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Aug- 6-2009 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

Georgie Hanlin's husband recently deployed to Afghanistan, a subject she writes about in an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor.

One might think I'd be used to deployments. My husband is recently into his sixth. I consider myself to be pretty tough: I am, after all, an Army wife during a time of war. My husband's deployment is a reality I've had to accept. It doesn't come without heartache and worry, and it is ridden with patience and hope.

I think of the courage it takes for the members of our military to leave their families, deployment after deployment, year after year, well aware of the possibility that they might not return; that is extraordinary. The majority of people I come across who learn that


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