Brother-in-law left for Afghanistan this morning

[El Jefe]

Apache Long Bow pilot. Sucks he leaves on Friday 13th, even worse hes leaving behind 3 young kids. Stay safe Bill. Hopefully that asshole of a Commander in Chief makes a decision on what do for you guys out there soon

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[AZSonicSnake]

wow. what a day to leave. i wish him a safe return, and please thank him for doing what he does. we sure appreciate it.


btw- that first pic is just amazing. thank you for posting those!

[Mr. Austin]

Wow. Tell him good luck. And defiantly an off day to leave.

[DSALEEN]

Thanks a million guys and gals over there

[Jacostang]

Lets hope and pray for his safe return along with all of our soldiers and please use the phrase.. "Commander in Chief" when we have a real one......IMO..

[AirborneVet]

Prayers out for him and his family and for a safe redeployment when the time comes!

[Bandit]

Lets hope and pray for his safe return along with all of our soldiers and please use the phrase.. "Commander in Chief" when we have a real one......IMO..

X2!!!

[silvrsvt]

X2!!!

X3!!!

[El Jefe]

Well supposedly hes in Afghanistan now but it takes almost a month to get to his post? Not allowed to fly in directly, they have to travel by car. How dangerous is that! WTF?

[RockysMom]

Ditto


wow. what a day to leave. i wish him a safe return, and please thank him for doing what he does. we sure appreciate it.


btw- that first pic is just amazing. thank you for posting those!

[AZSaleen04]

Ditto

[El Jefe]

So I guess hes got a world wide cell phone....

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[AZSonicSnake]

oh wow. thats just insane! very cool.

[El Jefe]

very cool! Im getting pics every other day it seems!

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[trucker]

we wouldn't be in this perdicament if the X-commander and chiefs dad would have let us finish the job the first time around!!!!

May god watch over your brotherinlaw for his safe return

[El Jefe]

Hmmm this was uploaded last week and its the same division he flies...Check out these videos


LiveLeak.com - Raw Footage of Apache Gunships in Iraq Combat: Punish the Deserving (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=db9_1259575524)
LiveLeak.com - Web Exclusive: Apaches Blast Enemy Fighters in Zabul (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b07_1259578322)

[silver03cobra]

My uncle was one of the top AH-64A Apache pilot in the country.. now the mayor of pinal county (bryan martyn).. coming from a military family, I will pray for a safe return soon. and please thank him for me... Seth.

[Ruckus46gt]

As you can tell from the pics, Afghanistan is prob not like you expected. Do you know what section of Afghanistan he is in RC South, RC East, etc?

I'm out in RC East

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[billyboss]

Best Of luck, my son just got recalled he leaves January 17th

[OUR P51]

I will be praying for Bill and Ruckus and their guys. These are two of America's finest doing what they are asked to do regardless of what goes on in the White House. Freedom isn't free and all of our military personnel have been proving that all along. Thank you all so very much for having the courage and intelligence to do what you are doing!!!

I also pray for your daily encouragement and that you will be safe no matter what the missions demand.

Thanks for posting the pics... very moving, thanks for sharing the experience with us back here through these pics. Keep posting!

Those "walls" around the properties, what are they for?

Ruckus46gt your photo site is awesome also, great work! Keep going. Love the shot of the ball player in mid air! You have a knack for being in the right place at the right time and choosing the right split second to get some awesome shots in! Ditto Bill as an Apache pilot. Bravo!

[El Jefe]

Thanks for the pics Ruckus! I dont know exactly where he is because he cant tell us but you might be able to tell from the pics/story of this newsletter

http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac265/JJonesIns/ourflightline.jpg
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The last month or so he is flying every other day and he goes from 8pm until about 6am then works till 10 then gets some sleep. I just went out to Georgia to see my sister and her fam and for a couple weeks and she talks to Bill just about every day. Supposedly Apache pilots are treated like Rockstars out there. We went on Skype a couple times and did a video chat which was really cool. Hes in good spirit since were sending him packages full of stuff every month

http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac265/JJonesIns/gettingreadytogocopy.jpg

But he does have another reason to be in good spirit. Check out the monthly newsletter where he and his copilot were mentioned. He is CW2 Thomas

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Heres the original pics that are down for some reason....


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From Georgia:

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[ChuckD]

Yes the are Rockstars. I remember being out on a mission and we were stopped due to an IED. We had Apaches flying above, on the radio you hear "Did I just see that" "If your talking about what I think your talking about yes" "Hey boys on the ground watch this" at that point a palm grove got hammered. The had spotted the placers of the IED and they were trying to detinate it by phone and set off motor rounds towards us. So yes eyes in the skys rocks.

[El Jefe]

He was next door to the building that the rocket hit. He called my sister and said he was ok.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/19/afghanistan-bagram-nato-insurgents-attack


Suicide bombers carrying rockets and grenades attacked one of the biggest Nato military bases in Afghanistan today, killing an American contractor and wounding nine US troops.

About a dozen militants, many wearing suicide vests packed with explosives, were killed, the Pentagon said.

The fighting came the day after a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy in Kabul, killing 12 Afghan civilians and six foreign service personnel.

A spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) would not identify the American contractor until next of kin had been told.

The attacks may mark the start of a Taliban spring offensive against high-profile foreign targets.

The early-morning assault on Bagram airbase, led by about 30 Taliban insurgents, continued for hours with sporadic rocket and small arms fire. One rocket landed inside the base, causing minor damage, but no insurgents managed to get inside, Isaf said.

"We're always prepared to deal with attacks on our base," said spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Counts.Also received this pic from him last week, I guess this was an accident, not sure on the story but this was not from this recent attack:

[JoshuaEIB]

tell him to keep looking out for my former brothers in arms!!! (Infantry 11B)

[El Jefe]

He is currently completing his last flight as I type this. Flies out tomorrow morning and should be home by the 5th. Hes bringing with him his lucky Ace of spades card which has kept track of his tally(people/building/cars destroyed) the entire year he was there. I saw a picture of it 4 months ago and he barely had any room left on it.

[OUR P51]

Glad he is OK and Congrats on his coming home!

Please tell him and everyone who is was or will be in harms way a huge "Thank You for your Service!" for keeping us safe by their hard work.

We are only free because of the brave.