Good luck lads - Page 2

junetta · 26-09-2007, 21:12

My thoughts are with you, Cherokee, and with your son and his mates xxx

LancYorkYankee · 27-09-2007, 01:18

It's gotta be a very difficult time for you Cherokee. I do pray he stays safe.

Brian

2 of my "boys" come home from Iraq in December. Our family is looking very forward to it. They have faced some tough stuff but are still proud of the work they're doing.

cherokee · 27-09-2007, 17:51

well ive sent him an email today telling him to have a read through this when he gets time and also to pass it on to all the others , im sure they will get a boost from it so thanks everyone , brian im so pleased your boys are back soon have a good xmas with them . its an awful time of year without them but he has chosen to have his leave in the new year so as to give the lads with familys chance to be home so its gonna be a long 6 months . thanks once again all

jambutty · 27-09-2007, 18:32

To all the servicemen and women doing their duty overseas I wish you all a safe tour of duty and a rapturous return to your families.

From an old sea dog.

mallard · 27-09-2007, 21:18

Good luck to all you what,s out there,we are all thinking of you,come back safe and sound,god bless you all.

Ianto.W. · 29-09-2007, 15:21

Best of luck to all our 'troop's' wherever they are serving, your cause is just and much needed to bring some form of equality and stabillity to these troubled times and places.

Lolly · 29-09-2007, 15:57

Good Luck to all the lads out there. Your doing us all proud. Stay Safe xxx

bullseyebarb · 30-09-2007, 19:58

Our love, prayers and gratitude to all who serve.

jimmi5bellies · 01-10-2007, 00:16

To all the service men and women posted in troubled areas, keep safe and thankyou for being the brave persons that you are.

Chrissie

cherokee · 07-10-2007, 10:55

SOS - Support Our Soldiers ...... SOS - Support Our Soldiers

came accross this website .. may help any of you who have relatives serving atm ...

Sue1 · 30-11-2007, 17:15

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Originally Posted by cherokee

Well i just waited up for the final phone call to say hes now about to leave . And like every parent going through it , yes im heartbroken . But id just like to wish my lad good luck and pray that he keeps safe for the next 6 months in afghan . Id also like to send my love and best wishes to all the other guys going and who are already there and in iraq and may be use this thread to send some best wishes out there ... esp with xmas nearing .. They have access to the net at times and would give em something to read .. GOOD LUCK SON AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL WE ARE THINKIN OF YOU XX

Am in the same position as yourself - son in Afghanistan. I am very lucky in that he was allowed home for five days (birth of his first child) and we got to see him while he was in UK.

The thing that worries me about serving soldiers is the ridiculous system we have where, if they are wounded, they can only claim for the first three wounds i.e. if you have both your legs blown off and both your arms and are brain damaged you can only claim for three of those injuries (or your next of kin). An E-petition has just closed today and is being sent to the Prime Minister to request fair treatment for wounded soldiers - after all, very recently, a civilian secretary working for the army got £245,000 pounds for repetitive strain injury to her thumb! (you have two thumbs and you don't type with your thumb anyway - do you?) I know from my son that the soldiers in his regiment felt very down about this payout - they felt it really told them where they were in the greater scheme of things!

I hope your son is safe in Afghanistan and comes home to you soon (about Easter I think).

Eric · 30-11-2007, 19:39

Good luck and a safe return to your son, and to all those serving.

bullseyebarb · 30-11-2007, 19:59

Reading a piece by Michael Yon today in which he writes that the courage of the British soldier under fire goes unsung and British soldiers have told him that recognition at home rarely happens. Now there's a sad statement.

I found one item very interesting. He was visiting with the 4 Rifles in Basra at the time and was informed that they get a great deal of moral support from one English lady. She sends handwritten letters frequently to the group. Expensive bottles of scotch to any wounded, plus a handwritten letter to each. Handwritten letters to the families of wounded or killed. The lady in question is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. She is Royal Colonel of 4 Rifles, so I suppose you could say that comes with the territory. But the fact that she takes the time to write all by hand says something positive about her. After all, she could easily have some secretary type a note and just sign it. She has also invited soldiers and their families to her home.

BERNADETTE · 30-11-2007, 20:01

Good Luck safe return to all the lads and lasses serving overseas.

jambutty · 30-11-2007, 20:44

Don’t people use the thumb on the space bar? Not that that warrants such a payout.