Family, friends, and sometimes even troops themselves send I-Report salutes nearly every day to U.S. military serving their country away from home. Take a look below as family and friends share stories of the troops they love.
Friday, June 22, 2007
'Our first real family picture'


My husband (Nathaniel Pote) is serving in Iraq right now. He's been overseas for about a month now. This is our first deployment. It's tough being an army wife. My husband has been in the military for about 7 years. He's a wonderful husband and officer. We've been married a little over 2 years. We have no kid's yet, but we have a dog. He's a wonderful man and he's my officer and a gentleman.

Here's a picture of our little family. This was taken just a few weeks before my husband deployed. It's our first real family picture.

-- Pualani Pote of Ozark, Missouri
Pualani,
I am so happy you did this, and it is a great picture of you guys. I know you will be able to make it through this, it is hard but we love our husbands, so we stick by them.
Teresa Satterwhite
On CNN TV
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