Here's a nice read that'll cause you to stop and think of how grateful we should be for the men and women serving, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan, right now. Fortunately, these folks will be home for Christmas. h/t Lucianne
Every day for the last few weeks, big commercial airliners are stopping at Fort Hood's airfield, completing the last leg of a Baghdad-Kuwait-Germany-Maine-Texas marathon flight.
Hundreds of soldiers disgorge weighted down by packs and end up in the arms of screaming families, many of whom are shedding as many tears as they did 15 months ago when their troopers left home.
Except this time, the tears come from relief.
"This is our third party," said Hunt, who has three children who are West Point graduates and serving as officers in the U.S. military. Her oldest, D'Hania, came home Thursday.
"But this one is special because we'll have them all home for Christmas, and that hasn't happened in a long time."
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