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Well I'm anxiously awaiting a call from my good friend Dustin. He's coming home from Afghanistan on leave. He was delayed in Kuwait, and he's waiting on the next flight out. He's anxious for a break from the desert, but when he goes back he's going to an area that is attacked on a daily basis. My prayers are going with him when they send him back over there. And I'm going to talk to him about sending a care package back with him.

i will pray for him too.My 18 year old kid has his tour to Iraq coming up soon.I feel for everyone of them.

[quote=pvictoria]i will pray for him too.My 18 year old kid has his tour to Iraq coming up soon.I feel for everyone of them.[/quote

Well I'm still waiting, I'm on tender hooks here as they say. He won't officially be on leave until the day after he gets home.

Give him my best and a great thank you. God Bless them all.

God bless the Unites States ,every one serving,having served and will serve in the future.These guys make it possible to have the life style we are used to and keeping up worldpeace.

its a coincidence but yesterday a soldier from kabul that is on cs messaged me and no woman would ignore it to save her life. what those guys are going through. if you can only make one second a bit more entertaining/interesting/hopeful. helped a lot that he was really quite cute and interesting himself. i didnt reply out of the goodness of my heart!

I'm just really excited he's going to be home, even for a short while!

every minute a blessing and i really feel for pvictoria too. to know your baby is out there. i couldnt bear it. i will tie my son down if he ever tries to enlist.

My son is 8 years old and ever since he was 3 all he's been able to talk about is being a soldier when he grows up. We'll see what happens in the next 10 years!

Just suggestion Twinkles1994.....some decide at a very young life that the military is for them. If he is one and is truely dedicated to it. He will ultimately enlist. My suggestion is to consider sending him to military school. The extra schooling and training are life savers in this.

My grandfather saw WWII coming....sent his two eldest sons that were both draft age.....to one. It helped to keep them both alive.

Also it is more likely that he will become a officer....and be considered for a Academy appoinment if he attends one.

CONGRATS! I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE RETURNING!

I TOO HAVE 30 DAYS OFF FROM THE SANDBOX COMING HOME IS SPECIAL. BEST OF LUCK!!
BE WELL,
JOHN

Hey John! I just wish the military would hurry it up a bit!

national service is compulsory in switzerland but i have no idea if they are ever sent anywhere to fight. my ex was on the short list for peace keeping in former yugoslavia. i said if he gave me his gun i would shoot him in a knee cap just to keep him from going and happily go to jail for it. mind you after what he has done to me in recent years i must have been an idiot. and hey welcome home soldier to the guy above.

Thank you jojo.I am from a military family,having served myself.So did every male member of my family.He is my only child and my heart aches but he was determined to follow our family tradition.he just got married recently to his high school sweetheart before deployment.I have never met her in person,me residing in Europe.I can only hope for the best.

I can totally relate to parents with children in the military... my son is 19 years old and I would not want to see him going away to somewhere like Iraq. God bless..

Thanks hun.I and I can assume every parent ,spouse,and familymember will appreciate the mental support.

Dustin is now back in the US. I just got off the phone with him and he was getting his bags from baggage claim in Dallas.

My son is 24 and he's over there now. He's been there 6 months now. He says it's very hot and dusty over there. The shower facilities are separate from the living quarters and he said he feels like a sugar cookie after the walk back to his quarters. He said the sand has gotten stuck all over him again. I pray for him and all the others that are there, or will soon be deployed. It's tough for them over there.

Amen.

Hope he comes home safe. A friend, her father and brother are in the same unit over there.

Hope anyone who has a friend, or family member over seas, that they come home safe.