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So a friend of mine has her son deploying to Afghanistan this week. He's a machine gunner that sits on top of the vehicle.

Posted by Bacon (aka REDMOND) Sep 24 '10, 11:38

The year can not go fast enough. So worried but I can't tell her because I am telling her all positive stuff.

Just feel horrible. He's got the right attitude though.

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Bravery allows chucklenuts like us the freedom to keep typing away on random internet discussion boards. Vaya con Dios. -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 11:45 1
- Bravery such as his -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 11:46
I will never forget how horrified I was to come home and find that my dad had been losing patches of hair from the stress of my deployment. - Stephen Sep 24, 11:44 6
- Wow. It's tough on the families left behind because they have no control over the situation. - Bacon Sep 24, 11:49 5
  - Very true. The one "good" thing about war today are the advances in communication technologies. - Stephen Sep 24, 11:52 4
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      - I need to find the copies of letters my great-uncles sent from France in WWI. - MojaveMeg Sep 24, 12:00 1
        
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      - My parents got several lettters I had sent to them while I was home on leave... - Stephen Sep 24, 11:58
hang in there for the sake of your friend and best wishes to the soldier -- nm - crash davis Sep 24, 11:40
that must be so stressful, -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 11:39

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So a friend of mine has her son deploying to Afghanistan this week. He's a machine gunner that sits on top of the vehicle.

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