It's been fun, lets do it again in 2011

[Darkwaters]

Well, as much as I enjoy posting on this forum this may be my last post for a little while. As some of you know I am in the federal service and will be taking a phenomenal year-long all expenses paid vacation to the beautiful mountains of Afghanistan!

Unlike Iraq, Afghanistan is ridiculously austere and not built-up to nearly the same extent (they have Burger King and Cinnabun in Iraq - wtf?!). One of the unfortunate side-effects of this remoteness is some pretty shitty internet connections (if at all). And it's looking more and more like thats the kind of situation to which I'm headed.

So for now I'm off on a little trip to Rome with my wife for the week and then will probably deploy shortly thereafter. Hopefully when I get downrange the internet is more accessible than we're hearing. But for now I'll treat this as my last post for at least several months. We'll see how everything plays out.

Bon voyage and adieu

Go Spurs Go

[Cry Havoc]

:toast

Be safe.

[HarlemHeat37]

Good luck and thanks for your service..

I'm from the Middle East myself, but from Lebanon, so it's one of the more "advanced" countries there..I can tell you that you are correct in your thoughts on Afghanistan, it is NOWHERE near Iraq in those regards, and they're still very well behind in modern advancements..not to bring you down or anything..

take care, stay safe..

[bus driver]

good luck and thanks!

[easjer]

Bless you. Keep safe. You and your wife will be in my thoughts.

[Mel_13]

Good luck and stay safe.

[Chomag]

Thank you and God bless you for your service for our country.

Most importanly stay safe!:toast

[lurker23]

God Bless and stay safe. :toast

[urunobili]

Stay safe :tu

[Pistons < Spurs]

We thank you for your service, and hope you have a speedy and healthy return.

[phxspurfan]

Good luck over there! We wish you well. :bking :bking

[TheManFromAcme]

Gods Speed.
Thanks for your service.

[remingtonbo2001]

God Bless and be safe.

[Bukefal]

Good luck man! Take care!

[duncan228]

The SpursTalk family will be with you in spirit. Thank you for what you're doing. Be safe.

[tp2021]

I wish you a safe year and a happy return first and foremost. Secondly, I hope you are pleasantly surprised with the internet service over there. Good luck man, ST will be here and waiting when you return.

[Rummpd]

As a former Army doctor = BRAVO and best of luck to you and all you are going with and my prayers are with you and your family!

[sonic21]

Stay safe

[silverblackfan]

Thank you for your service and stay safe. Former Air Force here, so also wishing that you stay busy to help pass the time.

[z0sa]

We'll let you know when the Spurs reclaim the title.

[FvckMavs]

Be safe!

[Rummpd]

Send me a private message when your back I would like to cover the cost of a game ticket and hopefully do it at a time I can be in SA to go with you and others interested (they will have to splurge for their own tickets and can help buy you a beer or two!) against a decent opponent!

[Spurs Brazil]

Good luck and stay safe

[porksword]

Good luck and God's speed.

[spurs10]

Thank you for your service. Have a safe stay and healthy return! Hopefully you'll find a way to follow this season's championship run.

[easy7]

May God bless you and keep you from harm and guide you to come back safe. Thanks for your service to our country. :flag:

[MoSpur]

God Bless you and your family. May God keep you safe out there and your wife safe wherever she is. Thank you for serving our country.

[SpursWench21]

God bless and come back safely!:toast

[honestfool84]

Thank you, sincerely, for your service.

[Spursmania]

Be safe Darkwaters, be strong and know we appreciate you. God Bless you and your family.:toast

[Darkwaters]

Thanks for all the well wishes. This is a phenomenal forum and in some ways a family. Sure, it's a sometimes non-traditional family full of trolls, lots of Mavs fans, foreigners and Sequ. But it's always entertaining and enlightening - thats for sure.

No worries though. Even if my internet is down I'll have somebody mail me the game's box scores and Timvp's Game Thoughts to keep me somewhat connected. When I went to OCS a couple years ago I had my brother mail them in every couple of weeks. It kept me sane.

Again, thanks for the well wishes.

[rAm]

Vaya con Dios

[NRHector]

good luck out there and take care :toast

[leo_d]

...Sure, it's a sometimes non-traditional family full of trolls, lots of Mavs fans, foreigners and Sequ. But...

Oh the irony

[makedamnsure]

Thanks and I hope you come back safely.

[Brazil]

Even if my internet is down I'll have somebody mail me the game's box scores and Timvp's Game Thoughts to keep me somewhat connected.

Game thoughts ? what is it ? sounds cool :hat

if u pm your adress I'll try to send you the whole stuff, I mean the boxscores :p:

Bon Voyage.

Prends soin de toi.

[ClingingMars]

Good luck bro.

[ElNono]

Good luck and we'll see you soon!

[SenorSpur]

Be well. Stay safe.

Hopefully the Spurs will have something round and shiny for us all once you return.

[duhoh]

thx for serving

[Thompson]

God bless you and your family, and thank you for serving.

[scottspurs]

God bless, be safe, and thank you for your service.

[symple19]

from a former redleg, keep your head down!

i'm guessing you're 173rd?

[lennyalderette]

i hate this war, but im really thankful for your service, and will be praying for you and your family. God bless you, and come back home safe!

[lennyalderette]

Send me a private message when your back I would like to cover the cost of a game ticket and hopefully do it at a time I can be in SA to go with you and others interested (they will have to splurge for their own tickets and can help buy you a beer or two!) against a decent opponent!

ill help you pay, if he comes back while were playing.

[raspsa]

Good Luck.

[Darkwaters]

from a former redleg, keep your head down!

i'm guessing you're 173rd?

http://www.173abnbde.setaf.army.mil/2-503rd/history_clip_image021.gif

Paratrooper through and through

[birdy219]

God bless you and keep you. :angel

[JP le Requin]

bon courage!

[SpursFanFirst]

I don't think I had the opportunity to talk with you in chat the other night.
Take care of yourself, and come home safe.
I really appreciate everything our military men and women do for our country.

Relax and enjoy the trip with your wife!

[thispego]

dont die, brah! i always wondered how bad it would suck for the Spurs to be successfull during a season and not be around to witness it.

[Nathan Explosion]

My old boss is over there right now. He's been there for about 6 months so he's halfway through his tour. He didn't say much about how things are going, but he's lost quite a bit of weight because he can't drink beer like he normally does. :)

Anyway, stay safe and hopefully when you get back you'll get to see footage of yet another Spurs title.

[Whisky Dog]

Looks like Obama is concentrating more towards Afghanistan like he said. Keep your head down, eyes up. Fly fast, land soft

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Stay safe, good luck

[J_Paco]

Thank you so very much for your service and great sacrifice, and may you safely comeback home to your wife.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Stay safe, get the bad guys and come home intact.

Be sure to have your antenna up in June when we'll be celebrating #5. We'll all have a cold one for you! :toast

[Spursfan092120]

Thanks for what you're doing for me, and the rest of this country, and I think I speak for the rest of this forum when I say..

http://www.dvdgiftbaskets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/We_Support_Our_Troops.jpg

[Big P]

Thank you & your family, stay safe & God speed

[Indazone]

Well then tell them to build a BK lounge over there and all will be normal again.

No need for you to be there.
:bking

[DJB]

Thank you sir. :toast

[admiralsnackbar]

Come back safe, man.

[Blackjack]

Take care of yourself, bro.:toast

Do what you got to do and check in whenever possible; this board doesn't need to be losing quality posters for any amount of time.

You're in all of our thoughts.. (Maybe you'll run into Gist over there.. No one else can seem to find him. :hat)

[Ryvin1]

Take care and safe travels, hopefully we'll hear from you soon.

[Rummpd]

ill help you pay, if he comes back while were playing.



Thanks and if anyone else in interested in getting some tickets to a great game and helping to pay for this brave and devoted Spurs fan poster's ticket to a game post his return to the USA -let me know and we will try to go as a group in style.