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Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:11 pm
by Barq's
Well guys.....This is my last 12 hour shift for this tour in Saudi....I would like to thank those of you that allowed me to escape the depths of hell over here and brought me back home with your threads and stories. I can honestly say that ya'll are some of the best people I've never met (hahaha!) and hope to meet most of you soon. I have been on here since the beginning under various names due to always forgetting my info in the offseason...Some of you gave to my family after Katrina in the way of money for my niece and nephews Christmas...some of ya'll gave great information....some gave me a laugh or two...but you all give something in the way of bringing a person "home"....

I had some rough days over here and I always found something on this site to cheer me up or to bring me home in thought....I had some offers to hunt with some of you when I get home and I sincerely appreciate all the offers, but more than that, I appreciate the fact that you supported a troop that you didn't really know....that means more to me than ya'll know.

Hell, anyone that knows any true Mississippian knows that we are good people....that in all reality, we are some of the least racist people on the face of the earth...that we aren't ignorant to the fact that bad people come in all flavors....not just chocolate...

I am honored to know ya'll and though I have missed alot of functions since I have been gone from home, ya'll helped me get through alot of days.

I was right there with ya'll putting slabs on the pontoon blind....using the Katrina scraps on the new blind.....pulling out slabs at the res....putting down flooring....and watching the pot of gumbo at the festival.

I sincerely hope that I get to meet ya'll, as that I feel I know most of you already...hell, I've been going to Canada for years with Anatidea...

Thank ya'll from the bottom of my heart....I'm a Black Democrat now....so you know where I will be and very soon I will be heading back home to mosquitoes....salt water...delta mud....and the best people I know that exist on this planet....Mississippians....

Thank you all....
St.John Barq

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:18 pm
by missed mallards
Thank you for what you do!


I hope and pray for safe travels home!

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:27 pm
by Jeff
Thank you for your service and be safe and get home for hunting season.

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:39 pm
by medic11
Safe travels, I've made the plane ride from here to that side of the country 8 times and it sucks. Plane rides coming home were usually much better. I'm not far from the black democrat so look me up this season.

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:40 pm
by Anatidae
Your post made my day!

Great news on coming home!

Glad the 'board' could provide some relief and help you keep it together over there. Thanks for watching our backs.

Have a good trip.

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Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:42 pm
by mudsucker
Biggie let YOU in the BDDC? :shock: Well hell the dump has gone downhill now. Look foward to maybe seeing you around. Thank you for your service, Bro!

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:36 pm
by cwink
Thank You for your service.. Safe travels home..

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:32 pm
by Dux Be Us
just in time for duck season...holla, ive got dux right now :wink:

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:40 pm
by mshunter77
Thanks for your service and prayers for safe travels home. Sounds like you are from the coast if so I would like to meet up with you sometime and buy you a beer.

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:25 am
by eSJay
Come on home & be safe in transit.
No need to thank us...we should be thanking you!
However; for me, this dump is good therapy from the daily grind. I can see how it could be very therapeutic to a duck hunting soldier thousands of miles from home.
Again, thanks for you service. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your first bootlip beatdown @ the BD.

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:45 am
by duckkiller
Thanks for your service and your family's sacrifice hope you have a safe trip home!

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:11 am
by judge jb
welcome home!

judge jb

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:28 am
by medic11
You're right about this place helping pass time. I passed many hours away in Afghanistan sitting around the MEDEVAC shack reading this forum

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:29 am
by gator
Barq's, we need to be thanking you, not the other way around. glad you're safe and headed this way.

look for a red F150 with a stainless dog box on it at the BDDC and stop by....we'll shoot a few and afterwards have a brew.

thanks for your service bro, gator

Re: Thank ya'll.....

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:04 pm
by Barq's
Will do.....