the great service and mourn your great loss.
I do not think that I have any words that could bring you comfort with the loss of your son.
The only solace that I could express to you, is that your son saved his brother-in-arm's lives by doing his job and doing his job well.
Thank you for bringing your son to this world and giving him the fortitude to make a choice in life that few others would make.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
I deal with about 5%-10% of the population 80%-90% of the time...
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