Wahoo! We’re coming home, Lexington

WAHOOOO!!!!

We come home tomorrow, and as you can imagine everyone is in a great mood! We’re out of harm’s way and back on U.S. soil, and I gotta say it feels great to be back in the United States of America! Our families our excited and anxious and so are we. As I write this and am back in the US, one thought won’t leave my head:

The servicemembers that didn’t get the homecoming that will be waiting on us.

So to the families of servicemembers, who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice, I want you to know on behalf of our whole unit, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your family member that served and the sacrifices your family has made. We will never forget.

I think of those heroes often.

I especially think of my cousin, Taylor Pryznski of Cincinnati, who paid the ultimate price in Iraq just a few years ago.

I think of the more than 60 servicemembers from right here in Kentucky that laid down their lives for us.

The name PFC Sammie Phillips will never leave my mind and will always be a hero of mine. Just like the name PFC Berlin will never leave my mind.

I hope we never forget in this country, that only 1% of the US population serves in the military. That 1% serves on behalf of everyone else. Now that’s called ‘pulling your weight’ and then some.

We owe so many thanks upon our return that I couldn’t possibly list it. I will give a huge thanks though to the active duty soldiers in the 4th Infantry Division, led by the former Southern Mississippi QB and now Kentucky Colonel, Major General Jeffrey Hammond.

To all the 4^th ID FEC soldiers – Godspeed home and continue to do the incredible work you’re doing everyday. You guys are awesome and taught me a lot! So to all of you, thanks.

To all of our families, we know it’s not just about us coming home.

I’ll say that again. TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES; WE KNOW IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT US COMING HOME!!! We couldn’t have done it without you!

We (as a unit) want you to know, especially our wonderful spouses who had it worse than us trying to be both parents in our absence, we love you and thank you for the amazing job you did and we could have never done anything without you and your love and support!

God Bless all of you and God Bless America, I say again, God Bless America!!!!!

I love you Lindsay,

YAMWW

- Steve

PS- Special thanks to Shauna Land and MJR Leamont, SGM Boller, SSGT Corson, SSGT Vonhandorf, SGT Brown, Agt. Saylor who made coming home easy on us and did a lot of our work so we could see our families sooner, rather than later. Thanks guysJ!