Today's Desert Dispatch (4-25-03) is THE BOBBY KNIGHT SHOW!! Complete with pictures!! 
I was sooooo excited reading about one of our DIS boys... Couldn't wait to let y'all know!!
April 25, 2003
Red Cross message conveys good news
POSTWAR IRAQ: DESERT DISPATCH
By FRED DODD
AD DIWNIYAH, Iraq -- The South Bend Marines' company gunnery sergeant received a message late Wednesday night that there was an American Red Cross message at the battalion headquarters for one of Engineer Company B's Marines.
Red Cross messages often mean that there's trouble at home, but the Marines were relieved to hear that this message had been for good news. Lance Cpl. Sean Justice, 26, of North Judson, is a new father -- his wife had a baby boy Tuesday, the message said.
Unfortunately, Justice is one of four South Bend Marines who went straight to Camp Betio, Kuwait, when the company left Camp Chesty a few days ago. A phone call was made to Camp Betio to relay the message.
The South Bend Marines finished their latest mission Thursday building more three-man latrines and waited for their next mission or their next move closer to home.
Cpl. Bobby Knight, 25, of South Bend, is one of the Engineer Company B Marines who are eager to leave. "I just want to say hello to my parents," he said.
"I'll take a couple weeks off of work to spend some time with my family and friends, relax and enjoy life. I'll think about what I participated in here and put things in perspective. It doesn't get to you now, but it will when we get home -- where we were at and what we were doing."
On the other side of the world Knight delivers Bonnie Doon ice cream to supermarkets and restaurants. That's something that sounds pretty tasty here in the desert. "I'd love to have some right now," Knight said.
Although he was only able to give his boss a couple of days notice when the unit was activated, the company took the news well. "He wished me the best and said he'd pray for me and that my position would still be there when I get back.
"I started working there in August. I enjoy that job a lot. It's a small company, the people are really nice, and it pays really well."
Knight is a heavy equipment operator for the Marine Corps. He said that the highlight of being here was back at Camp Chesty when the bulldozer operators had so much work to do building berms and leveling the ground for other units to set up bivouacs.
He hopes to eventually get into operating heavy equipment in the civilian world. "I've been trying the last couple of years to get into the Operating Engineers Union Local 150, but there's a waiting list.
"The first sergeant told us about the helmets to hard hats program (to help military engineers get similar civilian jobs), and I'll check into that too when I get back."
He also looks forward to hitting the lakes when he gets home. He has a couple of Jet Skis that he uses at Diamond Lake, in Cassopolis, and at Lake Michigan. He says he plays a lot of sports, too. He says he plays softball in the summer and basketball in the winter.
Speaking of basketball, you can't talk about Bobby Knight without mentioning the Indiana/Texas Tech connection. Knight says he's caught heck over his name since his family moved from southern Illinois to South Bend when he was 10.
"In my sophomore year at LaSalle, we were in the middle of basketball practice one day when WSBT came charging in asking 'Where's Bobby Knight?' " He also said that Purdue's head coach, Gene Keady, was in the stands one time to recruit a Clay player. "There was some write-up about it saying that it must've been weird -- Keady there watching Bobby Knight play.
"Then I had one drill instructor who always called me 'Private Bobby.' "
Let's see if this link will work:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/sto...20030425-sbt-MARS-A1-Red_Cross_message_co.sto
Maybe someone else can get the picture in....
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2003/04/25/c_KNIGHT_SHOOTS.jpeg
I was sooooo excited reading about one of our DIS boys... Couldn't wait to let y'all know!!
April 25, 2003
Red Cross message conveys good news
POSTWAR IRAQ: DESERT DISPATCH
By FRED DODD
AD DIWNIYAH, Iraq -- The South Bend Marines' company gunnery sergeant received a message late Wednesday night that there was an American Red Cross message at the battalion headquarters for one of Engineer Company B's Marines.
Red Cross messages often mean that there's trouble at home, but the Marines were relieved to hear that this message had been for good news. Lance Cpl. Sean Justice, 26, of North Judson, is a new father -- his wife had a baby boy Tuesday, the message said.
Unfortunately, Justice is one of four South Bend Marines who went straight to Camp Betio, Kuwait, when the company left Camp Chesty a few days ago. A phone call was made to Camp Betio to relay the message.
The South Bend Marines finished their latest mission Thursday building more three-man latrines and waited for their next mission or their next move closer to home.
Cpl. Bobby Knight, 25, of South Bend, is one of the Engineer Company B Marines who are eager to leave. "I just want to say hello to my parents," he said.
"I'll take a couple weeks off of work to spend some time with my family and friends, relax and enjoy life. I'll think about what I participated in here and put things in perspective. It doesn't get to you now, but it will when we get home -- where we were at and what we were doing."
On the other side of the world Knight delivers Bonnie Doon ice cream to supermarkets and restaurants. That's something that sounds pretty tasty here in the desert. "I'd love to have some right now," Knight said.
Although he was only able to give his boss a couple of days notice when the unit was activated, the company took the news well. "He wished me the best and said he'd pray for me and that my position would still be there when I get back.
"I started working there in August. I enjoy that job a lot. It's a small company, the people are really nice, and it pays really well."
Knight is a heavy equipment operator for the Marine Corps. He said that the highlight of being here was back at Camp Chesty when the bulldozer operators had so much work to do building berms and leveling the ground for other units to set up bivouacs.
He hopes to eventually get into operating heavy equipment in the civilian world. "I've been trying the last couple of years to get into the Operating Engineers Union Local 150, but there's a waiting list.
"The first sergeant told us about the helmets to hard hats program (to help military engineers get similar civilian jobs), and I'll check into that too when I get back."
He also looks forward to hitting the lakes when he gets home. He has a couple of Jet Skis that he uses at Diamond Lake, in Cassopolis, and at Lake Michigan. He says he plays a lot of sports, too. He says he plays softball in the summer and basketball in the winter.
Speaking of basketball, you can't talk about Bobby Knight without mentioning the Indiana/Texas Tech connection. Knight says he's caught heck over his name since his family moved from southern Illinois to South Bend when he was 10.
"In my sophomore year at LaSalle, we were in the middle of basketball practice one day when WSBT came charging in asking 'Where's Bobby Knight?' " He also said that Purdue's head coach, Gene Keady, was in the stands one time to recruit a Clay player. "There was some write-up about it saying that it must've been weird -- Keady there watching Bobby Knight play.
"Then I had one drill instructor who always called me 'Private Bobby.' "
Let's see if this link will work:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/sto...20030425-sbt-MARS-A1-Red_Cross_message_co.sto
Maybe someone else can get the picture in....
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2003/04/25/c_KNIGHT_SHOOTS.jpeg
