Chris and the Ladies from St Henry High School

Imagine this scenario:

1.  It is the last night of your two week leave back in the real world (USA).
2.  Your 2 week leave follows 7 months in one of the worst parts of Iraq.
3.  Tomorrow, you fly from Indianapolis to Atlanta where you will board a military charter back to four more months in Iraq.
4.  While in your hotel room, waiting on tomorrow to come, your phone rings.  Your buddy in Florida is calling to tell you that all units, currently in Iraq, are being extended another three months.  You now have seven months left; not the four you were mentally preparing for.
5.  The next morning you tell your parents.  No one is very happy.  As they say in the Army, morale sucks.
6.  You say goodbye and board the plane.  You are all alone and heading back to Iraq.
7.  You land in Atlanta and start heading toward the US Army sign in area.  Suddenly you hear a voice, "Hey, Army guy."  You turn and a group of beautiful women approach you.  You are asked, "Can we take a photo with you?"  "Sure!" you answer.  Suddenly you have four "babes" to your left and another four to your right.
8.  As pictures are taken, you can't help yourself.  You start smiling.  After they leave, you call your Mom and some friends to relate this morale boosting incident.  God has just used a group of young women to turn your attitude around.  Life is suddenly good again.

Thanks to the Lady Redskin Cheerleaders from St. Henry High School in St Henry, Ohio.
(And also to Deb Puthoff, High School Secretary, who tracked down the photos.)  Check out new video at bottom of this page.

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