Never to shy away from his ideals and his support for the troops, Colin Edwards visited mobilizing soldiers preparing for overseas deployment at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Indiana on Wednesday.
The Texas Tornado got the chance to try out weapons at the Engagement Skills Trainer (an indoor simulated firing range), which he must of loved considering his own vast collection of firearms.
Participated in an armored car roll-over procedure, which must have felt safer than crashing with his Yamaha M1 and spent time eating and talking with some of the troops.
Edwards has been seen wearing a Marines cap during interviews at MotoGP races.
When asked about it he replied:“My heart goes out to these guys…here we’ve got guys who are giving their lives to fight for our freedom, and yet you still have people who are so against…I can understand being against the war, but at the end of the day, you still have to support the guys who are out there doing it.
It doesn’t matter what your belief might be.
At the end of the day, they just don’t get enough respect.
That’s the only thing I can do.
”Edwards will be back next week for the Brno GP.
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