E-mail from Andrew
Hello Again.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm flying out of Germany tomorrow morning at 9 am. I will arrive at Andrews Air Force Base about 10 hours later. I will layover there until I'm flown down to San Antonio Texas. The Army is flying both of my parents down there to stay with me while I'm there and paying for everything. They will get free plane tickets, hotel, and too much money for food. I'm suggesting that they use it for a mini vacation. Hospitals are depressing anyway. From there, who knows what will happen. I've already had representatives from DOD and VA come to my room to speak to me about disability pay.j I may get the choice to stay in the army but I will never be an infantryman again. For some reason, that saddens me. It also raises the question, if I can't be infantry or even armor or field artillery, do I want to stay in the army? I've watched all the logistics and maintenance teams work in Iraq and I honestly cannot see myself working in that environment. So what do I do? Go back to school? What do I study? I guess that's the problem with me. I no longer have any tactical issues to think about, but my mind still needs something so the future is the next best thing. For the first time since I was 17, my future is not mapped out. And honestly, I don't know what to do.
I want everyone to still go to the Cubs game. I'll be watching on WGN hopefully.
Know that I love you
Andy
Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm flying out of Germany tomorrow morning at 9 am. I will arrive at Andrews Air Force Base about 10 hours later. I will layover there until I'm flown down to San Antonio Texas. The Army is flying both of my parents down there to stay with me while I'm there and paying for everything. They will get free plane tickets, hotel, and too much money for food. I'm suggesting that they use it for a mini vacation. Hospitals are depressing anyway. From there, who knows what will happen. I've already had representatives from DOD and VA come to my room to speak to me about disability pay.j I may get the choice to stay in the army but I will never be an infantryman again. For some reason, that saddens me. It also raises the question, if I can't be infantry or even armor or field artillery, do I want to stay in the army? I've watched all the logistics and maintenance teams work in Iraq and I honestly cannot see myself working in that environment. So what do I do? Go back to school? What do I study? I guess that's the problem with me. I no longer have any tactical issues to think about, but my mind still needs something so the future is the next best thing. For the first time since I was 17, my future is not mapped out. And honestly, I don't know what to do.
I want everyone to still go to the Cubs game. I'll be watching on WGN hopefully.
Know that I love you
Andy
posted by Phil at 11:47 AM
2 Comments:
Andy, Phil and the Rockwells - you've got a lot of people thinking of you and wishing you well. Take care with the recuperation and thank you for your incredible service to the country.
hey you! i am so glad to know that you are safe and out of harms way. i dont know if you knew this but you were always like a 4th kid to me. having ted over there made me realize that you guys are all grown up now and are the best trained in the world. it kind of reminds me of my brother who served two tours in viet nam and back then there were no computers or phone calls. i do not know how my parents did it. he was wounded too. also, ted was radiated in iraq. i asked him if he was okay and he said he could still have kids but they might look like ET. come home soon. and if you have to leave the service you can come home and run for mayor. i will campaign for ya. haha. from one of your other moms.
heidi (heidi_olson54@hotmail.com)
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