Stanley Misses Movement

Well on June 10th, when we bid farewell to Kevin, we didn't notice that the Stanleys missed movement. While we were all hustling to get Kevin to the manifest area, we forgot to wake them up. They will now be travling aboard the Priority C-130 and meeting up with Kevin and the rest of the team once they get settled with an address.

The Stanleys will be performing extra duty with the boys while he waits to join his team.

G.I. Stanley prepares to deploy

Well, we had all the Soldiers over for lunch before they all deployed. We thought it would be important for them to meet their new teammates. This is the team the Stanleys will be working with in Iraq.

G.I. Stanley Tours Fort Hood

Introduction!

Hi, I'm G.I. Stanley. This blog originally chronicled my adventures through a 15 month tour to Iraq with my friend Kevin. This project has been rolling around in Nadine's head for a while but it took our Minnesota friends to get us moving. They asked us to be part of their son's Flat Stanley project. We jumped at the opportunity to give our Stanley's a tour of Fort Hood. We chose to create two Stanley, a G.I. Stanley and Boy Scout Stanley as we feel both represent us well.

Upon finishing our tour, we thought his would be a great project to continue as Kevin heads to Iraq. We wondered why kinds of things the Stanley's could see and what adventures they might have.

Upon Kevin's return from Iraq in 2009, G.I. Stanley and the Albrecht Squad enjoyed three years of time together as a family without too many lengthy separations.

Kevin was recently sent to Korea for a one-year unaccompanied tour while his family stayed behind in Missouri.  We are excited to see what types of adventures G.I. Stanley will have in the beautiful country of Korea!

This blog will be where we post pics and adventures (abiding by OPSEC rules of course!).

So that is how this blog came to be! Pictures will be posted soon!