Despite delays caused by regime overthrow in Manas, a volcanic eruption in Iceland, a refueler strike in the Azores and delays caused by aircraft maintenance…. After 60 hours of sleeping in chairs – I am home at last! Warmest thanks to my wife Liisa’s former teaching assistant Sarah Wilson for this homecoming video. (If you [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is on his way home and may not be able to write today. So he asked me to post this video about one of only two Afghan women who have the rank of General in the Afghan National Army.
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is on a mission and can’t write. So instead I am posting this recent video from the NATO Channel about the challenges children in Afghanistan face when they want to advance in their studies beyond high school.
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About 2 dozen people gathered in the MWR center for the New Year’s Eve party. We had a couple pans of chicken wings and snacks from the DFAC. Prior to the official countdown, the entertainment was being provided by camp personnel singing karaoke. I don’t think you will see any of these folks auditioning for [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: While we enjoy our wonderful mid deployment vacation together in Germany, we got a note from reporter Mark Schreiner that his special University Beat radio, TV and web presentation about Rex’s school supplies project is now airing back home in Tampa, Fla. Mark’s series also showcases the work of Nicole [...]
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U.S. Marine battalion trains local forces in this ABC News video report by Miguel Marquez. ABC News: Marines in Delaram Here is another link to a piece by Martha Raddatz about what the new additional troops will do once they arrive and how long it will take to get them into Afghanistan. ABC News: What [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex has departed on a multi-day mission and asked me to update his readers on a couple of wonderful new developments with our school supplies drive. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to meet with Michael Hoad, University of South Florida’s Vice President of Communications who is also Associate [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: I had a wonderful opportunity to get together with Rex’s friend, SPC Christopher “Kit” Lowe, his parents Sandi and Donald and Life Freeman, the mother of fallen Marine hero Captain Matthew Freeman. Here is a link to a video story about our “packing party” that aired in Savannah yesterday. The [...]
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From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: Rex is very busy today and won’t have time to post. But he asked me to share with everyone this story from WSAV-TV in Savannah, GA about the recovery of his teammate SPC Christopher “Kit” Santiago Lowe. As many of you may remember he was critically wounded on Aug. 7 [...]
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Our school supplies project was featured on the local news last night in Tampa on WTVT-TV/Fox 13. Here is the link to that story by anchor Mark Wilson if you would like to watch it too. Soldier fights battle in Afghanistan with pens For more information on the project, please visit the “School Supplies” tab [...]
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