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  • Any loved ones in Iraq/elsewhere?

    Any of you have loved ones serving overseas esp. for peacekeeping missions and Iraq?

    Boy, you gotta give major props to those folks who are out there and their families. I personally don't have loved ones out there but I can only appreciate their sacrifices.

    This thread also meant for sharing your stories.

  • #2
    Agreed, whether or not you support whatever conflict is going on, you have to support the men and women that are over there serving.

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    • #3
      I know a C-130 loadmaster from Minneasota whos over there right now. I also know an Iraqi girl who moved back there recently to get married because she turned 16, she's not fighting of course but she has to live with all the fighting going on now.
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      • #4
        I know plenty of people in Iraq. My cousin, who I am very close to, is Marine Infantry and is currently assigned to Fallujah. Also plenty of people from my church are there as well. Thankfully my father hasn't had to go there...hopefully it stays that way!
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        • #5
          My brother is currently in Iraq with the 940th MP Squadron of the KY National Guard based out of Walton, KY. Been over there since February and has been in charge of training hundreds, if not thousands, of Iraqi Police Officers.

          The good news, he leaves Iraq Christmas Day, and leaves Kuwait for New York on New Years Day (my mothers birthday). He'll be home in Cincinnati around January 15!
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          • #6
            Uncle is in Afghanistan, he has also served in: Haiti, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, ex- Airborne Regiment instructor where he did over 1200 skydives and missions. Hopefully this will be his last time away over the holidays . Also have 2 aunts, another uncle, and 3 cousins serving in the forces.

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            • #7
              I have a friend in the Marines over there, and all he tells me is how it's not like the media makes it out to be. He said that most citizens over there want the aid of the US, and that it's not all one big battlefield. He said the Marines treat him very well, equipped with free medical care for he and his family as long as he is in the Marines. He also mentioned that he has a pretty good ability to communicate with his family, usually in the form of a letter.

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              • #8
                I have 4 cousins in the IDF and i will be drafted in about a year and a half or 2 years

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                • #9
                  Not yet... my dad will be heading to Kosovo the 15th of febuary though; he'll stay there for 6 months.

                  Despite the fact that there is no actual war in kosovo at the moment, there're still problems and you can't help worrying... the fact that I'm probably moving to london while he's there, leaving my mom completely alone as my brother is away from boarding school hurts a little as well- but i guess I do have to get started on my own life at some point

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by andrew_c
                    Uncle is in Afghanistan, he has also served in: Haiti, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, ex- Airborne Regiment instructor where he did over 1200 skydives and missions. Hopefully this will be his last time away over the holidays . Also have 2 aunts, another uncle, and 3 cousins serving in the forces.
                    Ex Canadian Airborne here too....over 800 freefall and 106 static line descents at last count. I have spent two Christmas seasons away from loved ones (Cyprus 1986, Kabul 2003) and I seriously think it is harder on those here in North America than it is on those serving! The latter Christmas period was a lot easier as I had the benefits of free phone calls, free snail mail, lots of emails from a lot of people, and a supportive bunch of co workers, unlike the first.Yes it would be nice to be home stuffing your face with family and friends, but the overwhelming majority of serving personnel know they have a job to do, and just want to get on with it and get home in one piece. I'd go back in a heartbeat to the right job, the choice coming with being a retired not so old fart. Military service is a miserable go at times, and an incredible experience at others, so you take the good with the bad, and get on with the tasks at hand. If you don't like it, find a job someplace else. Having provided you with my pearls of wisdom, I do not know anyone close that is overseas right at this moment, but I think of all those serving at this time of year in my prayers. Have a merry one guys and gals! Be safe!

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                    • #11
                      I should share this with you guys.

                      Back in 2003, when embedded journalists/cameramen showed us live TV pictures of military personell driving into Iraq from Kuwait, it was a painful experience for me. (Painful because they were driving into god knew what!) However, I was deeply motivated by their commitment to fulfill their mission. At the time, I was also down with flu and I had gained some strength from watching these pictures.

                      I have not a single relative or close friend serving in Iraq or Afghanistan but I am affected by what my other fellow Americans are going through. Sons, daughters, fathers, brothers, sisters and grandpas away for extended periods of time must be painful enough for any family. And quite frankly, some will not return.

                      I only hope that us Americans and the rest of the world learns to appreciate the sacrifices of such people regardless of whether the rest of us agree with the mission.

                      At the end of the day, politics and all that crap gets thrown out of the window when you are at war -- or at least when you are fighting a bloody war.

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