3/21/10 – Jon Batey

Yesterday I biked down to Lake Jackson to join the Brazoria Cavalry in a surprise send off for USN Master Chief Jon Batey. It was a complete surprise organized by his church pastor and timed perfectly.  When the service was over and people were filing out, we roared upon the parking lot with fire truck siren and loud pipes. MC Batey returns to Afghanistan after tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan already with a very long list of citations and medals (several awarded multiple times).  We made our presentation and acknowledged all of the veterans in the congregation as well. MC Batey was moved by all this as was the congregation. This was a fine example of an American hero’s commitment by him and sacrifice by his family.   For you see MC Jon Batey is 56 years old!   Pray he returns.

Joe Kilchrist