Sunday, September 16, 2012

"having a friend with you is pretty cool"

The Milford Daily News has a good article about two classmates who have kept in touch since they met at the Kennedy Elementary school and then again more recently in Afghanistan.

In September 2011, Schepis was set to deploy to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. By that time, he had learned through Facebook that Cimon worked on planes in the Air Force. 
But he didn’t know that Cimon was already in Afghanistan and had been for several months.
Shortly before shipping out from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Schepis posted on Facebook about his deployment. Cimon responded. 
They decided to meet at the center of Kandahar’s canteen a few days after Schepis arrived.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1606945825/Franklin-elementary-school-friends-reunite-in-Afghanistan#ixzz26d1LSt8O

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