Guantanamo Bay

Eric was recently sent on a short mission to Guantanamo Bay. We found out only four days before that he would be leaving. We were surprised that he was going since he was the secondary flight surgeon for these missions. In the beginning we were unsure of how long he would be gone but knew it could be up to two weeks. He drove to Charleston, SC where he spent a few days training for the trip. From there they flew to Guantanamo Bay for a short stay and pickup of four detainees. The detainees were flown to Albania and Spain for drop-off. They were able to rest for a day in Rota, Spain which Eric said was very beautiful. He was able to enjoy the warm weather there and some of the local fare. He also brought back a couple really good bottles of Spanish wine! They flew back to Guantanamo for a drop-off of supplies and then back to Charleston where he stayed one more night to catch up on sleep. All together he was only gone 10 days so we were grateful for another short deployment. Hayden and I were very happy to have him home! We hope this will be his last trip before leaving Montgomery.....then we will not have to worry about deployments for at least another 5 years.