MAJOR CHANDLER
The day has come, and the hour is upon us when we will be saying goodbye for a very extended amount of time. For those of you who don't know who my father is, he is the man standing in the middle of myself and Wes. This picture was taken at my sister Mandy's wedding...we are not in the mafia. My dad will be departing from us for the better part of six months to go do his part in making this world a better place for many who are less fortunate in the world. My dad works for L3 (formerly General Dynamics), and knows basically all there is to know about how tanks work. Therefore when times of war are upon us, his company contracts a select few of its people to the military to troubleshoot, repair, and instruct on repairing the tanks that our troops highly rely on. When the start of the most recent war in Iraq began in the spring of 2003 my dad was there. He left for the small desert nation of Kuwait in February of 2002, and when the battle commenced into Iraq in late March he was there every step of the way. Given the rank of a major to avoid any problems with lower ranking soldiers, my dad ate with the troops, slept on a cot at a blownup airstrip, saw Saddam's palaces, carried a machine gun for protection, and lived the life of a soldier. My dad never served in the military, nor is this duty in his job description. My dad has done this, and is doing this again purely on a voluntary basis. Unlike those select members of the party in our government I would not affiliate myself with (DEMOCRATS), my dad believes in supporting our troops, and providing them with everything they need to do there job quickly, effectively, and safely. My dad believes in the reasons for this war, and fully supports our troops and our president. My dad is an example of what it is to be a great American citizen. I have never seen anyone work as hard, put as much commitment into everything as my dad; he is a commited father, Christian, husband, and a commited American. I hope that you will remember him in your prayers as he ventures out into the unfortunate battle torn world. I will put up another blog that you can reach off of this blog that I will hopefully be able to post pictures of his encounters and stories of the highly misreported Iraqi region.
posted by Eric @ 11:47 PM
3 Comments:
I'll definitely be praying, Eric.
you are a very sweet son to honor your father so well, but your father deserves all of that praise and more. of all my friends, growing up... i have always respected and loved mandy's (your) parents most. they are incredible. and i will be praying for him lots...and your mom.
When I wake and when I rise, he shall be in my prayers, brother.
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