Over my short 26 years I spent Christmas deployed on ships twice, six years overseas and one year as the OD at Camp Geiger with my new wife in the VOQ at mainside, CLNC. Each holds fond memories of the Band of Brothers and Esprit de Corps. Twice my sons were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. As a child at Ramstein AFB 1955-59 I would listen to AFN as Santa picked up fighter escorts from the North Pole to our location to deliver presents. As the CO MCT, SOI my wife baked cookies for ten days for the Marines in the barracks and my sons, in late elementary school delivered them to the barracks on Christmas. Special fond memories of the USO Jacksonville N.C. and SgtMaj Hartman.
Over my short 26 years I spent Christmas deployed on ships twice, six years overseas and one year as the OD at Camp Geiger with my new wife in the VOQ at mainside, CLNC. Each holds fond memories of the Band of Brothers and Esprit de Corps. Twice my sons were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. As a child at Ramstein AFB 1955-59 I would listen to AFN as Santa picked up fighter escorts from the North Pole to our location to deliver presents. As the CO MCT, SOI my wife baked cookies for ten days for the Marines in the barracks and my sons, in late elementary school delivered them to the barracks on Christmas. Special fond memories of the USO Jacksonville N.C. and SgtMaj Hartman.