What's kickin' with Nic...

I got an email from Nic yesterday. He said he finally did some cool stuff. He said his squad snuck up on a guy's house and "stacked up" against the wall...except him because he got to kick the friggin' door in! He was really proud of himself because it only took one kick. :-) He said it was straight out of movie and that it was really awesome. He said he was really feeling great and proud until they found out the guy whose door he kicked in was innocent. He said his little girls and wife were really scared so he gave them some Fig Newtons. hehe. That's the Nic we know and love! He said it made them feel a little bit better and that they gave the soldiers some bread and that it was actually pretty good darn good bread. He said that luckily the mission wasn't a total loss because another squad caught a guy, a neighbor I think, who had all kinds of insurgent contraband.

Mom talked to him on the phone and he said that while tensions were high and guns were pointed at the innocent family they were securing the property and had to kick in a gate at the back of the house and were surprised to hear "Baaaaaaah, baaaaaah" (goat talk) upon their entry into what they lovingly called "the petting zoo". There were goats, chickens, cows and who knows what else back there. (I hope I got that right, Mom!) :-)

Anyway, he's doing really well and he seems really happy to be actually doing something now. It seems to me that he feels a lot better now that he's being productive and making a difference. While I hate that he's in harms way, I'm glad he's feeling good about what he's doing and most importantly that he hasn't forgotten that there are innocent people over there who are people, not just animals. I think that's evident since he gave the family fig newtons to make them feel better. I love that he cares about them as people...that's a true soldier in my opinion.

Okay, well that's all I know. :-) Check back for more.