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November 19, 2007
Paratroopers Sign Up for Another Tour
Photo - One hundred forty-one paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, re-enlisted Oct. 14 on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, in a ceremony conducted by Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commanding general of Multi-National Division–Center. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler
Paratroopers Sign Up for Another Tour Deployed soldiers participate in mass re-enlistment ceremony
By Sgt. Marcus Butler
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne)
25th Infantry Division
BAGHDAD— One hundred forty-one paratroopers decided to stay Army in a mass re-enlistment ceremony held on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq.
The paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, made the decision to continue their service in the Army after being deployed for over a year.
Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commanding general of Multi-National Division–Center, made a special trip to FOB Kalsu to lead the oath of enlistment for these paratroopers.
“To re-enlist this many paratroopers after being deployed for a year is truly amazing,” said Master Sgt. Douglas Goodwin, senior career counselor for the 4th BCT (Abn.), 25th Inf. Div. “It says a lot about the leadership and the patriotism of these paratroopers.”
After the ceremony, Lynch thanked each paratrooper and posed for pictures.
To this date, the Spartan Brigade has re-enlisted nearly 1,300 soldiers; approximately 70 percent of them have decided to stay with the brigade for another tour.
“Soldiers are special people and to see these paratroopers making a commitment to continue serving their country when the operational tempo is so high proves they trust in their leadership,” Goodwin said. “It also shows how much they believe in what they are doing and stand proud as United States paratroopers ready to defend our country against the ever-growing threat of terrorism."
Wild Thing's comment........
We support you and thank you for all you do.
Posted by Wild Thing at November 19, 2007 12:44 AM
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Posted by: drstrangeloveb52isok at November 19, 2007 03:35 AM
AIRBORNE! All the Way
Posted by: TomR at November 19, 2007 08:29 AM
Thank God for their parents, at least there are parents that are doing it right. To Produce this many good guys in one outfit.
It says alot about the Army too. It has and always been about attitude.
Posted by: Mark at November 19, 2007 11:58 AM
I didn't realize it when I posted before and thought the name of the FOB sounded familar: so i checked:
Bob was selected as an Oklahoma Sooner All-American Tackle in 1967. As an eighth-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 1968, he started eight games at Guard and was voted the team's top rookie in 1968.
He began fulfilling his ROTC obligation with the US Army following the '68 season and started his tour of duty in Vietnam in November of 1969, where he served with Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery, 101st Airborne Division.
His MOS was 1193 - Field Artillery Unit Commander. LT Kalsu was killed by mortar fire on July 21, 1970 at Firebase Ripcord near the Ashau Valley.
Posted by: Mark at November 19, 2007 12:13 PM
This flies in the face of the rhetoric espoused by the left. There are men and women who will repeatedly stand in the breach to defend this nation anywhere in the world. For all the rest:
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
--Samuel Adams
God bless all our troops.
Posted by: Jack at November 19, 2007 02:56 PM
How can this be? I thought morale was soooooo low?
Posted by: BobF at November 19, 2007 03:46 PM
drstrangeloveb52isok, isn't is interesting that is really is the isims like you said.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 19, 2007 11:46 PM
Tom, Ditto!
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 19, 2007 11:52 PM
Mark, thank you so much for sharing about Bob, it means a lot.
And your so right too how it reflects on the parents as well.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 20, 2007 12:06 AM
Jack that is such a great quote, thank you so much.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 20, 2007 12:07 AM
Bob, lol yeah really low huh. We better whisper about these guys or the lefties might get a migraine. heh heh
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 20, 2007 12:08 AM
