So I found out two weeks ago

by kirk1005 on Aug 25, 2008 9:48 PM CDT Comment 23 comments

that I will be missing all but two games this year. I will be here, and by here I mean the USA, for the FAU and UTEP games, but two days after the UTEP game I will be on a plane and headed to an all expense paid trip to a vacation hotspot I like to call Kirkuk, Iraq. My wife has promised to DVR all the games for me, but I will not be able to hold off catching scores for almost 5 months so, hopefully I can keep up with you guys as best I can.

I've also spent the past two weeks going through some awesome training for this deployment so coming back today and reading some of these posts has been awesome.

Anyway, I look forward to reading BON as much as I can and hopefully keeping up with how the games actually went since we have such a great fanbase here at BON.

HOOK EM!

Kirk

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Well

try to keep up as best you can and I believe I speak for every BON’er when I say good luck and that your service is greatly appreciated
Hook em

by owenh on Aug 25, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 9 recs

Be safe. And thanks for being there.

by mikey 4 on Aug 25, 2008 10:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Best of luck, sir, and thank you for serving.

If you’d like a BON shirt to take on your way over to Club Kirkuk, shoot me an email at burntorangenation@gmail.com and I’ll mail you one this week.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Aug 25, 2008 10:41 PM CDT reply actions 8 recs

Give EM Hell, Give Em Hell

Terrorists suck!

Be safe brother.

by Blitzburgh on Aug 26, 2008 6:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Be safe

Hook’em

Hook'em

by TEXAS_FIGHT07 on Aug 26, 2008 8:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good Luck

and if you want to piggy back on my Verizon account so you can get ESPN360 over there let me know.

by Wells on Aug 26, 2008 8:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good Luck

I think you are taking my brother in laws place, he is coming back soon. (not directly of course)

by billb on Aug 26, 2008 8:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thank you, sir.

Me and my loved ones truly appreciate your service. God speed.

by bfaut86 on Aug 26, 2008 9:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks very much...!

We appreciate all you do so that those of us here can enjoy things like Longhorn Football. All the best, and God bless.

by Horns757 on Aug 26, 2008 11:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

To Serve your country

is one of the highest honors we Americans have. Being ex-NAVY, I commend you and all that serve this great country. God Bless you Kirk, and come back soon. You are our Hero…………Hook’em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.

by ouALWAYSsux on Aug 26, 2008 11:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

DVDs

I’m sure we can hook you up if you need some game DVDs. Email PB and he can get it set up with us.

by the other Andrew on Aug 26, 2008 12:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

DVD's would be great

I will def let PB know my mailing addy once I get over there. Thanks!

There is no greater privilege than supporting the Burnt Orange Bevo Boys...and Girls...

by kirk1005 on Aug 28, 2008 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

God bless you

Kirk stay safe… its folks like you who handle the serious business of life that make it possible for us to enjoy the entertaining things we so often take for granted. I hope your tour goes well and ends as quickly as possible. Hook’em Horns brother.

1 Peter 2:17

by HornsFan87 on Aug 26, 2008 4:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Kirk, if you are a USAA Member,

please give us a call so that we can make your deployment as simple as possible. We take all the mystery out of what you need to do that so that you can focus on your family and on preparing to leave.

Thank you very much for your service and please stay safe!!!!

by thanos on Aug 26, 2008 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep

I went ahead and called USAA and got everything taken care of. Its amazing how great a company USAA is, you guys are awesome!

There is no greater privilege than supporting the Burnt Orange Bevo Boys...and Girls...

by kirk1005 on Aug 28, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome!! We are the lucky ones. We have the greatest members in the world. It's a privilege to serve you.

Again, thank you for allowing us to enjoy basic freedoms like this blog and college football!

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

-- Harold Thurman Whitman

by thanos on Aug 28, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks to everyone

My fam and I would like to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers. To know that people appreciate what we do makes it much easier to do what we do…

There is no greater privilege than supporting the Burnt Orange Bevo Boys...and Girls...

by kirk1005 on Aug 28, 2008 2:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs