Happy New Year, are you coming home soon?

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy 2013 and wondered how many service men and women will actually be coming home in 2013?
I know the UK is hoping to pull the majority of serving personnel out this year, and I bet their families and friends are glad of that.
What will you do on your return I wonder? Perhaps all ex military living within traveling distance of each other, should consider pooling their hard learned skills and starting up in business together.  That way, they can offer their skills and moral support to each other after being in a hostile world that only they can understand.
Let's hope it will be a more peaceful and safer year for us all.

An Afghanistan Christmas?

Happy Christmas and New Year to all serving in Afghanistan this year.
It must seem like the world has forgotten you sometimes, especially when you are
face to face with danger and injury.
People at home with their comfortable lives can't possible know the feelings that you go through, how can they?
That doesn't mean that each and every one of you serving in the military out there is forgotten. Far from it, we all owe you a huge debt of gratitude for the things that you do in order to try and keep sanity and peace in our world.
So, I, in my small way, send you hugs, thanks, and the hope that you will all be home very soon, safe and happy with your families and friends.
Happy Christmas.

Welcome Home Soldier ...

This Christmas holiday, many families will be welcoming home their loved ones who will be returning from conflicts around the globe.

Many of them will be from Afghanistan of course, but others will be coming home from lesser known operations, many of which will never be made public.

I would like to remember these serving personnel, wish them a safe finale to whatever operation they are on and to say they are not forgotten this holiday.

May you and four families have a happy, healthy and above all, peaceful Christmas together this year.

Until February, military wives will understand this ...

Zoey Peace is a military wife (girlfriend). Her husband is serving in Afghanistan and she has to wait until February, or possible longer now, until they are reunited.
She set up this blog for him, her family and their friends so that they could keep up with the events of normal life whilst apart.
The diary is now becoming a global phenomenon, and I want to take this opportunity of spreading the word so that military wives everywhere can share in her humorous diary.
She appeared on BBC breakfast this morning and came over as warm, funny and totally sincere.
Enjoy the blog and a Happy Christmas to serving military and their families everywhere.
Here's the link ...   Until February, the diary of a military wife (girlfriend)

Leaving the military services

With the troops being recalled from all over the fighting world just now, families and friends must be heaving a sigh of relief.
No matter how proud we all are of our fighting forces, the concern for relatives & friends must always be for the safe and intact return of their beloved soldier, sailor, airman etc.
Once you know that person is coming home for good, why not get a greeting card for the occasion?
Something they will be able to keep to remind them of the time they returned safely home.
I hope that all the serving forces will eventually reach home safely and happily. 
What a great day for everyone.

Just as you were, is that what you'll be?

Just like when you left, the same person to me?

You may well have changed,

We all do, it's true,

I just hope I'm me, and you are still you.

Time swiftly passes, the whole world moves on,

And it seems just like yesterday, since you were gone.

Yet deep in my heart, there's a truth I believe,

Your face may have changed, 

But your heart won't deceive.

It won't be too long now, our fingers will touch,

I can say face to face that I've missed you so much,

Well hug and we'll laugh and have much to discuss,

At the end of the day though, we'll still be just us.

 

© inkflo / chez inkflo

Hi everyone.
The weather is changing, the military are getting ready to come home from all parts of the globe, and let's hope many of them will be back with family and friends for the Christmas Holidays.
All rookies in whatever service and whatever country, will hopefully be embarking upon a more peaceful role in the years to come. Nothing can be certain, but war serves no purpose to this planet and humanity, so let's hope our brave boys, wherever they may be, will have less to do in the years to come.
Speaking of Christmas Holidays, there's only just over fourteen weeks to go to Christmas Day!
Hope you are planning early for gifts and cards.
Thank you to all the serving military personnel, all the military staff at home and of course to all the past military personnel in whatever capacity they are serving or have served their country.
Without them, many of us would not be here today, living the comfortable lives that we do.
Inkflo@ Chez Inkflo

Think about all serving military personnel

You know, I was watching the news yesterday, and it dawned on me that all over the world, whether it be East, West, North or South, a person serving in the military is still someone's loved one.
Here in the West, we tend to think about our military families and friends, but at any given time during the day or night, someone out there fighting, for whatever cause, is risking their life.
In Syria today, no matter which side they are fighting on, someone may lose his or her life too soon.
A mother, father, child, may be facing the horror of losing someone so dear to them at any time during the conflict.
Let's spare a thought for each and every man or woman at war in the world and hope that one day, it will all cease and we will see the utter futility of making war with one another.
Peace