# I'm back. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052 "2003-05-18T14:45:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/21 "2003-05-18T17:14:13Z")
/ / . . | \_\_ Saluting **Airman Doors** Welcome home. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/22 "2003-05-18T17:15:41Z")
That didn’t work out as I’d planned. Dagnabbit. . / . / . . / | . \_\_\_ Let’s hope this looks better. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/23 "2003-05-18T17:23:54Z")
Welcome Home!!! ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/24 "2003-05-18T17:28:11Z")
Woo-Hoo! Welcome home, **Door**! ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/25 "2003-05-18T17:29:14Z")
Err, Welcome home, **Doors** , that is. I’m so excited, I can’t type! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/26 "2003-05-18T17:36:40Z")
Welcome home, lad. CJ (formerly cjhoworth) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/27 "2003-05-18T17:39:11Z")
Welcome back! I suppose if the desert is for the birds, then you send an Airman. What’s a Letter of Counseling? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/28 "2003-05-18T19:06:28Z")
.:Huzzah!!!:. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/29 "2003-05-18T19:11:24Z")
Welcome back!!! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/30 "2003-05-18T19:38:15Z")
Welcome back and thank you very much. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/31 "2003-05-18T20:00:52Z")
A Letter of Counseling means that you stepped right up to the very edge of danger and escaped. A Letter of Reprimand has some severe consequences and is permanently on your record, and an Article 15 costs you stripes. So, now that I have a chance to really sit down here and talk, I spent 55 days in a very austere location. Just about the time they started to bring everything together, they started to rip it down. We were eating MREs and wearing goggles for the duststorms. It was wonderful for tempers, too, as evidenced by my LOC. Anyway, it’s good to just go to the bathroom and take a shower without having to walk a quarter mile to do it. And it’s good to be home with my wife (who I missed dearly) and my son (who I didn’t even recognize at first, he’d changed so much). Still, I think in all probability I’ll have to go back out before too long. I’m hoping that won’t be necessary, but we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/32 "2003-05-18T20:07:49Z")
So glad you’re back, **Airman Doors**! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/33 "2003-05-18T21:21:32Z")
Welcome home. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![lurker\_anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@lurker\_anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurker_anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/34 "2003-05-18T21:56:04Z")
thank you so much for your service and a hearty WELCOME BACK!!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/35 "2003-05-18T22:12:10Z")
Welcome back, and thank you for your service. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/36 "2003-05-18T22:18:38Z")
When I saw this thread, only one thing came to mind: w00t w00t! Welcome home, **Doors**. I am heart-glad that you are back with your family. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/37 "2003-05-18T23:59:50Z")
I am so glad you’re back safe and sound. Thank you thank you thank you thank you, a thousand million zillion thank yous to you and all your buddies. I think we would all love some more specifics about your time “over there” when you can. And thank you again. You guys did real good. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/38 "2003-05-19T00:06:54Z")
Welcome, and thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/39 "2003-05-19T00:08:24Z")
Crap. That was obviously supposed to be “Welcome home”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052/40 "2003-05-19T00:21:28Z")
Hey Doors…don’t know ya, but I am glad you returned safe and sound. You guys made us proud!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/176052.md?page=3)