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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Kirk ships out to Afghanistan in June.  That will be his second tour.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


> One of my nephews is supposewd to ship off for Marine boot camp, in a 
> couple of weeks.  I am more than a bit agitated with him and his father 
> (my brother).  Those recruiters have promised him the moon; I told my 
> brother he will be in some place like Afghnistan within a year, carrying a 
> rifle.  I offered the boy a much more attractive alternative, but he 
> thinks the 'adventure' the military will provide is more attractive than 
> what I could provide (he will soon learn he was wrong).
>
> I'm happy for you that your son is in DC.  bev and Lynda both have sons 
> off somewhere, too.  I worry about my nephew.  I can't think of any place 
> in the world where we need to be fighting, right now.  But, fight we 
> will.............