A Year In The Sandbox » Post-Afghanistan http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com A chronicle of my experiences preparing for and going on a deployment to Afghanistan Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:13:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Illinois Soldiers Return Home http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/07/31/illinois-soldiers-return-home/ http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/2009/07/31/illinois-soldiers-return-home/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:06:09 +0000 Mike http://www.ayearinthesandbox.com/?p=400 Here are a couple stories from the Chicago Tribune about our security force company returning home. One has a short video of their homecoming, the other tells the story of the March 15th IED. Reading that story brought back a lot of feelings. Near he end it tells about how SFC Burleson reacted when he found out the other 2 guys didn’t make it. I remember exactly how I felt when I heard that, just crushed. Everybody expected to see SGT Abeyta and SPC Weinger again.

Not Everyone Comes Home

Celebration, Sorrow As Illinois National Guard Troops Return From Afghanistan

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The team that replaced us is interested in keeping this blog going. Once they get settled in and rolling they’ll start posting here. It’ll be nice to keep up with what’s going on in the province and I know some of you still have family there in JBad. So just because I’m coming home don’t delete this site from your favorites!

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