Bobbie Jo Lyons

About me:

This link ((below)) is from the Washington Post. They keep an accurate list of the fallen (with extra info on them) and it also keeps track of different statistics. Check it out, it's very informative.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=27

Click ABOVE link for Baghdad, Iraq info

I started this in hopes of finding and connecting to other military spouses, particularly in West Virginia. My Husband, SPC Lyons, was orginally assigned to the 304th MP Unit on Cumberland Road. He was re-assigned to the 336th MP BN in Pittsburg, PA. As of the current moment, he is on a plane headed to Kuwait for two weeks and then he will be in Baghdad, IRAQ for a year.

There is a FRG up in Pennsylvania, but I am down here in West Virginia. I have met a few military spouses randomly, but don't really have too many resources down here. I'm still learning how all this works, as this is my 1st Deployement.

Together, my husband and I, have 5 children. I brought three into the marriage and he brought two. We have a very strong family and are very close. I am also learning how to cope with the kids' feelings about this deployement, since it's so much harder for them to understand and grasp.

Roxie Dean "A Soldier's Wife"


*ROXIE DEAN "SOLDIERS WIFE"*

Breaking News from a desert town
Smoke and rubble on the ground
The names we do not know right now
And it cuts me like a knife

With a tearful goodbye kiss
I sent him off to this
But I've gotta stay strong for our kids
I'm a soldier's wife

I run the house
I sleep alone
I live for e-mails
And the phone calls home
I tell my children he will be all right
And I hope it's not a lie
I'm a soldier's wife

We do the things we used to do
Go to church, go to school
But you could drive a truck right through
The hole that's in our lives

My little boy shoots me a grin
And says he wants to be like him
And I feel my heart start caving in
I'm a soldier's wife

Sometimes I'm angry
Sometimes confused
I live and die by
The evening news
But I tell my babies he will be all right
And I hope it's not a lie
I'm a soldier's wife

I pray for strength
I pray for peace
I pray that he comes home to me
And if you would please pray for me
I'm a soldier's wife.

.. http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/mp/0304mpco.htm

304th MP Unit in Bluefield, WV

http://www.wood.army.mil/usamps/HISTORY/MPunitHistories/Battalions/336thMPBn.htm

336th MP BN in Pennsylvania

A Military Wife Poem

I wear no uniforms, no blues or army greens
But I am in the military in the ranks that are rarely seen
I have no rank upon my shoulders
Salutes I do no give, but the military world is the place where I live
I am not in the chain of command orders I do not get
but my husband does this I can not forget
I am not the one who fires the weapon, who puts my life on the line
but my job is just as tough I am the one that is left behind
My husband is a patriot a brave and pride filled man
And the call to serve his country not all understands
Behind the lines I see the things needed to keep this country free
My husband makes the sacrifice, but so do our kids and me
I love the man I married
soldiering is his life, but I stand among the silent ranks known as the military wife.....
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