(21SEPT2008)
We report at 0750 along Disney Drive, filing in along the road on both sides. It takes some time for everyone to show up, and the report time is well in advance of the procession because of that.
I chat with the guy next to me while we wait. He’s a special agent for the FBI investigating, among other things, the theft of a large amount of fuel several years back. Seems some Americans (not sure if they were soldiers or not) collaborated to divert shipments of fuel and sold them for their own personal gain. The fuel ended up on the black market and, undoubtedly, in the hands of the enemy.
All in all it’s a disappointing story to hear. The agent gives me his card and asks me to let him know if I catch wind of any criminal activity. It was an odd sales pitch.
The procession comes shortly thereafter. Two caskets, draped with the American flag, each in the back of a HMMWV carrying soldiers from the unit of the fallen. We stand at attention and salute.
HMMWV = High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (‘humvee’)
