Michael McBride:
CLASS OF 1978
Rossville High SchoolClass of 1978
Rossville, GA
University of Maryland University CollegeClass of 1988
College park, MD
Michael's Story
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I'm currently working in Afghanistan as the Project Manager for a Technologies company, supporting the US Army's Special Forces, other government agencies, as well as some government contractors. I've travelled all over the country from the south in the Helmand District to the northeast where the Taliban sneak across the border at night to set up mortar tubes on timers. I've been in several locations that have been rocketed. Once in Shkin, about a mile from the Pakistan border, 12 rockets came in on our position in a very short time. I've met young men who a week later were killed. It's a very sobering place to be. But we have a right to be here. They started this. Or rather they allowed it to take place on their soil. You would be amazed what thes...Expand for more
e young men and women are doing with so little. They're making a difference. We could do more though. I can't honestly say that I think we're winning. I fly everywhere I go, most often in helicopters, sometimes in the dead of night with all the lights off. A few nights ago, I was on a flight. It was freezing as the doors are kept open due to the door gunners being positioned out of them. They were NOGs to see in the dark and can see people who can't see them. I was trying to nap when it suddenly crossed my mind that I have a hell of a unique way to commute to work. It ammused me and I wondered when it had become ordinary. Anyway, please keep these young people in your prayers. I'm here to help them as much as I can. You can support them at home.
Mike
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