[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I grew up on Air Force bases and one of the most sobering, horrifying thing is to be a kid playing and see a staff car pull into the housing area.

To receive a death notification outside of official channels and over a text message of all things is sickening beyond comprehension.

[Semper911]

the most sobering, horrifying thing is to be a kid playing and see a staff car pull into the housing area.

Agreed. My next door neighbor (a good friend) has two sons and a daughter-in-law who are Air Force pilots, and I panic every time I see those white government plates. Such relief when they keep driving and make it past his house.

[crosshairs]

I grew up on Air Force bases and one of the most sobering, horrifying thing is to be a kid playing and see a staff car pull into the housing area.

I experienced that as as kid in 1969. It was my friend's dad that was killed (AF pilot shot down over Thailand), but I still remember it to this day.