What are your feelings about this article? To me, it sounds like the Times is mostly just trying to help demoralize their readers by focusing on loss and death. They seldom (or never) talk about the good and noble things that soldiers are doing in War on Terrorism to make the world a better place for millions.
Well, in this article, to me, it seems as if the source is trying to show the "worst" side of military families and/or trying to make us feel bad things about the soldiers and troops.
The NYT just keeps trying to perpetuate the negativity of military force.... just like they did in WWII, and more successfully in Vietnam. And I think that most Americans who have doubts about hone in military service only formed those opinions from reading such shallow diatribe.
As for me..... ANY American soldier who considers his service for his/her country to be important enough and is even willing to die to achieve its goals sends a clear enough message to me. I honor them and have great pride in them.