[bnelson44]

" the big-picture eventually can get lost in the day-to-day fight for survival."

It isn't lost. It is temporarily replaced. They have a job to do, and their job is not to worry about the big picture, but to worry about each other and the mission.

My signature line has born the phrase: "Charlie Mike" since my son has been deployed. It stands for the letters CM. CM stands for "continue the mission". That is what they should be focused on while deployed.

When he comes home, hopefully, we will the luxury and freedom to argue politics.

[LS]

Yah, I agree. Moreover, we have surveys of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and they ABSOLUTELY understand what they are doing there and how their fight is part of the War on Terror. They know their mission.