Steven E. Shepard

You were always my hero and my rock long before you were a pilot. I will always remember and love you. I promise to love and protect your family to the best of my ability for the rest of my life. The way you would have done. Thank you for your dedication, friendship, and love. Thank you for believing and protecting us. Love, Mom

As a native Okie and an ex Army engineer and Gulf War veteran, I pray that God grant Steven Shepard eternal blessings and peace and may the Creator bestow peace and comfort to his family. May God bless CWO2 Steven Shepard.

Steve,
I heard the news not to long ago. It seems just a few days ago that we were laughing at the stupid things the Tac officers were having us do. You were such a great man. Always keeping our spirits up when we never thought we could get through all that studying. You were a pilot before flight school and you never held all that knowlege back from us "Rookies". Steve you will always and forever be missed. I promise that I will always keep your memories alive with me. As for your wife and unborn daughter please know that I offer my utmost condolences. I'm so sorry.

In Memory of Steven E. Shephard video(you can download the video here:

http://f16c.com/steveandkeith.zip

You can also see where Steven posted at our forum(his final posts will always be kept on our first page). He has about 90 posts total at our forum.

Steven's final post at our Forum can be seen here:
http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=60581

May God Bless us all.
_Andrew "Bramage" Olesen

May your soul rest in peace, and may God grant your family the strength and courage to cope during such a sad time.

May God bless and watch over you and your family. Steven is a true hero who paid the ultimate price in the name of freedom and will be remembered by many for his sacrifice.

http://f16c.com/steveandkeith.wmv
God Bless you all!

My heart goes out to your family. I knew Steve and my husband is a fellow aviator of Steven's. May GOD help you through this time of grief. Steven was a good man and a mighty warrior.

I love you Steven and you will always be my hero
your little sis

Condolences to your friends and Family!

Total Candles 1
Freedom Isn't Free

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze
A young soldier saluted it, and then
He stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many Pilots' planes shot down?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No Freedom isn't free

I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still.
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen"
When a flag had draped a coffin
of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard at the
bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.....
No -- Freedom isn't free!!

...Cadet Major Kelly Strong
Air Force Junior ROTC


My condolences to your family and friends. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.