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To: Ilaine who wrote (128514)	7/30/2005 10:40:14 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) of 793838

Since we're speaking about airports... I flew to Seattle on Wednesday for the day. On the flight out, I sat next to a young man of 25. He was wearing an army uniform, and was flying that day to Texas, then Germany and on back to rejoin his unit in Iraq. I told him I appreciated what he and his buddies are doing over there. He was quite appreciative. He said he was stationed in Karkuk in NE Iraq, and that things are not as bad there as in Baghdad. That said, he was anxious to get back to his unit to make sure all of his buddies were ok and had not been injured or killed. What I found interesting was that this young man was not someone who had joined up for lack of anything better to do. He has a degree from Washington State University, was quite intelligent and obviously could have been out working in the civilian world. He chose to join the Army in lieu of pursuing a civilian career. I'm grateful we have people like that young man out there, willing to serve.

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