mceod
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Sunday, August 7, 2011 1:42:04 AM
8trackdisco
Sunday, August 7, 2011 10:24:55 AM

http://hamptonroads.com/achanceinhell

mceod wrote:

I think you and I have different ideas on what a good read is.

On some level, most of us non-fighting folks over here think we have a vague idea of what it must be like over there. That article brings it home almost too well.

mceod
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Sunday, August 7, 2011 10:56:48 AM
You might be right. I find it a good read because of the number of friends I have that are in that 97%-98% that make it there alive and stay that way. Thank you for taking the time to read it.
8trackdisco
Sunday, August 7, 2011 11:10:11 AM
Just like they say in the article, people at home don't know what to say. Somebody should have a "So your friend or family member is coming back from a war zone. What the hell are you suppose to say or not say for Dummies."

The title would be a shade long.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011 11:18:42 AM
I'm gearing up for my third trip since 07 and my wife and I fight that every time I've come home. I spend alot of time hanging out with the guys when I get home because, again like the article says, they've been there and understand.
8trackdisco
Sunday, August 7, 2011 2:33:10 PM

I'm gearing up for my third trip since 07 and my wife and I fight that every time I've come home. I spend alot of time hanging out with the guys when I get home because, again like the article says, they've been there and understand.

mceod wrote:

How much (if anything) could you you share with her? If you throw her a few informational crumbs, it helps the communications process.

I'm not a psychologist or anything, but I did ace every handout quiz and test in my Abnormal Psych unit.

I've read unemployment, divorce and ending ones own life are much higher than those of civilians. Hope you are coping with it all as healthily as you can.

I'll now pour my self of SUR (Shut Up, Russ).

Thank you for what you do.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011 4:02:14 PM
We do much better communicating now than we did the first time. And you are absolutely right about unemployment, divorce, and suicide. In the last month I've had to deal with friends involved with the latter two of those. One thing I think that helps my wife and I is the fact we have been friends since we were 13. Plenty of military guys end up marrying someone they might not know so well, and all to often that ends up not working out in the long run.

8trackdisco
Sunday, August 7, 2011 4:15:22 PM

We do much better communicating now than we did the first time. And you are absolutely right about unemployment, divorce, and suicide. In the last month I've had to deal with friends involved with the latter two of those. One thing I think that helps my wife and I is the fact we have been friends since we were 13. Plenty of military guys end up marrying someone they might not know so well, and all to often that ends up not working out in the long run.

mceod wrote:

Sounds like you have your chit mostly together. Keep it up; here and abroad.

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