You are all in my prayers.
It brings tears to contemplate these precious young people going to war. How could they possibly go through that unscathed? We have a young friend, graduate of West Point, on his second tour. Before he left for this tour, his conversations indicated that he doubted his safe return. He and his men (and women) were told that they would be doing something completely different from what they are now doing, training Iraqi solders. He's in the middle of Nowhere with very poor facilities and little communication with the outside world. Months will pass with no word from him. He's miserable and feels betrayed by the Army, which also told his company that they'd be there for a year, but with recalculation, that year has now become 14 months.
I'm glad your nephew is coming home. I know you and your family will lovingly welcome him and help him establish himself again. I'll be glad when they're all coming home.
