A soldier's farewell on Father's Day

A soldier's farewell on Father's Day
Updated: Jun 17, 2012
By Shaley Sanders

FORT WORTH, TX (KLTV) - Families across the nation celebrated Father's Day.

On a naval base in Fort Worth, families "thank-you's" were accompanied with "good-byes."

This is the second deployment for Lorinda Starkey's husband.

"It's hard, it's crazy. You just have to take it one day at a time and just pray about it," Starkey said.

These troops are headed to Afghanistan and many are already counting down the days until their return.

Sergeant Tanerrius Robinson is one of those soldiers.

"I'm just ready to go ahead and get it over with. The minute we step foot in the country, we start counting down and counting those days off the calendar," said Sgt. Robinson.
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