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Discussion in 'South Central - USA (TN, MS, AL, GA)' started by tazz99, Feb 3, 2013.

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  1. tazz99

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    After 216 days in Afghanistan fellow F-Chatter Patrick Gray is back in GA.

    Welcome home Patrick, and thank you!!
     
    tazz99, Feb 3, 2013
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  2. agup48

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    Indeed! Welcome back, Patrick! Thanks for your service! :)
     
    agup48, Feb 3, 2013
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    Yeaa! Welcome come man!! Thanks for your service sir!
     
    4re308, Feb 3, 2013
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  4. Napolis

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    Ditto!!!
     
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  5. branko

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    Same here, welcome back!
     
    branko, Feb 4, 2013
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  6. GrayTA

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    Holy Smokes!!!

    I JUST saw this!!!

    Seriously - thank you all for your comments and well wishes. I have been pretty sparse here on the forums due to my re-integration and spending time with the family.

    I am VERY happy to be back in the US.

    I have been driving my little 308 everywhere - rain or shine - and it HASNT fallen apart yet!!!



    PDG
     
    GrayTA, Feb 12, 2013
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    Welcome home and thanks!
     
    WaltP, Feb 13, 2013
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  8. GrayTA

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  9. 4re308

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    Oh man those are fantastic and very touching photos Pat!! Thanks for sharing.
     
    4re308, Feb 14, 2013
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    Welcome back Pat and thank's very much for your service.
     
    sunburn, Feb 14, 2013
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    Welcome back Patrick!!!
     
    Scaledetails, Feb 15, 2013
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    Full of awesomeness!

    Glad to have you back home safe, my man.
     
    BigTex, Feb 15, 2013
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    Awesome. welcome home sir.
     
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  14. GrayTA

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    Thanks again everyone!!!

    Now, for one of the finales to the whole thing in Afghanistan I present to you my adventure today.

    I got up and left at 6:00 this morning and drove from the Savannah area over to my daughters school in Prattville, AL. Naturally I drove the Ferrari. It is about a 330 mile one way trip - the car performed flawlessly!!

    Anyway, my daughter had NO idea I was coming. So, here was what happened:


    Daddy Surprises daughter at school after deployment to Afghanistan - YouTube





    PDG
     
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  15. CharlesE

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    Nice video! i wish the television stations would air one like this at the end of each newscast to remind us the sacrifices servicemen/women go thru to protect our freedom.
     
    CharlesE, Feb 16, 2013
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    That was awsome!!!
     
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    Awesome video Patrick!!!
     
    GatorFL, Feb 16, 2013
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  18. tazz99

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    Fantastic!
     
    tazz99, Feb 17, 2013
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    Cant imagine a better way to top off a 330 mile Ferrari trip than that! Thanks for sharing it with us and thank you for what you and your family do for me and mine!
     
    apex97, Feb 17, 2013
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  20. GrayTA

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    Just to follow up again with this.

    The little video we made was picked up by welcomehomeblog.com who edited it down a little bit and reposted it. That copy had over 14,000 views in less than 36 hours!! Its also been reposted over on imgur.com as well. Between that and my original its well over 15,000 views!!!

    Its been pretty amazing to see this video of my trip take off and blow up like it has. I never really expected that at all...




    PDG
     
    GrayTA, Mar 1, 2013
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    Magnificent !!! Your wonderful daughter will never forget this. welcome Home. Allan
     
    allans, Mar 1, 2013
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