UMSCH7: Sunday Morning Surprise
I received a nice surprise Sunday morning – a 37 min, 4 sec phone call at 9:33 AM from a number I didn’t recognize. As I was hoping it might, it turned out to be my soldier son. After chastising him...
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UMSCH8: His 21st Birthday
This week, my son turns 21. This will be the first birthday for which I have not been able to tell him “happy birthday” on his birthday, but I’m guessing it won’t be the last. Birthdays became a...
View ArticleUMSCH9: Doing Your Homework
You may have heard of something called SERE training if you know someone in the military. SERE stands for Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape. It’s a 3-week course at Fort Bragg that trains soldiers in...
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UMSCH10: Peaks and Valleys
I could tell from my son’s last letter that he was back in the Valley of Homesick again. This may be occurring about every 3-4 weeks. I’m sure it has a lot to do with the exhaustion he’s probably...
View ArticleNot an original, but worth thinking about
I received this in an email from a friend of mine: In World War II, 11.2% of the nation served in four years. In Vietnam, 4.3% served in 12 years. Since 2001, only 0.45% of our population has served...
View ArticleHow do they sleep at night?
Forgive me for cross-posting, but this is an issue about which I feel rather strongly these days. You won’t get his on network news, so I feel rather obligated to show it here. If you have a delicate...
View ArticleThe Price of a Cell Phone Battery
My soldier had confirmation last week that he would indeed be deploying to Afghanistan next year. Bear in mind that we are supposedly going through a ‘drawdown’ in Afghanistan through 2014. But then...
View ArticleMemorial Day 2012
Cross-posted message for soldiers and families on Memorial Day. http://www.untilmysoncomeshome.com/2012/05/memorial-day-2012.html The post Memorial Day 2012 appeared first on The Daily Hurricane.
View ArticleTrading Places
I have cross-posted today: http://www.untilmysoncomeshome.com/2013/03/trading-places.html The post Trading Places appeared first on The Daily Hurricane.
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Remember This on This Veteran’s Day, and then on Election Day in 2014
As of November 8th, 2013, there have been 58,846 American soldiers killed or wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom since March...
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