GRANDVIEW, Mo. – – News is spreading across the country of one soldier’s return home. His brothers and sisters in service say they have a lot to celebrate.
On Saturday FOX 4’s Megan Brilley spoke to veterans who have a special message for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.
Command Sgt. Major Teresea Beauchamp is speechless when it comes to Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s return.
“For him to make it home and make it home safe is…There’s no words for it,” said Beauchamp.
She spent 27 years in the army and some time in Iraq. A different world that she says is hard for outsiders to understand.
“Just imagine not knowing where your child is or how they’re being treated,” Beauchamp said.
Sgt. Bergdahl’s parents know the feeling well but they never gave up hope.
“Thank you so much. We just can’t communicate the words this morning when heard from the president,” Sgt. Bergdahl’s father Bob Bergdahl said.
After decades in the service Beauchamp is celebrating her retirement with friends and family, and although her time was filled with earthshattering moments, there were also moments she wouldn’t change for the world. Like when she met her now boyfriend and love of her life in the service.
“It’s incredible!” Beauchamp said, as the two sat hand and hand, they know not everyone has their happy ending.
A table sits to remember those missing and their good friends that never got to come home.
“It’s definitely an honor to be able to share their absence,” Beauchamp said.
As Beauchamp celebrates stepping down from service, she and other veterans in the room also toast to a brother who gets to come home, too.
“I would give him a hug and tell him ‘bless him for all that he went through,’” Beauchamp said.
Around 32,000 US troops remain in Afghanistan. Obama announced this week that he plans to have all soldiers out by the end of 2016.
