God bless the Seabees

[theresalyn]

my brother left two weeks ago to prepare to go to Iraq for active duty. he is in the seabees. i was wondering if there were any other seabee families out there on this board who might care to talk. it's just really hard on our family to let him go and sometimes there is comfort in numbers.
thank you
(if this is not appropriate for this forum, i apologize.)

 

[daveleau]

This is the perfect forum for this. I am not a seebee, but we have a seebee outpost on the back of our AF base. These guys are some of the bravest and have shown their meddle in many conflicts, building amist unsecured combat areas. I pray that your brother is kept safe, that he does his job well and promotes the peace that is the military's product and helps to bring Iraqis to Christ.

 

[theresalyn]

thank you so much for responding daveleau. that is exactly what he is doing. although he can't (and won't) tell us everything, it has something to do with the fire strikes in northern iraq, and because of his civilian training and work, he will be of great worth.
but he is of no greater worth to anyone else than he is to us. however he and all the other brave men and women fit into the design for God's plan, i hope the end result is some kind of peace.
before he left, he asked us not to read the counts of what goes on over there in the papers or listen to the news. (he jokingly said he didn't)
this is, of course, impossible. i wish it weren't. but it is very difficult to learn more about this particular situation over there. if anyone knows more, or knows of a place on the internet where we can keep up more, would you please share it, so we don't feel so helpless? we would be ever grateful.

still, if no one else reads this, it is the great comfort i hoped it would be hearing from at least one person.
God bless you, daveleau. God bless you.

 

[E_Powers]

they are the unsung heros of the military. they are the ones who didntdrop the bombs of ww2 but the built the runways oto do it. they are the ones who built the bridge to continue the push forward. and when the fighting is over they are the ones that help civilian lives in a ravaged area return to normal by building schools.

 

[theresalyn]

they are good souls like my little brother. i will relate to rusty all that you said.
thank you so much.
God bless you.