How Could I Be More Proud?

The following is the letter of recommendation that was written by the Commanding Officer of my son's company. It speaks for itself:
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From: Commanding Officer, Company D, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance
Battalion
To: Prospective employer for Jason Eisenmann

Subj: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR LANCE CORPORAL JASON P. EISENMANN
This letter is submitted to provide insight into the character and abilities of Lance Corporal Eisenmann. As his Company Commander, he is under my daily and direct supervision both in combat and in garrison. In the performance of his duties, he has been exceptional. Lance Corporal Eisenmann is serving as a Scout Squad Leader and Fire-Team Leader for Delta Company, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Lance Corporal Eisenmann was directly involved in combat operations in the ever-dangerous Al Anbar, Province, Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07.2).

Lance Corporal Eisenmann has served two combat tours in Iraq. This combat tour for Lance Corporal Eisenmann, has been like no other combat tour thus far in his military career. From the onset his company arrival in Iraq, he was immersed directly into the Counter-Insurgency Fight in and around the city of Rawah, Iraq; a city with over 25,000 people. Immediately, Jason was thrust into a role where he interated, lived, trained, and fought with Iraqi Police on a daily basis.

Though his company was attacked over 100 times in 7 months, Lance Corporal Eisenmann had to adjust from his direct fire mode and was able to transition from high intensity conflict mode to winning the "Hearts and Minds" of the local populace in Rawah, Iraq. His, "At First do No Harm and Community Policing Mindset" were instrumental in our company's overall success in training the Iraqi Police Force, which allowed for the city to exercise self-governance for the first time in over 4 years.

Marines take great pride in our mission of national defense and in our people. Those Marines who cannot perform are not afforded the opportunity of further service. Jason Eisenmann was not one of these individuals! Against my urging him to stay, he has chosen to
pursue a civilian career and I am quite sure he will succeed there as much as he has with us. Had he desired, he could have easily climbed upward through the ranks.

In closing, if you are looking for an individual who is passionate, intelligent, and will bring diversity both culturally and professionally, than you've found him! Our loss is your gain.

S.T. Quinlan
Major, U.S. Marine Corps
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If you met my son you would realize that he is a most humble and unassuming person. He has never mentioned any of the above accomplishments or accolades.
Quite a man.
WH

The BIG iPhone Announcement!

Apple has announced the release date for the eagerly anticipated iPhone - June 29th.

Along with the announcement are 3 commercials that you will, or have already seen, on TV. You can find the new ads here - iPhone ads

Even if you are not an Apple fan, you have to admit that these commercials are BAD ASS.

WH

What a Great Weekend!

This past weekend has been full of milestone events and fun!!

The highlight of the weekend was Jessie's graduation from high school. Below is a picture of her (far right) and three of her closest friends. These kids are an amazing group of young people and they give me a great deal of hope for our country and the world.


Happy Graduation!!

It was outstanding to have Bob and Jody up from Florida for the event and Jason and Candace drove all the way from Jacksonville, NC, arriving about 45 minutes before graduation...whew! The pomp and circumstance went off without a hitch.

We had a celebratory dinner at one of our favorite restaurants Bistro 491 in Augusta, GA. There were 7 of us and the food was spectacular.

The weekend was also spent updating my new computer, a MacBook 2.16 Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo. Jessie got one too and she is really enjoying her laptop "freedom" here at the house. I am absolutely FREAKING out with my laptop. I have updated all of my programs and am running virtually every program I had on my iBook and FASTER. Even better, I have been running Windows XP via Parallels on the same machine as OS X. This will allow me the flexibility to work with the Windows programs that my job requires and not need a second computer.

Finally, it actually rained in the past two days. We got over two inches of liquid gold on our parched land. Everything got greener right before our eyes. It was so refreshing and cooled the air.

WH