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So, our best friend has been in Iraq since last April, it's his second tour. We've stayed in contact the whole time - emails, phone calls, letters, etc and he's said how he's getting out of the Army when his enlistment is up.
He was part of one of the units that did convoys and raided houses door to door, so his job was extremely dangerous and I think that's what had him saying he was getting out when his time was up.
Well, for the last month or so, since he's coming home in a couple weeks, they have him now pulling cafeteria duty and the new guys are doing the dangerous missions. So he's bored. So he re-enlisted.
His plans when he got home were to buy a house and settle down,.Now he's going to move to Virginia and be Army full time.
Don't get me wrong, I am VERY happy for him. He loves his job and he's good at what he does and I am very proud of him for being so successful and strong. But I miss him. And he'll be gone. Again.
He called Saturday and he said nothing of this to me. Only to Jeff. I think he knows it would make me sad.
And that's it...I'm just sad. I know it's selfish to be sad, and I won't act sad in front of him when he does get home (in two weeks SQUEEEEEEEE), I'm just hurting inside and figure a few chaz hugs wouldn't hurt. He's the brother I never had (I would say little brother, because he's younger than me, but he's about three times my size, lol.) and I don't want him to go away.
He was part of one of the units that did convoys and raided houses door to door, so his job was extremely dangerous and I think that's what had him saying he was getting out when his time was up.
Well, for the last month or so, since he's coming home in a couple weeks, they have him now pulling cafeteria duty and the new guys are doing the dangerous missions. So he's bored. So he re-enlisted.
His plans when he got home were to buy a house and settle down,.Now he's going to move to Virginia and be Army full time.
Don't get me wrong, I am VERY happy for him. He loves his job and he's good at what he does and I am very proud of him for being so successful and strong. But I miss him. And he'll be gone. Again.
He called Saturday and he said nothing of this to me. Only to Jeff. I think he knows it would make me sad.
And that's it...I'm just sad. I know it's selfish to be sad, and I won't act sad in front of him when he does get home (in two weeks SQUEEEEEEEE), I'm just hurting inside and figure a few chaz hugs wouldn't hurt. He's the brother I never had (I would say little brother, because he's younger than me, but he's about three times my size, lol.) and I don't want him to go away.