My fellow Mapletraders

Some of you may have noticed the picture I was using as my avitar. For those of you who did I want to tell you about it.

My prior avitar was a picture of my year and half old Son holding my rifle prior to me leaving Italy for a extened field problem deployment to Turkey circa 1986. The baby boy in the shot is now an Infantry Officer in the 101st ABN just having returned from his second tour in A-Stan. He joined the service when he was 17 even before graduating high school. He moved up though the NCO ranks, served in Iraq, and was a Drill SGT. before going to OCS as a SSG to get his commision. I am very proud of him and all of his Brothers for serving us and doing what they do. I am very proud of that shot and of him.