2 Infantry Division Holidays

Home for the holidays: Being a soldier, often times means being away from your loved ones for the holidays and it can be a lonely time.

The military held Thanksgiving Dinners at all the DEFACs (Dining Facilities) in S. Korea and let me tell you they pulled out all the stops from roasted pig to lobster, the food was outstanding. The best part for me though was watching the Command Teams, serve the soldier. It's one day where the PFC can tell the General what he or she wants!

Here we have a chef, General Vandal, DCSM Spano, CSM Brinton serving up Thanksgiving dinner at the JSA (Joint Security Area) on the border of North and South Korea.

The Chefs

The Spread

We visited JSA, Camp Stanley, Camp Casey and then flew back to Camp Red Cloud for an awesome Thanksgiving dinner of our own. It was great to see so many soldiers enjoying enormous amounts of food and enjoying the football games on the big screens and listening to the band play live music. It was as good a Thanksgiving as you could get here in S. Korea, where we have a lot to be thankful for.

Besides all the wonderful people in my life and new adventures I was especially Thankful for one more helicopter ride in a Blackhawk. I didn't even mind the doors being on.