Today’s photohunter theme is veterans. Today, I honor three veterans: my father, my husband and my son.
My father served in the Navy during World War II.
My husband served in the Navy for 21 years, beginning his term of service during the Vietnam War and including service during the first Gulf War.
My son serves in the Army. He chose that branch of service ultimately because, as he said, “I just couldn’t wrap my head around all that water.” He is a veteran of the ongoing conflict in Iraq. This picture was taken while he was in theatre, arrayed in what the Army refers to as “full battle rattle.”
He’s not always so grim. Here he is with his beautiful wife and her son.
May God bless and keep him safe. He is back over there.
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Lovely tribute, Ellie.
My husband’s family were all Navy men, including his dad. I’ll keep your son, and all our men & women in service, in my thoughts. {{Hugs}}
A great family tradition. I don’t know whether I could handle all that water either 🙂
What a nice smile on your son. May he have many, many more in the years ahead.
Is this the son who just got married? They look very happy
Yes, that’s the one. I only have the one. They had just gotten engaged when I took that picture, and they were looking happy. Actually, the reason he was in uniform was that he was set to travel back to his unit in Iraq, so they weren’t really all that happy that day.
May God’s hand of protection be upon him and all those with him.
Thanks to your family for their service.
May your son be protected while he is overseas and come home safely.
FlowerLady