Trip for Daniels.

As a lot of you may know, Gov. Daniels went to Iraq. Here is a link to some pictures from him visit. I recognized a lot of the guys, but Zac wasnt in any of the pics =(

http://www.in.gov/gov/3522.htm


Just to clarify, SPC Ford that passed away, was not with Zac. He was part of the 76th Brigade from Indiana, but out of Evansville.

Please say a prayer for the Ford family

Nightfighter Family,

I hope this update finds everyone well, we are all in good shape and good spirits over here. I say that with a note of sadness due to the loss of a fellow 76th Infantry Brigade soldier from 1-152. I am sure most of you have already heard the news about SPC Ford from C Troop 1-152 who was killed last Saturday in an accident while conducting a mission. It brings back into perspective the dangerous environment we operate in... not that we allow any of our guys to forget that anyway. Keep SPC Ford's wife and parents in your thoughts and prayers while they grieve the loss of their loved one. We will continue to be vigilant with our preparation and execution of our missions, that is all we can do. I can tell you I have not seen one bit of complacency set in, which is good. The weather here continues to be crazy with quite a few of our missions getting delayed or some of our convoys getting stranded at other locations. If you go a few days without hearing from your soldier on what has become a normal time, it might be because they are at a different base waiting out the sand storms. I hope everyone has fun plans for the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend, maybe spend some time with family and friends. We will celebrate it over here to the best of our ability even if it is only to have a moment or two of silence in honor of our fallen comrades from past conflicts.

Proud to Serve with YOUR Soldiers

LTC Jerry Hadley
Nightfighter 6

M.I.A.

My computer got a virus and I havent taken the time yet to reformat it yet....I am going to work on it this weekend.

I always ask Zac is anything exciting happened on his missions.....his last answer, one of their trucks broke down and a wrecker had to tow it. And on the way back from their mission, it caught on fire!!

I sent him a video camera.....he is going to take videos and email them to me. I will post them here as soon as I get some. =)

Nightfighter Family,

I hope everyone is hanging in there and getting along well. We continue to plug away every day, getting a little bit better at what we do and a little smarter about time management. We continue to try to work a patrol cycle that allows at least a day between missions for the soldiers... we are getting better but we are not there yet. I have now been able to go out a least once with every company except Golf, they start missions here very shortly. I can tell you we have very well trained, disciplined soldiers in every formation. While each company does things a little different, which is good, there is one trait obvious in every patrol and that is professionalism. Our soldiers are showing respect on the road for the local Iraqis that are just trying to make a living. While at the same time staying vigilant to stop the small percentage of insurgents that are trying to disrupt that. We are asking young soldiers to make a lot of split second judgement calls and they are responding and doing a great job. I have total confidence in every patrol going out, that they are going to be respectful, ethical and vigilant to sort out the good from the bad. That is all I can ask for as commander.

LTC Hadley

I am still here.....

Just nothing new to report.

Zac's last mission went well....except for the fact that some Iraqi kids threw rocks at the convoy and cracked some windows in the civilian vehicles.

They lost power and had no AC for two days.....ugh!