My Daughter Beth

[Terence McCann]

Beth is a Lieutenant in the Navy. She is in training now and will be heading to Kandahar Afghanistan in September for a 6 month deployment.

I nearly fell over when she sent me this picture.

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[Nolan Kienitz]

Terry,

Kudos to you for a great daughter and to your daughter, Beth, for serving us and our country.

My prayers are with her and y'all for her safety with her deployment.

[Les]

Terry,

Good looking kid! I am thankful for young folks that serve.

[Rob Amaral]

Amen and amen.. !

[hausdok]

Hi Terry,

Thank Beth on my behalf for her service. When she hits the shore, please let us know her military address so that we can send her some care packages with some goodies.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Marc]

Hi Terry,

Thank Beth on my behalf for her service. When she hits the shore, please let us know her military address so that we can send her some care packages with some goodies.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

Indeed!

Marc

[Robert Jones]

You must be a proud father Terry. My hat is off to you and your daughter.

[Bain]

Congratulations to you both, Terry.

All the best!

[randynavarro]

I wish her well! Thanks to you and her and family for the service.

I hope she gets some bad guys!!

[Phillip]

I wish both of you the best.

[John Kogel]

The best of luck to you and your daughter.

The Afghanis need all the help they can get. Canadian troops have been there for 10 years now.

[kurt]

Put me on the list with everyone else; that's a good woman.

[John Dirks Jr]

As I know the rest of us do, I too appreciate her service to our country. My stepson who I raised from age 18 months spent a 7 month term with the USMC in Fallujah Iraq in '05-'06. I know what it feels like to have a loved on deployment over there. God Bless you and your family Terry.

[emalernee]

Terry,

God's speed to your daughter. When my son went to Iraq on a special mission to recover downed aircraft he failed to inform his parents to keep us from worrying.

[Terence McCann]

Hi Terry,

Thank Beth on my behalf for her service. When she hits the shore, please let us know her military address so that we can send her some care packages with some goodies.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

For any of those that are interested:

LT. Beth Matteson

NATO Role 3, MMU

APO AE 09355

From a recent email.

Hi Dad,

Unfortunately yes email from now on. I'm now in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and should be moving on to Afghanistan in a day or two. We had a layover in Shannon, Ireland which was cool except we couldn't leave the airport and we were not allowed to drink alcohol. I picked up some shot glasses that were made there for souvenir. I am extremely tired and the plane ride was very cramped, making it hard to sleep. But on the bright side the plane ride itself was not bad at all. Hardly any turbulence.

I had a few Americans and an English woman ask me where I was headed to and where I was from. We were still in uniform and our group was about 200 people, we were definitely stared at

If you guys do plan on flying to Ireland I highly recommend seeing how much leg room you have in the cabin. It was a long 8 plus hour ride and you get creative on how to contort your body to sleep.

As soon as I move on I will drop you guys another email.

Love you - Beth

On a side note she did qualify Navy Sharpshooter with the 9 mil.

[Terence McCann]

From Beth:

Hi Dad,

I'm doing well out here. We are in a heightened alert status but things haven't varied much from my daily routine. It's a good thing I'm on KAF (Kandahar Air Field) as others aren't so lucky off the base and are in more remote areas in Afghanistan. I can't go into more detail other than I am okay. We are always maintaining hypervigilance and I don't stray too much from the barracks, the dining facility, or work. I lucked out as the gym is the building right in front of our barracks. Both where I work and sleep are hardened structures that act as shelters when there are rocket attacks periodically.

I am taking pictures and will send some out soon. I haven't really had much time to myself as work has kept me extremely busy. Love you guys and will send pictures soon.

[hausdok]

Start an album, Terry.

My mother saved every letter and scrap of news about ODS and kept it in an album that she gave me when I got home. I found it in the closet a while back and cracked it open. t's interesting some of the stuff we write about and what we're concerned about when we're in those situations. It keeps one's life in perspective.

I'm curious, what's her team's motto.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Terence McCann]

Start an album, Terry.

My mother saved every letter and scrap of news about ODS and kept it in an album that she gave me when I got home. I found it in the closet a while back and cracked it open. t's interesting some of the stuff we write about and what we're concerned about when we're in those situations. It keeps one's life in perspective.

I'm curious, what's her team's motto.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

I will start album Mike - to tell the truth I hadn't thought about it but should have.

I have no idea what her teams motto is (didn't know they had one). I will send an email asking her.

[Terence McCann]

From Beth:

This is a NATO run hospital so our motto is "The Best Care Anywhere" ROLE 3 Multi National Hospital. I took a picture below the sign and will send to you.

[Jim Katen]

. . . Both where I work and sleep are hardened structures that act as shelters when there are rocket attacks periodically. . .

Words to warm a parent's heart.