[Mr Rogers]

The truth is that it DOES suck to be in Iraq. Both of my kids thought so, my son-in-law thought so, and I thought Afghanistan sucked. And I was at one of the largest and nicest FOBs!

Of course, I’d also volunteer to go back another tour (not likely, got a retirement date and 85% of the PCS-ing folks in my office haven’t been replaced, so we’re a bit short handed).

It is like my Dad said, in one of the very few comments I got out of him about war. He had been in WW2 & Korea, and was about to leave for Vietnam (where he died). He said, “You’re always dirty, you’re always tired - but you have a job to do and you do it.”

[xcamel]

My dad, who was in the 82nd airborne said this just once, and there was no question it was the only time he was ever going to say it...

You never, ever, ever tell someone how bad you have it, because the guy who just passed you on the stretcher was thinking just how good he had it...