A Shared Email

Vero Beach
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Our oldest son John is serving with the Air Force overseas. I couldn't write about where he is in the blog before because it was classified until his unit got there. Now I can.

I thought I would share an email I got from John today. He makes me proud. Not only is he serving his country in the military, he also volunteers to help build houses for the local people there, and he volunteers to help the K9 squad train dogs. Now is has a new activity (see below) also oriented toward helping people.

The package he mentions resulted from a request from John for ordinary
magazines. Libby and I raided the sailor's lounge at the marina and grabbed a miscellaneous bunch of sailing, news, travel, and treasure hunting magazines to send for John and his buddies.

From: john.mills@maab.centaf.af.mil

Hey guys,

I just got a heavy package filled with periodicals. Thank you very much! I'm getting a little tired of looking for a new paperback, and most of the magazines here are fitness and military equipment related, or pop music related. Slim pickin's. I don't know which one to start with :).

More interesting news. My already limited time off is now reduced due to the fact that I've been elected President of the 5/6 Council. That is composed of E5 and E6 members that are devoted to mentoring junior enlisted and also working more closely with the senior enlisted members to improve the morale of the whole base. I will have to cut my sleep time in half to make all the meetings I’m now obligated to attend.

TSgt John Mills

376 AEW/ESFS/SFOB/VSA
APO AE 09353
Flight Chief, VSA, SFOA
Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan Republic