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    Leaving Afghanistan

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    Posted by Gen Greene's son on facebook.

    " Ladies and Gentlemen, while the president and vp were welcome to attend my father's funeral and burial lets make a few things clear.

    1) my father is no more important than any other soldier lost in war. What message does it send if he attends one funeral over another? Does it make that soldier more important than another? What does it say to families?

    2) do you think the president being at the service helps bring my father back or make us feel any better that he is gone? The answer is no.

    3) If the president or vp had been there, there would have been more stress on our family simply in terms of logistics let alone security. More people would have had to stand outside or not come at all due to the security requirements .

    I am happy the president or vp did not come because the ceremony was more personal, more intimate and better because we got to share it with the people who meant the most to us.

    Do not allow news outlets to make a political soapbox out of my family or my father."

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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by buenavista

    CBM 14-06

    T-38

    A10 DM

    B1 Dyess

    F16 Active Slot to Kelly Field

    F16 Oklahoma ANG

    T6 CBM

    T-1

    C17 Charleston

    C17 Lewis-McChord

    C17 Mississippi ANG

    C17 New York ANG

    C12 Yokota

    C21 Ramstein

    C21 Scott

    EC130 DM

    C130 Georgia Reserve

    C130 Ohio Reserve

    KC135 McConnell

    KC10 McGuire

    KC135 Fairchild

    KC135 Active slot to Birmingham

    MC130 Hurlburt

    T1 CBM

    U28 Hurlburt

    edit: too many H's, thx wxman

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