The First Lady in Germany

The first lady made several stops while in the Kaiserslautern Military community yesterday. Before giving her speech at Ramstein, she visited about 20 injured servicemembers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center who were wounded in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

She was greeted with a packed house in hangar 1 on Ramstein Air base. People were in line for hours before the doors opened a 9:00 am. Brrrrrr that must of been cold since Germany had just received even more powder causing school buses to run an hour late that morning. Would have been there in a heartbeat but my car was in the shop and Greyhawk had to be at work. I hear that the roars of cheers and applause from approximately 2000 troops and family members was deafening. She brought a message of appreciation and support and she conveyed an understanding of what spouses and children of troops go through when they go off to serve.

?All of those who serve in our military deserve our utmost respect." ?And so do those who serve without a paycheck and well behind the front lines: our military families.

?I know a little bit about having your life turned upside down because the person you love wants to serve the country he loves.?

After the speech, Mrs Bush ate a roast beef lunch at Ramstein?s General Cannon Hotel with a group of military spouses.

I would have loved to have been there.

Later in the day she traveled to Wiesbaden. She visited Gen. H.H. Arnold High School and was greeted by cheering students and teachers in a packed auditorium. Apparently she won the crowd over with her congratulations to the football team recent Division I championship and with her familiarization of Arnold High School and it's students. Mrs. Bush gave the seniors a little nod by warning the lower classmen to keep their feet off the Warrior school crest. The seniors erupted in applause.

She gave thanks and encouragement and a bit of advice:

"Treasure your education and keep it going throughout life,learn from your mistakes, and appreciate the little things in life."

Sounds like she was very motivational to a large group of teenager, a task that isn't easy to achieve as I'm sure many will agree.