I hope you enjoy your day with Family and friends…

Now for my little War Story …

Imagine being 19yrs old, millions of miles of way from what you know as civilization.

Imagine leaving behind a pregnant girlfriend(now wife) and seeing the tears roll down her face, as you driveaway (maybe forever), and being told that you’ll get to see her soon, there’s a War to fight!

Imagine seeing and hearing about soldiers dying everyday, knowing you might be next.

Imagine hiding under bunkers everyday because of incoming scud missles soaring in from above. The only warning we got, was some guy on the loud speaker saying, LIGHTNING, LIGHTNING, LIGHTNING!

Some soldiers didn’t even get a warning…

Imagine working with the locals of Iraq & Kuwait for the first time, wondering if they were going to turn on you, or if they were talking about you in there own languge. (By the way, I befriended many of them.)

Imagine your Commander in Chief standing in front of America saying, “Mission Accomplished”!! Then 2 months later you get military orders extending you for up to 1 year. Then your superior tells you, looks like you’re not going to be able to be there for the pregnancy. Sorry…

Imagine after the “Mission being Accomplished”, hearing more and more soldiers dying ever day and watching CNN only report half of it.

Imagine standing in a long line for literally hours, just to make a 15 minute phonecall, to hear…It’s a Boy!

Imagine soldiers asking you, “Hey SGT, when are we going home.” and all you could say was, “Soon…”

Some may think I’m complaining, but I’m just letting you know what it’s really like. We sacrifice more than just our lives, but we don’t hold it against anyone. We don’t go around bragging or throwing it in your face. It wouldn’t be right for us to do that.

I along with other soldiers, took every mission they threw our way with care & passion because we knew the rest of America and our families were counting on us.

Although I didn’t WANT to DIE for America, I was willing to, if that was what it took to protect the freedom of America.

We accepted Death as a price to pay, just to protect your freedom!Many people think we’re crazy, and maybe some of us are , but we just want your Support!

In reality, we took an oath and we stand by our word.

This We’ll Defend!

Army Strong!

Happy Memorial Day!

Former SGT J.Lamar Ferren, Sr.

Ps. I got out the Army because my obligation was complete and for various other reasons, but I will never regret the experience I had…and I will Never Forget those who payed the ultimate price….