Casey Wray Leaves for Basic Training

At the end of last year, Lynne's youngest son, Casey, enlisted in the United States Army after attending the University of Louisville for a short time. In January of this year he left for basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. These pictures were taken as he was waiting in the Louisville International Airport for his flight to St. Louis and then to Ft. Leonard Wood. Casey will soon complete his Basic Training and begin his AIT before graduation in June and then his transfer to a new duty station in New York. From there he will subsequently be deployed to Afghanistan. During the course of Lynne's correspondence and phone conversations we've learned that his probable deployment will be sometime between July and October. As you can well imagine, this has been a source of much angst and mixed emotions for Lynne. She is very proud of him and marvels in his transformation from youth to young warrior, but is still terrified at the prospect of sending him half way around the world to engage in conflict.