Today is a sad day for my family, because this is the day my brother deploys to Iraq. We are all so proud of him. He has a good spirit about it all. In fact, most of the time when I talk to him about leaving…he seems more concerned for his men and their families.
He says of course he doesn’t want to be away from family and his fiance, Emily (pictured at the left) for so long…but this is what he chose to do.
He said he is excited to put all of his training to use . He is a 1st Lieutenant in the 3rd Infantry Division and he is a tank commander.
Here is an email he sent out right before he left…
Hello Everyone,
This will be my last email sent from home. My flight dates have shifted a little, and my company and I will be leaving for our deployment a few days later. We are still scheduled to land in Kuwait (after a 17 hour flight!!)and do a few weeks of training/adapting before we move up to Iraq.
I just wanted to thank everyone for all the prayers and support that I have received already. I know a bunch of people have mentioned wanting to send care packages and letters to my guys and I, but I do not have a mailing address just yet. Once I arrive in Iraq, I will send out another email with our actual mailing address.
I also wanted to list some of the names of the guys in my platoon and company that I would like for all of you to pray for…these are all AMAZING soldiers and I feel extremely confident in going over there with these men: CPT Joe Inge (my commander) 1SG Travis Bean 1LT Mike Fritz 1LT Brian Deminico 1LT Mark Quivers SSG Kenderis King (married with one due in July) SSG Phillip Moore (married with 2yr old and brand new baby boy!) SSG Kevin Simpson (married with 2 children) SGT Pete Louriero SGT Matthew Price (married with a daughter) CPL Andy Ricket CPL Nate Olsen PFC Kyler Boline PFC Jarred Stallone PFC David Chanthavong (married and wife just found out she was pregnant) PFC Mike Carroll (married and baby due in July) PFC Iann Williams PVT Bob Mitchell
Thanks again for all your support in helping me to get to this opportunity. Please keep ALL our troops in your prayers as well as Emily (my fiancé!!!), my family, and the families of all my soldiers!Love you all!
Respectfully,
Brent McCorkle
If you would like to be on his mass email list…email him at [email protected]