News From the Front Line

We got to talk to Sean about ten days ago. He is continuing his application process to the academy. Because of the situation in Iraq, they are going to wait and have him take his ACT’s when he gets back to Germany. This will give him more time to study. A couple of weeks ago they sent out an F-16 which came back empty, meaning they bombed somewhere (he hasn’t seen the video on the hit yet) but he was given the lanyard for that missile. It is treated like an award. When the jets come back loaded they replace the lanyard on the missile until the next load. So he was excited about that. Finally, he was named Airman of the week. What a great accomplishment to be recognized for this. I will be watching the newsletter page, and will send you a copy when it is published. He is doing well. He said it is beginning to look like Christmas in the mess hall. They have also been given packages from support your troops programs. He said he had the best cookies. He also said it was nice to know that people where thinking about them during this time of the year. The weather report is COLD. He said it is getting to be about 20-30 degrees. I didn’t know it would get that could over there. I guess the go from one extreme to another.