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Sam Barris
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"I wish to make an ANNOUNCEMENT. I regret to announce… that this is the END. I am going. I am leaving NOW. GOOD-BYE!"
-Bilbo Baggins
Alas, this has nothing to do with the arms and armour hobby, and for that I apologize. I just wanted to take a moment and bid you all farewell. This is a wonderful community, and I shall miss it. The time has come for a long expected deployment. A plane bound for Bahrain leaves within the hour and I shall be aboard. I will spend most of the next six months in the Middle East, doing VBSS missions and whatever else may be required. However, the sea is vast and ships aren't generally known for being stationary. There are always pirates off the coast of Africa to hunt should we get bored guarding offshore oil rigs. 
If my last trip to the Gulf is any indication, I can't imagine that I'll have any internet access for many moons to come. If all goes well, I expect to return sometime in late Summer or early Autumn.
Farewell.
Pax,
Sam Barris
"Any nation that draws too great a distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." —Thucydides
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Gabriel Lebec
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Best of health, safety, success, and good old fashioned luck to you on your deployment. May you return soon to enjoy the peace of collecting weapons not intended for modern use.
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Joe Fults
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Be safe and well during your adventure.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Jean Thibodeau
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Sam;
Well be careful out there, as careful as one can be under the circumstances.
If you have access to the internet try to keep in touch and let us know that you are O.K. and sort of keep in touch with what is being discussed here even if your participation can only be minimal: It may help keeping in touch with hobbies during down time to preserve a sense of some normalcy or control over one's life. I know during some stressful times in the past posting and reading here was very good for the nerves.
All the best. 
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Jeff Larsen
Location: Chandler, AZ Joined: 06 Jan 2004
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Hi Sam,
Take care while you are over there. We'll still be here when you come home. Best wishes for s safe trip and stay overseas.
Stay safe and watch your back,
Jeff
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Thomas McDonald
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Until we meet again ....
Happy Trails, Sam Wise Barris
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Lee O'Hagan
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Be Safe Sam and best wishes,
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Steve Grisetti
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Sam - As I write this, I suppose that you are well on your way. But know that you are in our prayers.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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M. Taylor
Location: Chesterland, Ohio Joined: 01 Mar 2004
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God speed, sir. Stay safe, serve with honor; I'm sure you will. Keep in touch (if at all possibel) and let us know how you are doing.
"Only people not able to grow tall from their own efforts and achievements seek to subdue their fellow man."
"Only people not being able to find comfort in their own mind seek to silence others. " - Per Bylund
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Edward Hitchens
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Good luck Sam. We'll pray for you. Thanks for serving.
Ted
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
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B. Stark
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From one former squid to another: Farewell, and fallowing seas.
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Jonathan Blair
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The LORD bless you, and keep you: the LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: the LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." - The Lord Jesus Christ, from The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, chapter x, verse 34, Authorized Version of 1611
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Bill Duncan
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Good luck and Gods speed on your way home.
Dunc
Former U.S.M.C
May you live as long as you want but never want for as long as you live
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Lloyd Clark
Location: Beaver Dam, WI Joined: 08 Sep 2004
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Fair Winds and Following Seas, Shipmate.
Cheers,
Lloyd Clark
2000 World Jousting Champion
2004 World Jousting Bronze Medalist
Swordmaster
Super Proud Husband and Father!
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