Here's a blog post about a Ramp Ceremony at Kandahar : ...Several of the soldiers were wounded. One of the soldiers lost his fight. This afternoon, I had the honor of sending him and another soldier home to his family. It's called a ramp ceremony. I live and work at Kandahar Air Field. It is the point at which most soldiers enter and leave the southern district. When a soldier pays the ultimate price, we get notified, and we all gather on the ramp to send him or her home. Today was no exception. When I arrived at the entrance to the airfield, hundreds of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen gathered to say farewell. They were not just Americans, but Australians, Canadians, British, Poles, Italians, Slovakians, Romanians, and Dutch. See they are all here helping to bring freedom to the Afghanis. We live, and fight side by side. It's a brotherhood. I heard one Brit say "Are we sending one of your boys off today" to a soldier. It was a solemn event. There were many, but I've seen less people turn out here for celebrities. This is one of their family and we are all there to honor them... Read the whole post.
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Mar 02 2010, 05:01 AM
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