Comments on: Memorial Day in Mosul http://manrymission.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-in-mosul/ home is where the coffee cup is Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:34:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dale http://manrymission.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-in-mosul/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Dale Fri, 30 May 2008 05:24:17 +0000 http://manrymission.com/?p=311#comment-738 Hey Rick, great to hear from you! It's always nice to hear from fellow Barbarians every now and then. Mugs has kept in close contact with Debby Dines. We get to see Debby every now and then, which is always fun. I'm glad things are going well for you in GA. Take care. Hey Rick, great to hear from you! It’s always nice to hear from fellow Barbarians every now and then. Mugs has kept in close contact with Debby Dines. We get to see Debby every now and then, which is always fun. I’m glad things are going well for you in GA. Take care.

]]> By: Rick Pendell http://manrymission.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-in-mosul/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Rick Pendell Tue, 27 May 2008 01:28:54 +0000 http://manrymission.com/?p=311#comment-729 Hi Dale, Greetings from your Beanhead year roommate. You are right, every day should be Memorial Day. I am fortunate enough to live in a community that still honors it's heroes. Roswell,GA had it's Memorial Day service today and it was very well attended as always. A week ago I did the Gulf Coast Triathlon, and in the 1600-person field were 16 cadets from the USMA triathlon team. Two checked in when I did and I wished them well. They were very young and very respectful. Like yourself I got the automatic "Sir" treatment though I just turned 40. I just discovered your blog through the AOG link, and am glad to see you doing well. Tell Mugs I say "hello". From plebe year on you two always modeled what a healthy relationship looks like; I would like to think my wife Elena and I have a similar one. Like yourselves, Elena and I married right after graduation. We have no kids due to a health issue, though Elena gets 12 new preschoolers to look after every year as a preschool teacher. As for myself, I work as a long-haul trucker travelling the U.S. and Canada, and as an individual investor. Like yourself I try to run regularly, just like in school, and compete in two half-ironman triathlons per year. Sometimes I think it is difficult to squeeze running into my travels across the continent, but your blog helps me put things in perspective; it would be even more difficult running when forward-deployed. Thanks for your continued service, Dale, and if you are ever in Atlanta our home is your home. Rick Pendell pendell2@charter.net Hi Dale,

Greetings from your Beanhead year roommate. You are right, every day should be Memorial Day.
I am fortunate enough to live in a community that still honors it’s heroes. Roswell,GA had it’s Memorial Day service today and it was very well attended as always.
A week ago I did the Gulf Coast Triathlon, and in the 1600-person field were 16 cadets from the USMA triathlon team. Two checked in when I did and I wished them well. They were very young and very respectful. Like yourself I got the automatic “Sir” treatment though I just turned 40.
I just discovered your blog through the AOG link, and am glad to see you doing well. Tell Mugs I say “hello”. From plebe year on you two always modeled what a healthy relationship looks like; I would like to think my wife Elena and I have a similar one.
Like yourselves, Elena and I married right after graduation. We have no kids due to a health issue, though Elena gets 12 new preschoolers to look after every year as a preschool teacher. As for myself, I work as a long-haul trucker travelling the U.S. and Canada, and as an individual investor. Like yourself I try to run regularly, just like in school, and compete in two half-ironman triathlons per year.
Sometimes I think it is difficult to squeeze running into my travels across the continent, but your blog helps me put things in perspective; it would be even more difficult running when forward-deployed.
Thanks for your continued service, Dale, and if you are ever in Atlanta our home is your home.
Rick Pendell
pendell2@charter.net

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