[Leroy S. Mort]

Not to disparage the troops or minimize their service, but 13 month unaccompanied tours were pretty common back when I served (and no 14 day vacations back home). Been there, done that.

[fourdeuce82d]

a young woman with a six-month-old baby charged past the barrier and fell into an oncoming soldier's arms.

not nice to make a 41 year old man tear up and sniffle, pokey