Comments on: Camp memorial service for Capt. Matthew Freeman http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/ A chronology of my deployment to Afghanistan. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: don http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-3924 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:51:50 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-3924 A year already. It seems like yesterday.

Never forgotten.

Semper Fidelis, Captain.

]]> By: SSgt Hammond http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-1534 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:36:05 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-1534 Capt Freeman,

I am on R&R right now and will be heading back to Wardak in 6 days. This is the first time that I have been able to reflect upon you and I am finding it incredibly painful.

I remember our last conversation. It was a heated argument over how a QRF should be set up and ran. That conversation will haunt me for the rest of my life, because if I knew those would be our last words I would have shook your hand and gave you a hug as a brother, to let you know I was not mad.

I don’t pray nor am I even sure that there is a higher power besides the Gods of Marine and War, so please think of this as a prayer and thought to you.
You inspired me! That is no easy feat for a pilot to do with a combat vet. You always where the first to volunteer during training and always wanted to be a part of everything. You always gave the enlisted a chance to voice their opinions, before making a decision and that is a trait every single Officer should embrace. You brought order to chaos in our team. You where not of a combat arms MOS, but trained and reasoned like you a seasoned vet. I know you wanted to go on that operation and I have a sneaking suspicion it’s because you knew if brothers in arms would be in harm’s way, you wanted to be there.

I feel guilty, I am on R&R and our team is still in harm’s way (unprotected by me), probably how you felt if that operation left without you. You are a great Officer, Marine and Man. The team misses you and I will dearly miss you forever.

Semper Fi Sir, Capt “Freefall”, My Brother, My Captain.

Locus Pendeo

SSgt Hammond “Dale”

]]> By: Mary Lu Saylor http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-955 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:19:49 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-955 Rex,
Thank you once again for sharing with us the bravery of our men and women in service.

We continue to pray for all service personnel who work to protect us.

May God keep you all safe!

Mary Lu

p.s. Rex, I’ve learned something remarkable from every single article that you’ve written. Thank you once again for sharing what is going on with us.

]]> By: Casey McCormick http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-745 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:08:58 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-745 I am so very humbled by the selfless bravery of Cpt. Freeman and other service personnel. His sacrifice for freedom and his country allow so many to live safe and secure existences. Thank you for the images and may God keep you and the soldiers until the work there is done.
Casey
NW Kansas

]]> By: Shirley Buster http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-735 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:01:32 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-735 I pray for every soldier, civilian workers, every country and I pray for all the families that are left behing to pick up the pieces of their lives and forge ahead, they think, alone. Please remember you are not alone, there are millions of people in America and around the globe that love what your soldier and you are doing for us.

God bless and comfort you all.

Shirley

]]> By: Cary Tennis http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-689 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:04:20 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-689 The photos and narrative are hauntingly beautiful. I thank God for Matthew and those like him who so fearlessly sacrifice their very lives that I can be free. And I pray that God will wrap His arms around Matt’s family and friends and give them comfort.
A friend of a friend of Matt’s.

]]> By: Jes Bosley http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-677 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:01:55 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-677 Matt was one of my cousins. We really appreciate this memorial to him. We are proud to call him family, and he is greatly missed.

]]> By: Lola Rice Zeigler http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-674 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:56:11 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-674 Thank you for the article on Captain Matthew Freeman. My son, SSgt Rice, is a part of Matt’s 3 man team. My heart aches for Matt’s family and friends. Matt is a hero for us all. God Bless his family and his Marines.

]]> By: David M http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-670 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:57:29 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-670 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 08/17/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

]]> By: Emily Baumgardner http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/2009/08/15/camp-memorial-service-for-capt-matthew-freeman/#comment-666 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:58:12 +0000 http://afghanistanmylasttour.com/?p=2308#comment-666 Matt was my cousin, thanks for posting this. I appreciate seeing it all, I miss him.

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