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color:blue'>Ladies and Gentlemen,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>Our friend Jerry Castillo has produced another video and this one
is of the welcome home of the troops at the armory in Wylie. If you haven’t
seen one of Jerry’s videos before I encourage you to take the time to
check them out. I think this one is particularly special because of the
joy it depicts when families are united and troops end their deployment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>One thing to note is that there was a bit of a secret operation we
were able to help with for their welcome home. While it is true that ALL
of the unit came home, one of the unit members suffered a severe injury as a
result of an IED and has been at Walter Reed Hospital for several months.
He was not scheduled to be able to be with the troops when they got back to
Wylie and this disappointed the troops a great deal, as they wanted the unit to
be there as a whole when they came home. It turns out that he was able to
secure a pass for a short period of time and he and his dad flew down on the
day of the return as a surprise to the rest of the unit. Captain Leeper
asked if we could supply 2 riders as an escort from DFW Airport to Wylie and to
keep the whole thing a secret so the troops wouldn’t find out about the
surprise. It was a great honor for us to participate in sending 2 flag
bikes to the airport for this part of the mission. During the video you
will notice one soldier on crutches and as the soldiers get off of the buses
many of them come and embrace him with big smiles on their faces.
Surprise achieved…mission accomplished. The entire unit made it
back to Wylie intact, all at one time. Captain Leeper knows how to take
care of his people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>The video link is </span><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XIxSphG8g">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XIxSphG8g</a>
<span style='color:#0000FD'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0000FD'>and I would like to thank Jerry for
making it available to us. And if you can’t make out what the unit
is saying when they come to attention in their formation, it’s; “Shoot
‘em in the face.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#0000FD'>Thanks, everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#0000FD'>Steve Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#0000FD'>Deputy State Captain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#0000FD'>North Texas PGR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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