Jerry (JJ) Jayden Nguyen was coming home and PGR received this note:
Just received an update from JJ's fiance: Sergeant Jerry Jayden Nguyen and his fiance will be leaving Fort Bragg , North Carolina and arrived in San Jose on Friday, June 6 at 10:56 a.m. from Delta Airlines. JJ served in Afghanistan for over a year.
From God Mother Markly
And A welcome home mission was on the books!
I apologize for my blurry pics, but it's what I have, I have to learn how to take quicker indoor pics..
We have a nice staging point near the airport.. bikes lined up and more were coming... We had 10 bikes total, and for mid week that is great! I very much thank all that attended and JJ's smile was worth it!
This pic is minus 2 more bikes...
Nice pic of most of the bikes, it's a ritual, everyone has to check out the other bikes to see what neat mods they've done!
JJ had some friends the cheer him home!
Markly had to go out and take a pic of the bikes...
I just can't thank Doug enough for arranging for us to park in easy to get too places at the airports!! Just makes these missions SOOOO much easier!
Markly in the middle with some of her friends and PGR riders...
Lined up and waiting for JJ to arrive, the plane was a bit late...
It was neat, we had 2 soldiers come by our line and we hooted them up, clapped and said THANKS!!! While there another family had their son coming home, and then another lady said her son was coming in on the same flight!! We got 5 for 1!!!!! GBG
Here is the first one to walk the honor line!
This is the son of the first family that joined our ranks!! That hat and haircut was a giveaway!! GBG
Here's the second son that the mom joined our ranks, they both got a great bunch of thank yous and cheers!!! They were all smiles!!
JJ and fiance coming off the plane...
Markly taking pics....
He was all smiles!
Balloons, flowers and lots of hugs!!! JJ was in great shape! Look at them arms!
Group (sorry, blurry... ) photo
So off we went to escort JJ home! An uneventful ride, tho had I not done a pre ride yesterday, I'd of lost us all, Google maps led me on a road that did not exist..
After waking up everyone GBG we welcome JJ home!
It's just great to welcome home folks, he has to go back for a bit, but hope not long and comes back soon!!! Again, a HUGE thank you to those that attended, YOU made the difference!
And Thank Markly for inviting PGR to welcome home her God son!!! Have a great rest JJ!!
My husband's name is Tony Vo. He lived with JJ when he was a teenager and am trying to get in touch with him now. If anyone can forward him my email address, he'd like to catch up. tivo829@gmail.com. Thank you.
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