Dear Gang,
This is going to be short, just to let you know that I made it home safe on deck!! After six months of being very healthy without one sick day, I’m down with a bug. Things are kind of crazy here with a couple of days off before I have to fly back to N.C. to be demobilized from the Marine Corps and back to my old job.
I can tell you that after a couple days of no sleep, a plane breaking in Shannon Ireland (lots of beer) and finally arriving in Cherry Point to see my folks and wife waiting for me, it was all worth it!! I need to go away a couple more times just to get this kind of home coming from everyone!! My Mom/Dad and wife made big signs on sheets and Taco Bell signs that greeted me when we got off the bus at Cherry Point. There were a couple of funny things that happened and I’ll jump on next week to start putting my thoughts down on paper.
Being home with the family is the most incredible feeling! I love it. Plan on a couple of postings soon. Until then, take care and God Bless!!
Semper Fi,
Taco
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The SandGram 
March 4, 2006 at 12:31 am
Welcome home hero!!!!
Thanks for a job well done. Enjoy and bask in each and every well deserved moment of your homecoming!
God Bless you and yours 🙂
March 4, 2006 at 1:40 am
Welcome Home….ENJOY!
March 4, 2006 at 2:46 am
Welcome home, Taco! I’ve missed your stories. Can’t wait to meet you and your family!
March 4, 2006 at 6:03 am
Welcome home!! Glad to hear you’re back in the U.S. safe and sound. Once again, thank you and your family for your service and sacrifice.
You guys did an awesome job in Iraq. You’re the best! Say hi to Leghound.
May God bless always.
March 4, 2006 at 10:04 am
It was so very good to see the Taco family homecoming photo and to know that you are home safe. Thanks again for your service and sacrifices. Looking forward to more posts and that book……..
March 4, 2006 at 11:13 am
Welcome home Taco! Texas can’t wait to have her hero back!
Sam
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March 4, 2006 at 11:42 am
Welcome home! Thank you for the time you’ve given away from your family and for all of your hard work.
God bless.
March 4, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Welcome home Sir Taco.
March 4, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Congratulations, Maj Bell. Can’t wait to hear “the rest of the story.”
March 4, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Awesome! Should have guessed you were from the great state of Texas! Yee haw!
March 4, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Welcome Home!!!! Glad you all are safe at home. For sacrafices made…there will never be words or material items that can give our troops what they deserve. THANK YOU ALL ! Cookindawg
March 4, 2006 at 7:13 pm
Welcome back.
Ya think Bush’s trip through Ireland might have held you up?
Back to flying and blogging!
March 4, 2006 at 7:32 pm
SO glad to hear that you are home safe and sound! Thank you ever so much for all you’ve done. You are a hero in the truest sense of the word. You do us proud, Sir!!!!
ps. Can’t wait for the book…. =)
March 4, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Yayyyyyyy, and welcome home!!!
btw…I’m taking verrrrrrry good care of “the replacements”. *wink*
March 4, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Yeah! Welcome home!
Donna
March 4, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Welcome home Taco and I am so glad that you and your whole family are now re-united! I know you are all so thrilled!
Thank you for your service to our country and our people. May God bless you and his grace shine upon you and yours!
March 4, 2006 at 10:25 pm
Hallelujah! Another Mighty Warrior back home safe and sound. Sorry you got the bug but I am sure some TLC from Mrs.Taco will have you back in good health in short order. Welcome back to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Ya done good and we’re proud of you.
March 5, 2006 at 1:02 am
Welcome Home!
Thank you for your service!
“Mission accomplished. Well done. Now fall out and fall in on your family”
March 5, 2006 at 2:12 am
Welcome home, Taco!
March 5, 2006 at 5:05 am
You’re home! Wahoo!! Too bad the bug bit you as you returned home — not fair. Hope you feel better quick.
March 5, 2006 at 5:47 am
Welcome home, Taco!!!!
Thanks for thinking about us “fans” and posting of your wonderful arrival. Now forget about us and get well and enjoy yourself.
Semper Gratus!
March 5, 2006 at 9:21 am
Hey Taco, i am glad that you made it home safely. I leave TQ on April 2…go to the beach for three days and then on to DC, and finally to see MY family. I look forward to a similar homecoming. I really enjoyed meeting you and send me an e-mail from your personal account because I can’t find the address anywhere. OOORAAH!
March 5, 2006 at 5:03 pm
Welcome Home Soldier & well done.
You’ve joined an elite band of American Patriots who have gone in harms way in service to our country, and it will be a source of honor and pride for you to cherish for a lifetime.
Many thanks from one more grateful American.
March 5, 2006 at 6:16 pm
Thank goodness you’re home with your patient, good-looking family. Get rid of that bug before doing anything strenuous like building your plane. Those bugs have a way of hanging in there. Drive safely and have fun.Thanks for the update.
March 5, 2006 at 6:20 pm
p.s. It was great seeing a picture of your mom who made you that delicious birthday cake that kept so well.
March 5, 2006 at 6:59 pm
HAPPY DANCE,HAPPY DANCE!!!!! Welcome home TACO!! Hope you squashed that bug and are back in the pink! Oh wait—that reminds me of “Pinky”—-he let the story loose on his nick name….
Homecomings are the greatest—treasure every moment>>>>>>>>>>>>we treasure you and thank you and your family for all the sacrafices that were made during your deployment. Looking forward to reading your book with Capt B and B.Horn—-keep us posted!!
March 6, 2006 at 12:43 am
A big welcome home young man. I can say that cause I’m old.
Bless you for the job you nave done and the sacrifice you and your family have made for our country.
March 6, 2006 at 2:38 am
Taco,
Welcome home. I followed your postings and sent them to friends and family and have been checking the Sand Gram. You are quite talented young fella. Can’t believe you are the same person who helped my daughter eat all those desserts at the Little Creek “O” Club. Thanks for all your efforts over in that hotbed. And again, welcome home, and thanks for defending our freedom.
March 6, 2006 at 5:52 am
Glad your home safe and (sane?),hope to meet you and
Capt.B on the Anaconda.
You guys are the goods.
Big Bro Jim I said that.
March 6, 2006 at 6:03 am
Sorry i forgot to tell you thanks for giving up your mega bucks job to serve our country, and let me know if you need some red man or big red or red bull. I just want a 6 foot good looking red head.
BIG BRO JIM I
March 6, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Welcome home, Taco! It’s good to hear you have arrived safely. Please give our regards to Mrs. Taco and your parents. 🙂
Get some rest and get well. We will be here waiting to read your posts. Love and thanks to you, Major. Many thanks.
March 6, 2006 at 2:05 pm
What a relief to see your post! WELCOME HOME! Hope you get rid of that bug soon. Just like a Marine, worrying about others. Thanks for letting us know you’re home. You have a great looking family!
March 6, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Welcome HOME!
And thank you (and your family) for the sacrific you made in your service to all of us.
America – land of the free, because of the brave!
March 7, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Welcome Home my dear friend.
God Bless You for all you have done for all of us.
Betsy Roberts
Maineville , OH
March 7, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Welcome Home Taco Bell!!!!! Great job!!!
March 7, 2006 at 7:11 pm
So glad to know that you made it home safely. I enjoyed reading your postings on anysoldier.com and I love the blog. Felt the need to say Welcome home and thanks from a grateful American,
March 7, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Hi Taco;
We are glad to here you are home at last.Wish We could of been there to Hug another one of our heroes.
Patti & Tuffy
March 8, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Welcome Home!!! Just take time and enjoy your family now. You deserve it. Read today that you got together with Capt B. He said ya’ll had a good time. Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Take care now and thanks for everything.
March 9, 2006 at 6:17 am
Welcome Home Taco! So glad you are back on American soil and with your beautiful family. Hugs to all of you. Thanks for taking the time to bring us up to date in the middle of your homecoming. Now take of yourself and enjoy being back home, you’ve earned it. God bless.
March 9, 2006 at 7:35 am
So Taco and Capt B got busted already !!! It sure didn’t take long!!! Double trouble…who didn’t see that comin’….:)
March 9, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Welcome home, Marine! Thanks for all you’ve done and my family and I are wishing you and yours all the best. Looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.
God bless and Semper Fi, Major!
March 10, 2006 at 8:25 am
Thank you seems so piddly for all you’ve done but THANK YOU! and welcome home. Capt B let it out you two were busted though, may need to keep you two separated.
Can’t wait for the book, and hopefully there will be a book signing in Oregon.
Hope you’re feeling OK now.
March 11, 2006 at 3:38 am
Capt B and I had an awesome time this past week and he is like a long lost brother!! Thanks guys for all the postings and support!! Time to go take care of Mrs TacoBell.
S/F
Taco
March 12, 2006 at 10:04 pm
We are so glad you are home safe and sound. Thanks for all you have done serving your country. If you ever fly into the La Crosse, WI airport, let us know. We especially your name brother Mitchell would love to meet you! Keep blogging too!
March 25, 2006 at 8:58 pm
Welcome Home & Job well done Marine. I am very Proud of you and your Marines. Thank You! for your hard work. There is not enough I can do or say to show all of yall how much I appreciate every sacrifice that was made (big or small). God blessed Texas but he also Blessed American when he made Marines. Give the others a hugg for me.