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Home Stretch...

I'm taking a break from packing gear to ready myself to go to the field. I think it is going to suck, because we will be getting the leftovers from the hurricane. Oh well, every day is one day closer to going home. I talked to my wife today, and it seems that there is so much going on at home that I am missing. I can't wait to be back in my own house sleeping in my own bed. Four and a half months of TDY is just a little much for me. I shouldn't complain, I could be going back to Iraq. A good deal of the guys I am training with are on their way to either Kuwait or Iraq. I wonder what it is going to take to finally quell the unrest we are experiencing in Iraq? I hate to hear about fellow servicemen dying every day. I also hate to hear about all of the terror attacks going on around the world. I hope this mess isn't still going on when my kids come of age.

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