re: Beautiful Moment: A Little Kid Opens The Door & Finds His Father Standing

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Are they sacrificing though?

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I get the sentiment and believe the marketing behind these things is over saturated, while the coverage of troops still in combat 17 years later is hardly a blip on the radar.

Should be more of the latter and less of the former.

To your point though, yes, yes it is a sacrifice. However, it is a sacrifice they volunteered to endure selflessly per our Army core values. That does not make it any less difficult to endure, as a one with 38 months deployment.

My longest continuous deployment was 15 mos in very austere conditions that afforded opportunity for 3 phone calls and a half dozen emails to momma and the kids.

All that said, the families did not take the same oath. So, from a personal perspective, the hardships they endure and time lost from a parent are much more touching to me in these videos and staged events. But, I'm getting old and sentimental.