My Shook Shots

Shook is back in the states, in an Army hospital, surely with family, and apparently healing quickly from what was a critical condition only days before, taking shrapnel in his leg, scalp and abdomen. The most serious was the largest piece which entered retroperitoneal, traveled parallel to the sagittal plane and exited Shook's anterior, actually going all the way through. Get well soon man!

A few photos: At first I wasn't sure if it was right to post my pictures of him. But I thought about it all day and feel it's a good thing, my small tribute.

First is one I took at Fort Carson of Shook. I've known him for over a year now, living in the same barracks. He is a very good natured southern kid with a kind and magnetic smile as you can see. Tall and slim, he can out run anyone in the company...literally...without exaggeration. It was somebodys joke to make it my job to cover him while playing defense on the HQ Platoon team on Thanksgiving during the company "Turkey Bowl Flag Football Game."The next two shots are well...I'll explain. Shook is in the lower one. Taken on a cool crisp and beautiful Colorado day at Fort Carson, training with our Pro-masks on. At the time I thought it was a little ironic that we were wearing gas masks in some of the cleanest, sky bluest air in America. The middle shot...well, I've been using that one as my myspace picture for over a month now. It's pretty funny. I actually used the cut and past head from the other shot and re sized it to fit.