Father and Son Marines to Go to Iraq

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050104/ap_on_re_us/father_son_deployed&cid=519&ncid=1480

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Both 34-year-old Phelps and his 57-year-old father, Kendall Phelps, have orders to report to Camp Lejeune, N.C., for training, then deploy to Iraq for a seven-month tour.

They'll serve in the same unit, helping Iraqi officials rebuild their nation.

Both men will leave families behind, Kendall Phelps in Silver Lake, a small town northwest of Topeka, and Christopher Phelps, in Shawnee, a Kansas City suburb. Asked about each others' safety, both said they trust their fellow Marines.

"In the Marine Corps, every Marine watches every Marine, whether it's your father, a son, whether it's a brother, whether it's just a friend," Kendall Phelps said.

Still, Kendall Phelps' wife, Sherma, remembered her husband's concerns early in 2003, during their son's first tour. She said he wanted to replace his son there, or at least be with him to provide protection.

"Now they're both going to be there, so I can just worry about both of them," she said.

[nine23]

1. "...so I can just worry about both of them"...

Consolidated worry? Whatever works...

[bowens43]

2. the family that slays together stays together........

[leftchick]

3. but but... They are there to "rebuild" Iraq!

:puke:

[saigon68]

4. They are there to DIE

"BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. One would think a Nam vet would have more sense than to

go off on this little jaunt, no?

[Oversea Visitor]

6. Aaaarh

57 years old ???

[leftchick]

7. incredible isn't it?

There have actually been some activated in their 60s and one 72 year old surgeon! It is very telling just how bad a shape the US military is in right now.

:(

[0007]

8. A 72 year old surgeon? Wow!

[leftchick]

11. yep!

and he was Happy to Go! :crazy:

[katinmn]

9. too bad it's not the Reverend Phelps.... n/t

[jukes]

10. glad it's them

& not ME!

[DS1]

12. This is bad for the mission, and dangerous for the Marines around

those two

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

16. No kidding. This is silly. I can't believe HQMC is allowing this

to happen.

[leftchick]

13. Yahoo just put up a photo...

Kendall Phelps, left, and his son Christopher Phelps, pose at the Marine Corps Reserve center in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004. The pair is to deploy together to Iraq (news - web sites) in February or March and will serve together in the same unit. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

[Massachusetts]

14. I'll never dispute the comradre of soldiers in arms

BUT, this is a little over the top. I didn't think that this would be allowed.IMO:shrug:

[pokercat999]

15. Why not they volunteered....nt

[GOPBasher]

17. Bush's Family Values!!!

Now Bush really knows how to bring a family together, doesn't he?

[AllegroRondo]

18. Both in the same unit? Isnt that illegal?

I thought the military outlawed this type of thing after one familiy lost 5 brothers in WW2. All 5 were in the Navy serving on the same ship.