Mark Thunder Gladfelter

It was a pleasure serving with you in Iraq. You will be missed. RIP my Brother. LT Beaker

Gladbag, that pic of you in your blue thermal, I took that pic. We were in the back40 at Ft Campbell, KY, you were an E4. 1992, field problem, a few klicks away on our map was a town. Few of us had a bright idea. Use our land nav skills (pre-gps) middle of the night (couple hours "walk" in the woods) get to that town and use a pay phone to call some girls. We told SSGT Jackson we aren´t missing, we were on a mission, an Infantry honing skills maneuver...and we were off under the light of a...

I remember our times at Fort Campbell like it was yesterday. To this day I still go back to some of the same places in the back 40 (woods) we use to persevere under various environmental and sometimes self inflicted hardships and remember the good and the bad. The relationships and memories of Soldierly experiences. The dangers and the good times. As I too grow older I come to appreciate the old days and in this unfortunate time which we all we find ourselves in someday embrace the remaining...

I can remember one year at annual training mark put a tent up that was hot pink and than tried to put trash bags on it for camouflage!

I was on a couple tours with you G we had some fun in chaos. You will be missed brother!! RIP