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MrBill
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1 Dec 2006, 4:54pm

My son was promoted to First Lieutenant

[proud Dad alert]

My son, currently serving in Iraq, was promoted to First Lieutenant on the 28th.

[/proud Dad alert]

He and a couple of his soldiers received injuries this week from a hand grenade thrown over a wall. They thought it was just "another rock" as that has happened many times, but they were surprised went it blew up. My son received very minor injury, but a couple of his soldiers received more serious injuries.

I now have a few more gray hairs. It might be white by the time he gets out of Iraq!
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1 Dec 2006, 5:10pm
Congrats to your son and glad he's okay.
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1 Dec 2006, 5:15pm
Congrats to the new Lieutenant and lets hope we can bring 'em all home safe.
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1 Dec 2006, 5:30pm
Congrats to 1st Lt. Mr Bill Jr!
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1 Dec 2006, 5:44pm
Congratulations. You are quite justifiably proud of him, as are many of us.
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1 Dec 2006, 6:17pm
Quoting profdlp
Congratulations. You are quite justifiably proud of him, as are many of us.
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2 Dec 2006, 1:56pm
Hey! Congrats MrBill!
Let him know we're all proud of him and others serving for freedom around the world.
And we're very glad to hear he's OK.
We'll keep them all in our prayers for healing and safe return home.
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2 Dec 2006, 2:32pm
Congrats to you and your proud family Mr. Bill. I hope this mess gets settled soon and he returns home safely. Give Mrs. Bill best wishes too!
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2 Dec 2006, 2:56pm
Congrats on your son's promotion, MrBill. And I'm very glad to hear that he wasn't hurt badly with the grenade attack also. I hope that he and his company rotates back out soon.
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2 Dec 2006, 3:04pm
Congrats on his promotion, give him a big thanks from all of us, and a wish that everyone comes home safe and soon!
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2 Dec 2006, 3:44pm
It's quite stressful knowing someone close is at war, good luck and congrats to him, and God speed to you in not worrying.
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2 Dec 2006, 4:05pm
Congrats on your son's promotion MrBill.
Good to hear the injuries were minor and hoping for a safe return.
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2 Dec 2006, 7:26pm
Thanks for the congrats, prayers and well wishes everyone. I'll send my son a link to this thread and hopefully he'll have time at some point to read it himself.

Though he received minor injuy himself, his first and foremost concern was for his men serving under him. He has been in Iraq since March of this year and has had a couple of his guys get shot -- luckily none were life threatening. His company should be rotating out in late February or early March of 2007.
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3 Dec 2006, 10:33pm
Congrats on your sons promotion.
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Kentigern
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3 Dec 2006, 10:40pm
Congrats on your sons promotion, glad he wasn't hurt too badly.
I'll add him to my prayer list.

On a lighter note I understand grecian 2000 works wonders on the gray/white hairs
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4 Dec 2006, 1:37am
Bill, I'm very happy to hear your son was not seriously injured or worse.
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4 Dec 2006, 3:00am
Glad your son is doing well after the attack and I hope he stays out of further harm...

Oh... and CONGRATS on his promotion!!!!
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5 Dec 2006, 1:45pm
That's a brave son you have there, MrBill. He deserves every stripe.
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5 Dec 2006, 10:54pm
Please send my congratulations to your son.
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