OCTOBER 2007
IRAQ
(SOME INFORMATION HAS BEEN EDITED FOR OPSEC PURPOSES)
Tom didn't send out an October update, but when we received his computer files we found a folder labeled "email pics" that contained pictures he intended to share in an upcoming email. We have included those pictures and the small bit we know about the stories behind them.
Looking through night vision goggles at one of his Snipers in a hidesite
A little downtime on one of the rooftops
A play on "Got Milk?" by one of the guys in the troop who had been shot earlier in the deployment
The infamous pre-mission cigar during a joint-mission prep
Sniper Platoon Leader and Platoon Sergeant
Not quite the green Monster Energy Drinks Tom came to love during the deployment... but still pretty essential.
Spades. Enough said.
26 September: one of the four times Tom and Erika were able to see each other while they were both in country. Erika flew to Tom's FOB for a routine patient pick up and he came out to visit for the two minutes she was there.
Thank you sincerely for taking the time to look through these updates and, most of all, for being a friend to Tom.
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