Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Ode to Eggs

Here is a little story about our friend eggs "Eggleston". Eggs is a religious lil guy, well mannered (well when he isn't playing a sports game on X-Box but what does he expect when he choses teams out of the Capitol area). He isn't a Combat Arms guy but you wouldn't be able to tell that about him... Shit half the time I forget that he is a fridge mech... Hard working and reliable come to mind when talking about Eggs.... He was recently "benched" from the team and is currently riding the rest of the deployment out from behind a desk.. Not cuz we want him there trust me we want him out on the road with us... See Eggs wasn't supposed to come to Iraq he has a condition with his eye's where he gets something like Cold Sores on his eyes, and the sun, wind, dust, and heat aggravate the condition... So now Eggs has scarring on his cornea that will affect his vision later on in life. So the powers that be said no more... So he has to sit by the phone... I know he doesn't want to and I know we don't want him to.... He is the hardest refrigeration mechanic that I know... Eggleston is a damned good Soldier, got screwed into coming here by HHC (and a myriad of other people but I don't know the whole story so take it as face value that I might just be talking out of my ass) but he did his mission without bitching and to the best of his ability, when we got nailed in Samarra and the guys in his truck were out of the fight Eggs comes over the Radio and starts giving his LACE and a little sit rep and keeping us informed with whats going on. The picture of the crew below you see Eggs on the left with a big grin on his face.. Thats just an attestment to my mans character. Pretty much I just want Eggs to know and everyone else for that matter that we know you got screwed man and we would roll through the gates of hell with you any damn day of the week......

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