This is a different kind of post for us. We want to take a look at how 9-11 has changed our readers. How it has affected you after 10 years, and how it is likely to affect you the next 10. This blog, and blogs like it, came about, eventually, as a result of 9-11. That is one huge change in my life as an example... Myself- In September of 2001 I was living in Denver. A commander of the 207th MPAD, USAR, assigned to the reserve center there. I received a call from my commander, the Colonel; she asked if I was aware of what was going on. It was still early in Denver- and I was getting ready for the day. She asked me to turn on the TV- and this was just about when the second plane hit as the news captured it. We both went silent, and I then said 'Ma'am, it looks like we might need to come in.'' She agreed, and went to get the staff rolling. I said I was on my way in. Suffice to say, it didn't take me long to get to the center, even with it being a 30 mile drive plus traffic. I was 'moving at accelerated rates' but was being passed by the Feds who work in the center like I was sitting still. The Fed Center in Denver is one of the largest federal sites outside DC, and EVERY agency you can imagine had an office there. Pick 3 letters, and if they are an agency, they were there. That includes DoD. Right in thru the gates, lights going, the guards waving them in without pause. Our unit had an HRT team of MP's in it; after 9-11, we never saw them as a unit again. They received orders rather rapidly that week. The rest of us were under direction to get all of the units in the Brigade accounted for, and the unit locations secured. We spent the next several days doing that, then standing down as the immediate concerns lessened. As the weeks went along, and preparations for going into Afghanistan increased, we started seeing WARNORDS and PLANORDS coming out for units, and getting them prepared. My unit, not being one called up initially, allowed me to resume being a civilian. I went to Montana to work, and was there until April of 2003, when I was notified that I needed to return in preparation for Iraq. 9-11 began a transformation in my life that, had it not happened, I can guarantee I would not be where I am today (supporting efforts in the middle east, let's say). I can say that I am likely to be here over the next 10 years, as things in that part of the world are likely to be 'fluid', to put it as mildly as I can. This weekend, I'm participating in rides around Florida for different 9-11 groups and veterans groups, hoping that my 'regular job' is quiet for a spell. After that, I'll be back on it, going after the bastards who did this to us. How has the last 10 years affected you? What changed that led you down a different path than where you would likely have been? We definitely changed as a nation like never before- and it may be a century or more before we can change again, if ever. God forbid we have anything like it, again... Wolf
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