Even when they are not in harm's way, the are always risking their lives and health for us. I don't always remember that.
The last few weeks have been stressful, when I didn't expect them to be. He was being stationed somewhere safe, far from home but safe. There is nobody fighting anywhere near there. Everyone gets along in a very calm, very polite society.
I could never have imaged that I would wake up one morning to find that his new short term home, in Japan, had been rocked by a massive earthquake. I then looked on in horror as the video footage came in with images of destruction from the ensuing tsunami. The last straw in this trifecta of terror continues today. Will he come home glowing in the dark? Does the risk of the radiation they are inadvertantly recieving mean his future might be compromised?
I have heard from him. So far, my old friend is fine. But I no longer view the non-combat assignments the same way. They are always at risk. They are always doing what they do to protect all of us. They are always in harm's way. We need to remember that.
Every call is important to them because they are important to us.
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