Courtesy Photo | Reuniting after 12 years apart, Chief Warrant Officer Adam Wagner (Left), a member of...... read more read more
By Pfc. Nicklaus Bendure
BAGHDAD —After 12 years apart, two old friends thousands of miles away from where they last spoke had the opportunity to reconnect at Camp Liberty for a short time, Jan. 11.
The two Soldiers, Staff Sergeant Joshua Singer, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Engineer Brigade, and Chief Warrant Officer Adam Wagner, of Company A, 1/52nd General Support Aviation Battalion, attended the same high school in Bucyrus, Ohio, where they met on the cross country team.
Even though they were a year apart in school, they became fast friends and eventually best friends.
After graduation in 1992, however, their ability to keep in touch grew increasingly difficult. Each time that both Soldiers tried to reconnect with each other, challenges always presented themselves and they eventually fell out of touch.
Earlier this year, Singer, who is a member of the social networking site Facebook, noticed a friend request from Wagner.
"I was excited," said Wagner. "I had been looking for him for years and he just found me through a mutual friend."
Within minutes of accepting the friend request, the two were chatting online and catching up.
To his surprise, Singer discovered that his old friend had become a Blackhawk pilot in the Army.
"I always pictured him in a cubicle," said Singer.
Wagner, equally surprised, doubted his friend would still be in the Army after all this time.
As both Soldiers were catching up, they quickly realized that they were both in Iraq; not that far from each other.
Wagner was able to work out with his chain of command the chance to travel from his duty station in northern Iraq to Baghdad, where Singer is stationed, to be able to see his old friend again.
Things fell quickly back into place as they filled each other in on how their lives have changed. And both said they plan to stay in touch in the future, despite the distance that may come between them.
| Date Taken: | 01.15.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 01.15.2010 14:03 |
| Story ID: | 43901 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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