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First let me say that I hope your SIL is able to come home soon. I wish the same for all our men and women who are stationed away from their families.
I find it interesting, though, that these deployments are considered long. I was a Navy wife in the 70's...during the Vietnam War. When our husbands went out to sea, their minimum tour was 9 months! That was pretty good. We considered ourselves lucky that they were only gone 9 months. People who served in the Army and Marines went to Vietnam for 1-year tours!
Our grandparents had it even worse... During WWII...it wasn't uncommon to have husbands and fathers gone for a couple of years.
Never argue with an idiot. It will bring you down to his level and he’ll win because of experience.
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10-20-2003 08:45 AM
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I sympathize with her. My husband was lucky enough to get to come home on the 2 weeks R&R Leave in 'hopes' to be here for the delivery but he just came too darn soon. But he atleast got to expierence some of the pregnancy, and hear the heartbeat and such at the doctors. He too had only been home some months from afghanistan when word came about iraq. Supposely he'll have a year of no deployments, but i'll believe it when I see it. If theres any way possible I'd say take her back home with you. I've had to go stay with relatives when he was deployed, she may feel odd about it, but she also needs to realize its for the benefit of her and her child. Believe me, I hated leaving MY HOME, with MY RULES also... but I knew it would be easier to be closer to family.
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Dieter
Hope all turns out well, can't say what I would do in the situation she is in, but I can see how she probably feels down. Keep your chins up and take care.
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