09-18-2011, 07:46 AM
Do you find combat duty weird these days? My father & uncle served in WW2, and there was NOTHING like the commnication opportunities for them. My b-in-law was able to call regularly from Iraq. (When my sister saw a picture of him with a helmet, flak jacket, rifle, etc. under some famous Hussein monument, she thought, until he got thome, that it was "dress up" and that he didn't really go around like that. [Hey, at least she didn't go crazy worrying about him on that tour.]) Does your family worry more or less since they're in such (relatively) close contact? Do non-military folks seem to have a more or less accurate idea of the danger you're in because of the more open lines of communication? It's like you're straddling two worlds. I don't usuuallu use this word, but it seems surreal. :confused:
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