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I have 4 children ages 1,2,7,10 I deployed to Afghanistan 2003-2004,the kids did well throughout and after the deployment I then deployed in 2007-2008 to Iraq the photo I sent is from that homecoming...

Sometimes I think of deployments as a novel. You have a hero and heroine who are separated from each other, individually facing extreme trials, and get to reunite at the end in a tearful and joyous...

As I grow up as a leader in the military, I find that subordinates look upon leadership for guidance and how to accomplish the mission. Leadership needs to stay strong for all. We all try and stay...

My husband, SPC Adam Cole and I have been through alot in our short 2 1/2 years of marriage. We became pregnant very early and never even got to go on a honeymoon. We lost our son, Hudson, to a brain...

Chad and I had been married just over a year the day he called to tell me he had been recalled. I remember the commute home – hysterical and in tears my mom tried to calm me. He was deploying. We...

I got serious with my now husband when he was deployed in Afghanistan. This was his second tour, first time around it was Iraq. Each Homecoming, while others were greeted by family and friends, he got...