Tuesday September 5, 2006 - Facing Reality, Facing Mortality
Condolences just arent enough for the 5 families of those 5 soldiers killed in Afganistan over the long weekend. I couldnt sleep last night, so many thoughts running through my head. Rodney is on the list to go, if not February (which he and most of the times I want) then for sure in November. Yes, I want him to go, most of the time. It is his job as a soldier and he is more than overdue to serve there. Of course the risk is growing higher and higher and I would be more than devastated should anything happen - but - I believe that God has a plan and if Rodney is to die young, he will. Whether it be serving his country or in a car or walking down the street. Of course I am selfish when it comes to things like this...no wife or girlfriend wants their husband or boyfriend to be gone for 6 months, to see the things he sees, hears the things he hears nor bring them back to "normal" life. But then I think about the soldiers and the families, especially here in Petawawa who have had no choice but to have 2 or 3 tours in the last 4 years, while guys in Kingston, Trenton and all over Canada haven't had one at all. Rodney has had 2 tours, short ones, but two none the less. Afganistan and Africa. So I feel, and I think he feels, that he owes his fellow soldiers at least one more - of 6 months. I know if I was in the position of Rodney having 2 tours in a few years, I would be protesting. And hell it might come down to that. As the base camp grows, more support crews are needed. Even more hellish, the way things are going it might not even matter who you are or what your trade is - the Afgannies are ruthless and want NATO out of their country - its going to take many years for this to end. It sickens me that our military is PEACEKEEPING! We arent Americans! And everyone KNEW that voting in Harper meant a huge military ordeal....so...on behalf of all of the military families - THANK YOU TO THE CONSERVATIVES for voting in Harper and putting all of our soldiers in harms way. Yes...thank you. And for Harper to say he is deeply saddened by the last fallen soldier on account of AMERICAN FIRE - oh dear god...this whole operation doesnt make any sense anymore. Bush wants our help in the War Against Terrorism - but really...we are terrorists in their country... and then we get sent to the front lines when BOTH Harper and Bush know that PEACEKEEPERS dont belong there, let alone reservists. But we are Canadians and we do it anyway. And then... an Amercian plane shoots at us! MAKE UP YOUR F-ING minds who you want on your side!
I really hope that after the family of the young Pte who was killed on the account of the Americans speaks up and speaks up LOUD!
In my opinion...Harper just hung himself as being voted in a second time for PM. The Canadian Military families make up a huge portion of this great nation...and there are a lot of pissed off people.
Anyways...enough of that...my blood is boiling enough. Should Rodney get the Feb07 tour, we will be buying a house this tme next year - which makes me oh so happy! Which will just be oh so convienent! We will just get the PMQ set to the way we want it and BOOM move again! So I think within the next year Mr Keeping and I will have to sit down and have a chat about moving...because...with my moving record...we will get settled in the newly bought house and BOOM posted somewhere else or BOOM he is getting out of the army and Im sure as hell NOT staying here if he gets his release. hahaha I met a man that brings just as much chaos as I do!
So we survived the really crappy weather weekend. We put up some solar lights, the office book shelf, an army gear shelf, a table for the fish tank and went visiting! We visited Rodney's first cousin who just had a baby - Evan. What a friggen cute baby!! Her mom, Rodney's mom's sister, is here from NFLD. It was really nice to finally meet some of his family. The father of the baby - DJ - is currently overseas. He is an armoured soldier. He left days after baby Evan was born. Can you imagine????? Nothing like a dedicated soldier. We are praying for a save return.
Today I got my first taste of army reality. Rodney was out of the house by 6ish to hit the ranges (shooting practice) and he will be there till 1130ish tonight. He called about a half hour ago and asked me to pick up some munchies for tommorrow. They are back out there for 530am till 1130. I say they get Friday off! :)
We are also waiting to hear about the upcoming excercises in NB and AB, 2 weeks and 6 weeks respectively. I think waiting to know is the hardest part.
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Condolences just arent enough for the 5 families of those 5 soldiers killed in Afganistan over the long weekend. I couldnt sleep last night, so many thoughts running through my head. Rodney is on the list to go, if not February (which he and most of the times I want) then for sure in November. Yes, I want him to go, most of the time. It is his job as a soldier and he is more than overdue to serve there. Of course the risk is growing higher and higher and I would be more than devastated should anything happen - but - I believe that God has a plan and if Rodney is to die young, he will. Whether it be serving his country or in a car or walking down the street. Of course I am selfish when it comes to things like this...no wife or girlfriend wants their husband or boyfriend to be gone for 6 months, to see the things he sees, hears the things he hears nor bring them back to "normal" life. But then I think about the soldiers and the families, especially here in Petawawa who have had no choice but to have 2 or 3 tours in the last 4 years, while guys in Kingston, Trenton and all over Canada haven't had one at all. Rodney has had 2 tours, short ones, but two none the less. Afganistan and Africa. So I feel, and I think he feels, that he owes his fellow soldiers at least one more - of 6 months. I know if I was in the position of Rodney having 2 tours in a few years, I would be protesting. And hell it might come down to that. As the base camp grows, more support crews are needed. Even more hellish, the way things are going it might not even matter who you are or what your trade is - the Afgannies are ruthless and want NATO out of their country - its going to take many years for this to end. It sickens me that our military is PEACEKEEPING! We arent Americans! And everyone KNEW that voting in Harper meant a huge military ordeal....so...on behalf of all of the military families - THANK YOU TO THE CONSERVATIVES for voting in Harper and putting all of our soldiers in harms way. Yes...thank you. And for Harper to say he is deeply saddened by the last fallen soldier on account of AMERICAN FIRE - oh dear god...this whole operation doesnt make any sense anymore. Bush wants our help in the War Against Terrorism - but really...we are terrorists in their country... and then we get sent to the front lines when BOTH Harper and Bush know that PEACEKEEPERS dont belong there, let alone reservists. But we are Canadians and we do it anyway. And then... an Amercian plane shoots at us! MAKE UP YOUR F-ING minds who you want on your side!
I really hope that after the family of the young Pte who was killed on the account of the Americans speaks up and speaks up LOUD!
In my opinion...Harper just hung himself as being voted in a second time for PM. The Canadian Military families make up a huge portion of this great nation...and there are a lot of pissed off people.
Anyways...enough of that...my blood is boiling enough. Should Rodney get the Feb07 tour, we will be buying a house this tme next year - which makes me oh so happy! Which will just be oh so convienent! We will just get the PMQ set to the way we want it and BOOM move again! So I think within the next year Mr Keeping and I will have to sit down and have a chat about moving...because...with my moving record...we will get settled in the newly bought house and BOOM posted somewhere else or BOOM he is getting out of the army and Im sure as hell NOT staying here if he gets his release. hahaha I met a man that brings just as much chaos as I do!
So we survived the really crappy weather weekend. We put up some solar lights, the office book shelf, an army gear shelf, a table for the fish tank and went visiting! We visited Rodney's first cousin who just had a baby - Evan. What a friggen cute baby!! Her mom, Rodney's mom's sister, is here from NFLD. It was really nice to finally meet some of his family. The father of the baby - DJ - is currently overseas. He is an armoured soldier. He left days after baby Evan was born. Can you imagine????? Nothing like a dedicated soldier. We are praying for a save return.
Today I got my first taste of army reality. Rodney was out of the house by 6ish to hit the ranges (shooting practice) and he will be there till 1130ish tonight. He called about a half hour ago and asked me to pick up some munchies for tommorrow. They are back out there for 530am till 1130. I say they get Friday off! :)
We are also waiting to hear about the upcoming excercises in NB and AB, 2 weeks and 6 weeks respectively. I think waiting to know is the hardest part.
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posted by Amanda | 5:09 AM
2 Comments:
God has a plan for Canadian soldiers. But then apparently God told the Taliban all this great stuff about killing heathens.
You see why I'm not big on the idea of God?
Thanks J!!! I know that God has a plan...its just SO frustrating to see our fellow Canadians loosing lives because Bush would rather his troops in Iraq. It just doesnt make sense to me. But if the fallen give a face to this War on Terrorism, bring the military community together to stand up to the foolishness of the current Canadian government - ok.
If Harper wants our troops, OUR husbands and wives, sons and daughters in the front lines - he is going to have to start footing out a lot more money for proper training, salary, overseas pay and accomodating the families that are waiting back at home. And the stupid $100 a month for kids under 6 isnt helping anything.
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