We got a phone call around 3 pm this afternoon. He was in NJ. :flower: He had a 2 hour layover before they flew on to Ft Mc Coy in WI.

We should see him Thursday for Friday.

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Ah, great news. Sounds like it's going to be a great reunion.

heres hoping this story goes out to all families with loved ones overseas

best regards to david !!

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dfoster I love that song.
Over the years, I never imagined it with this moment. thank you.

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Color me inspired, my friend. With a huge lump in my throat, and more than a tear in my eye for full acknowledgment of the depth of your eternal gratitude to a higher power, I thank God for you and yours, for having the great good fortune in delivering your son back to the land of the free and the brave, and not least...with him having the great gift of knowing with precision just exactly what that means, him having paid for it with his proud patriotism.

To your son David, I say:

"les bon temps viendra"


And give you my personal favorite on a day like this.

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I'll shut up now... and leave room in cyber-space for all other well-wishers, but by God, I don't think I could be happier for another human being at this moment. Sorry for running on. :cheers:

He's in New Jersey!?!?..............thats worse then Afghanistan!!!!LOLOL!!! Just kidding of course!!!
CONGRATS Wayne!!!
Maybe you can finally get a good nights sleep, knowing your boy is HOME!!! :thumbright:

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Rock on! Hope he's not using NWA airline!!!! I'm a little ticked at them, still. 🙂

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Give him a big hug for me and let him know that a lot of us share his joy, having experienced it ourselves. There's nothing like stepping off that plane and smelling the sweet air of home again.

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So happy for you and your family WPR! Thank you to your son and to your family for your sacrifices.



In memory of my cousin,
PFC RYAN M. JERABEK, USMC
9 May 1985 -6 Apr 2004
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

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Awesome news. Go out and celebrate with him wpr!

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that was beautiful. thank yoiu.

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We we joking about that this morning when he was in Germany heading for NJ. At least in A-stan he still was armed, kevlar vest and helmet and could defend himself.

We decided NOT! No more 104 degree days for him unless he takes a road trip out west.

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104 degrees.......bring him to Green Bay for a 10 days in December.......10 days MIGHT add up to 104 degrees!!!
WELCOME HOME DAVID!!!

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I am not sure which airline hauled him around. I do know that they had to deplane 3 times before leaving A-stan due to mechanical prob.
My youngest brother use to have his commercial pilots lic and I told him that. He was really surprised. I suggested that it could have been the same prob and not 3 different prob. I figure if you get sand up the wazoo it is hard to get it out. Same for the planes. Perhaps the mechanics thought they had the screens cleaned out and the lines clear only to find out they still had mechanical difficulties.
Since the plane did not go down between A-stan and Kyrgyzstan I don't care which airline he was on.

By the way, I thought about posting updates but just decided to wait it out till he was boots on ground here.

I have lost all track of the days but he flew out of Kandahar some time on Th the 27th. He called us from Kyrgyzstan Friday. No he was online early Friday morning our time and he spoke to his mother. (I was up until around 1 am CST trying to find him and she got up around 3 am or so.) She saw him online about 5 am our time. K-stan is 12 hr ahead of us so that would have been 5 pm there.
They then had to wait a day MOL to catch their next flight to Germany. The Top SGT called his wife from Germany. That was about 4 am this morning letting her know where they were and to which part of the States they would be heading for. (On the way out they went thru Maine. On his R&R flight it was thru Atlanta both ways.) She sent us an email around 6 am.
Then we got his phone call around 3 pm.
He picked up a prepaid phone while on R&R. Since he did not use it for 6 months the phone co gave away his number but when he called them they patched him thru to us and we spoke for about 2 mins. The woman was still on the line because when he told us that he would have to call someone to get a new number assigned to his phone, she broke in and told him that she would help him get the new number.

I am sure we will hear more from him tomorrow.

Thank you to all for your prayers and support. It means a lot to us all.

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Check outside tomorrow. Ft McCoy is outside Tomah. Your weather just might heat up this week.

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great news, wpr. i hope time moves at a snail's pace while you're with your son. please send him my gratitude & a hug too.

WPR.. best news I have heard in a while.. give that boy a salute for me when you see him.

May all his brothers and sisters in arms follow him safely home.

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congrats on the recent freedom from constant worry.

Thank your son for us.

It is men like he,
that posts at the wall so that all of us may be free...
It is men like he,
That allow us to relax and be without worry...
It is men like he,
And women like she....

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