CASA Trip to San Antonio, TX & Ft Hood

Just came back from great 5 day Civilian Aides trip with SecArmy to visit Wounded Warriors at Brooks Army Medical Center, the Wounded Warrior Support Center, the Intrepid Center for Rehabilitation, 5^th Army North and South, Ft Sam Houston, and Ft Hood.

We were fortunate to also see 40 soldiers from 19 countries take the oath as new citizens and lots of heroes and supportive family members recovering from wounds of every nature.

The naturalization ceremony held at Ft Sam Houston by the local Federal Judge, and a shot of some of the terrific equipment inside the Intrepid Center.

We are so fortunate to have these brave soldiers. We were fortunate, at Ft Hood, to be flying out at the same time a Brigade of the First Cav was leaving on a C-5 and 747 for Iraq. All 60 of us moved down onto the tarmac and shook the hands of each soldier departing and gave them our heartfelt best wishes. We left, as always, with an even greater recognition of their sacrifices since most had been deployed at least two times.

The pictures are of me and another CASA, Duke Doubleday, who is from Atlanta and represents Georgia; Our mission as always was to help, support and assist.