My Brother is back from his tour in Afghanistan/Iraq

[Horse with no Name]

Safe and sound.
We had an opportunity to have some long discussions about this.
Some things he wouldn't talk about, some he was very open about.
The thing that pisses me off is that the ONLY outside media influence they had was Fox News, CNN, and ESPN.
WHY are these terrorists allowed to influence our troops?

[Webster Green]

1. Great!

Safe and Sound!!! :toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Glad he is back ok!

[derby378]

3. Glad he's back

Our nephew is headed for Afghanistan if he's not there already - he'll be there with his fellow Marines for seven months.

Fingers crossed...

[gimama]

11. If You would like some sites to send

him & his buddies Care packages & goodies,
as well as practical information,
I posted a list of links about a month ago..
it's on my journal, if You want to scroll back that far.

Best wishes & many Blessings to Your Nephew, YOU, & ALL who Love him.
Please feel free to contact me if You Or Your Family need anything.
You ALL will be in my thoughts..:hug:

PEACE,now~===]

[derby378]

12. Thank you!

I'll check 'em out. :hug:

[gimama]

14. You're welcome..

& let him & the Family know that despite the 'politics',
People CARE deeply about the safety & well-being of OUR GUYS..

:patriot:

Again, let me know if You All need anything!:pals:

[Zomby Woof]

4. ESPN? Terrorists?

I know Chris Berman annoys some people, but he isn't THAT bad.

[tom_paine]

26. favorite Berman fottball nickname: Corell "General" Buckhalter

I used to love "Hogans' Heroes".

[Zomby Woof]

27. Bert "Be Home" Blyleven

:D

[glinda]

5. Glad he is safe.

[Bigmack]

6. Unasked-for Advice...

Love-bomb him. Talk to him. Listen to him. Drink beer with him.

Touch him.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Good to have him home!

:hug:

[Hekate]

8. Thank him for his service

:patriot:

Hekate

[bigwillq]

9. Glad he's home.

:hug: Enjoy.

[gimama]

10. So happy for Your Family!

Best wishes for Your Brother, You, & ALL involved.
He may want to talk more about "some things", once the HOMEcoming glow fades & 'routine' sets in..just LOVE on him & be a "safe place", for him..which I know YOU will.
Please let me know if HE,or Your Family,need any reSources,or anything, in future.

And YES! It IS a huge bad deal that they get the "news" filtered thru THOSE outlets;I KNOW Pres.Obama KNOWS this. I REALLY wish he'd get those cheenee-bush-left-behinders OUT of ALL departments..THEY do not serve the Pres, US, or OUR Military WELL.

Bring 'em ALL HOME,NOW..Meanwhile, Celebrate YOURS!:woohoo:

[DesertFlower]

13. glad he's home safe and sound. nt

[proud patriot]

15. I'm thankful for his safe return to you

Blessed be

[roguevalley]

16. I am glad for both of you, Horse with no name. I can remember when

my boy got back from Bosnia. Same with him. God bless you and yours.

[havocmom]

17. Glad he is home safe, horse

As to the media/propaganda the troops are exposed to.... well, the powers that be can't have them getting anything but the script to think about.

Yeah, we need to get the wingers off media for the troops.

[EFerrari]

18. Thank goodness. I'm so happy for your family.

:grouphug:

[lonestarnot]

19. And he's done now or does he have to go back?

[Horse with no Name]

22. He is a career military

but as of right now, he is non-deployable.
Thank Goodness.

[lonestarnot]

25. Yeah!

Glad he's home HWNN. :hug: :hi:

[BlueIris]

20. Great to read he's home.

The vacuum of real news "over there" is shameful.

[unhappycamper]

21. Good for both of you.

Believe it or not, your son is going to be fragile for a while. Hug him, love him unconditionally, and listen to him. TLC works.

[Horse with no Name]

23. Thanks for all of the kind thoughts in this thread

We are very HAPPY to have him back with us--but I think his happiness to be home surpasses ours to have him here!:)

[Soylent Brice]

24. WONDERFUL!!!

as to your questions, i don't have an answer to that.

K&R for his safe return!

[JonLP24]

28. Not sure how AFN works

but we were able to get football games on FOX and CBS while I was over there. However CNN/Fox/ESPN were the usual channels but I never understood how an NFL game would air as well as various movies.

Good news btw! :pals: Oh :kick: & rec.

[Catshrink]

29. That's wonderful news!

I'm glad he's home safe. Please thank him for his service. My nephew should have similar "good news" for us in the next couple of weeks. He won't/can't say when.

[undergroundnomore]

30. I'm glad you

brother is back safe from Afghanistan/Iraq. My son came back a couple of months ago. One of my co-workers has a daughter there right now. Tragically, a friend of mine lost her husband in Iraq. He left behind a wife, a step-daughter he had wanted to adopt and a son he never got to meet.

Enjoy the precious moments you have with your brother, you and I are both very lucky because our soldiers came home alive and well. I understand what you are saying and I'm not trying to make light of it, I just want to make sure that I express to you how thankful I am that we didn't lose one more soldier to this war.

[JimWis]

31. Thank him for his service. Glad he is home safe.

[shedevil69taz]

32. never hurts to ask other service members

about those things that your brother didn't want to talk to you about. Now there are some things by law we are not supposed to discuss I don't know if that's why he declined those things that were asked of him but I don't know the questions.

Other things I gladly talk to strangers about while not telling my family as I don't want them to worry more than they already do.