Sunday, March 19, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
Madison Lunak
Tracy and I had Madison this morning. I guess Tracy did all the work and I was just there. She was born at 6:16 am and weighs 7lbs 1oz. Here are some pictures. I post more later.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Forth Worth here we come.
I passed my FLS test a couple of weeks ago. I kind of forgot about it untill now. It's been a wild couple weeks. Tracy's grandma died the day before I took the test, and then this whole Ben Lunak thing. Tracy is also due the ninth. It's very exciting and also stressful. There's alot of stuff happening in the Lunak house.
But I passed and this summer we will be moving to Forth Worth, TX. Here is a picture or two of a place we are trying to rent. It sounds very nice and also allows dogs. Halle is very excited.
Anyways I will post pictures when the baby is born.
Later
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
GI Ben Lunak Joe
Saw this in the paper. Kind of scared me
IRAQ : GF Marine seriously wounded
Family flies out to D.C. to meet him today
By Susanne Nadeau
Herald Staff Writer
A Grand Forks man is in serious condition after the Humvee he manned drove over a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq, over the weekend, according to his father.
Lance Cpl. Ben Lunak, 21, took shrapnel to his stomach and back and may lose part of his leg, his father, former City Council member Duane Lunak, said Monday.
The young man was bound and determined to head overseas, his father said. He traveled with his company, the Lima Company, part of the 3rd Battalion of the Marine Corps, to Iraq shortly after breaking three bones in his ankle, Duane Lunak said.
"He loved what he was doing," Lunak said.
Lunak and his ex-wife, Cindy, will head to Washington, D.C., with their 24-year-old daughter today to wait for their son, who is expected to be transferred there from Germany, where he is being treated for his wounds. Lunak said his son's condition must stabilize before he can be moved.
Although Lunak did not know the details surrounding the incident, he said he was told two other Marines were killed.
"They were patrolling on the Humvee. Ben was on top; he was blown out of there. The other two, his friends, they didn't make it," he said.
Wisconsin man dies
Separately, the Duluth News Tribune reported Monday that a Superior, Wis., Marine was killed by a roadside bomb Saturday in Ramadi.
Military officials hadn't publicly confirmed Lunak's injury or the death of Lance Cpl. Adam Van Alstine, 21, of Superior, as of Monday night, so it was not possible to know if the two were involved in the same attack.
Van Alstine's family told the News Tribune that three other members of his unit were injured.
"All I know is that he was on patrol. We don't know what happened," Van Alstine's sister, Dawn "Dee" Meyers, said in a phone interview with the News Tribune.
Van Alstine was a gunner on a Humvee, but the squad may have been out of the vehicle when the bomb exploded, friends and family members said.
Marine Corps officials told Meyers of her brother's death Saturday evening at her Cottage Grove, Minn., home.
Van Alstine's mother died in 2003 at the age of 46, just months before his graduation from Superior High School. Van Alstine's father died before he was born.
More than 2,290 Americans have died in the Iraq conflict since the beginning of the war in March 2003. Nearly 30,000 Iraqi civilians are estimated to have died as a result of hostilities.
'Doing fine'
Ben Lunak has been active in Iraq for the past four months, according to his father. He's been stationed near Ramadi, west of Baghdad, his father said. The two have kept in good touch, speaking on the phone several times a week and sending e-mail.
Ben Lunak left two voice-mails at his father's home Thursday.
"He said not to worry, he was doing fine," Duane said, his voice breaking with worry. "He's my best friend."
A 2002 graduate of Red River High School, Lunak joined the Marines in 2004 and completed training in San Diego and Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, Calif., his father said.
He was promoted to lance corporal fairly quickly, his father said.
"He could take pretty good care of himself," Lunak said.
Lunak heard the news that his son was wounded on Sunday. He's flying out for Washington, D.C., this afternoon.
"I just hope he's there when I get there," he said.
IRAQ : GF Marine seriously wounded
Family flies out to D.C. to meet him today
By Susanne Nadeau
Herald Staff Writer
A Grand Forks man is in serious condition after the Humvee he manned drove over a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq, over the weekend, according to his father.
Lance Cpl. Ben Lunak, 21, took shrapnel to his stomach and back and may lose part of his leg, his father, former City Council member Duane Lunak, said Monday.
The young man was bound and determined to head overseas, his father said. He traveled with his company, the Lima Company, part of the 3rd Battalion of the Marine Corps, to Iraq shortly after breaking three bones in his ankle, Duane Lunak said.
"He loved what he was doing," Lunak said.
Lunak and his ex-wife, Cindy, will head to Washington, D.C., with their 24-year-old daughter today to wait for their son, who is expected to be transferred there from Germany, where he is being treated for his wounds. Lunak said his son's condition must stabilize before he can be moved.
Although Lunak did not know the details surrounding the incident, he said he was told two other Marines were killed.
"They were patrolling on the Humvee. Ben was on top; he was blown out of there. The other two, his friends, they didn't make it," he said.
Wisconsin man dies
Separately, the Duluth News Tribune reported Monday that a Superior, Wis., Marine was killed by a roadside bomb Saturday in Ramadi.
Military officials hadn't publicly confirmed Lunak's injury or the death of Lance Cpl. Adam Van Alstine, 21, of Superior, as of Monday night, so it was not possible to know if the two were involved in the same attack.
Van Alstine's family told the News Tribune that three other members of his unit were injured.
"All I know is that he was on patrol. We don't know what happened," Van Alstine's sister, Dawn "Dee" Meyers, said in a phone interview with the News Tribune.
Van Alstine was a gunner on a Humvee, but the squad may have been out of the vehicle when the bomb exploded, friends and family members said.
Marine Corps officials told Meyers of her brother's death Saturday evening at her Cottage Grove, Minn., home.
Van Alstine's mother died in 2003 at the age of 46, just months before his graduation from Superior High School. Van Alstine's father died before he was born.
More than 2,290 Americans have died in the Iraq conflict since the beginning of the war in March 2003. Nearly 30,000 Iraqi civilians are estimated to have died as a result of hostilities.
'Doing fine'
Ben Lunak has been active in Iraq for the past four months, according to his father. He's been stationed near Ramadi, west of Baghdad, his father said. The two have kept in good touch, speaking on the phone several times a week and sending e-mail.
Ben Lunak left two voice-mails at his father's home Thursday.
"He said not to worry, he was doing fine," Duane said, his voice breaking with worry. "He's my best friend."
A 2002 graduate of Red River High School, Lunak joined the Marines in 2004 and completed training in San Diego and Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, Calif., his father said.
He was promoted to lance corporal fairly quickly, his father said.
"He could take pretty good care of himself," Lunak said.
Lunak heard the news that his son was wounded on Sunday. He's flying out for Washington, D.C., this afternoon.
"I just hope he's there when I get there," he said.
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