Homecoming
This was on the Kansas Local News Dec 5th, 2006 <br />You see my daughter Nelja & DJ in this video- DJ was in Iraq for 13 months. <br />(I could not attend this ceremony as I am in Oregon caring for my young twin boys. Nelja's side of the family is from Oregon, DJ's family is from Michigan) <br /><br />News link, video & story found here called: <br />Holiday homecoming emotional for soldiers' wife, family <br />300th Military Police Company welcomed home in redeployment ceremony <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/dec/05/holiday_homecoming_emotional_soldiers_wife_family/">http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/dec/05/holiday_homecoming_emotional_soldiers_wife_family/</a> <br />(note - the news web site requires you have Quicktime installed in order to watch it.) <br /><br />**NOTE**: <br />The reporter in this news video states that there were no casualities. However, a major incident took place while DJ & his comrads were in Ramadi, Iraq Sept. 18, 2006. (fortunately DJ was not on shift when this happened) <br />This was originally reported by AP, but led to confusion to the families involved. <br /><br />The article below updates what happened to DJ's & Nelja's friends from the 300th MP company from a Michigan online News report here: <br /><br /><b>Wayland soldier survives suicide bomb</b> <br />Oct 20, 2006 <br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mlive.com/news/advancenewspapers/penasee/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1159816889322670.xml&coll=10">http://www.mlive.com/news/advancenewspapers/penasee/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1159816889322670.xml&coll=10</a> <br /><br />THE ABOVE NEWS LINK STORY IS DEAD, but I saved it here: <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cindyrilla.com/300thMP.html">http://www.cindyrilla.com/300thMP.html</a> <br /><br />See another video of Nelja Singing here: <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsbl9_nelja-sings-for-mom">http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsbl9_nelja-sings-for-mom</a>