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The kid is coming home
Jul 13^th, 2008 at 3:49pm

Went to a Marine Corps briefing for family members yesterday concerning the return of 2/24 from Iraq. They will be coming home a bit early due to the stabilizing situation in Iraq (contrary to what you hear on the news). Rob will be home the last week in August.

It was an interesting briefing given by a psychologist who works with trauma situations for the NTSB, and the military. She deals with the adaptation to trauma and trauma situations, teaching those in the situation how do deal with the stresses and with the families of those in the situations to know how to deal with them after they return home. I found it interesting that she said the Marines coming back from this deployment would probably have a difficult time dealing with it due to the LACK of conflict. They train so hard to deal with combat type situations that when they have nothing to do it is harder for them to deal with (albeit much easier on US!) She is an Air Force officer's wife, and made the comment that the Marines have a much harder time with this type of deployment than the other branches of the service because they have much more of a spearhead mentality, and have a hard time to deal with inactivity. Not so much that they want to fight as they want to be busy doing something productive all the time.

Below is a pic of Rob (ont he left) with his Major, and his new "toy" that he drives the Major around in. It is called an MRAP, Mine Resistant Armored Personnel carrier, a new unit used to defeat IEDs.

Jerry

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Brew Ex Member	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #1 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 4:14pm God bless him and keep him safe until he's home to you.
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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #2 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 4:15pm That is some very sweet news Jerry! Puts a warm spot in my heart to hear more of our boys are coming home and not by way of Walter Reed. Please thank him when you see him for me. We owe our way of life to these brave men. -Dennis-
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lashultzwfe CH.com Veteran Offline Make it a Great Day! Posts: 178 Milton,Wisconsin USA Gender:	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #3 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 4:17pm Jerry, Great News and you must be soooo proud of him! Thank him from all of us at the Shultz house. Diane and Lee
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Jonny Ex Member	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #5 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 7:17pm . Sweet!!!!!
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Re: The kid is coming home
Reply #7 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 8:35pm

And as one comes home another of us takes his leave. I dunno if any of you really remember my "brother" Barak, who is a CHer in remission, but he will be leaving for basics August 11th. He's going to be gone for 6 years. Glad your's made it home safe though. But if you could spare a prayer please say one for mine. Thanks.

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Reply #8 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 10:28pm

All good wishes to Rob--I know you'll be glad to see him home, safe and sound, Jerry. Won't be long now. Thank him for me, will you?

Felicia wrote on Jul 13^th, 2008 at 8:35pm:

And as one comes home another of us takes his leave. I dunno if any of you really remember my "brother" Barak, who is a CHer in remission, but he will be leaving for basics August 11th. He's going to be gone for 6 years. Glad your's made it home safe though. But if you could spare a prayer please say one for mine. Thanks.

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I don't think it's a hijack at all, Felicia--it's good that you've mentioned him. And yes, I remember Barak. He's a fine young fellow, and I know he'll do well. See if he'll stop by to say hello to his CH family before he leaves for basic training, will you? I know Helen would be glad to hear from him as well.

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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #9 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 10:47pm That's great news Jerry!!!
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purpleydog CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2732	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #10 - Jul 14^th, 2008 at 12:57am Jerry, that's great news! I know you can hardly wait. Please tell him thank you for me. He may not have seen any action, but what he did was very important! Thank you, Rob!
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Kevin_M CH.com Sponsor Offline withered branches grow green again. Posts: 8754 Michigan, USA Gender:	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #11 - Jul 14^th, 2008 at 1:08am Great news proud Dad. Big hug for the kid. Damn he looks prepared and happy to be a Marine! Glad the new vehicles are getting to the field for them.
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sandie99 CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Wish it, dream it, do it - inspite the pain! Posts: 11975 Finland Gender:	Re: The kid is coming home Reply #12 - Jul 14^th, 2008 at 3:45am Great news, Jerry! I hope that he'll come home safely. Best wishes, Sanna
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