How many DUers have a friend or relative serving in or awating MOs for Afghanistan?

[TomClash]

If so, how many? Two for me.

[bluestateguy]

1. One

He tells me that he favors escalation.

[Taverner]

2. Cousin's BF is serving there...

Luckily my friend was able to quit in time before he got "stop lossed" again and sent back

[Tippy]

3. Grandson..Not sure if he is going to Afghanistan or Iraq yet....

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. My son in law has put in 3 tours in Afghanistan. So far.

He's lifer Air Force so he may be tapped again.

[derby378]

5. My nephew deploys with the Marines tomorrow

His boots will probably touch the ground in Afghanistan around the time Obama makes the official announcement tomorrow.

[Cid_B]

11. Just the two of them?

Petty grammar snipe I know... just razzin ya...

[derby378]

18. Eeep

Thanks. :hi:

[hfojvt]

6. the son of a fellow water-board member is deploying in December

But I don't know that I'd call him a friend. I kinda just started serving on the waterboard in May. Still, that is only one degree of separation.

[mike_c]

7. my partner's youngest son joined the Marines two weeks ago....

Still in high school-- he'll report in August. I presume he'll be sent as cannon fodder somewhere, if not Afghanistan, but we're thinking Afghanistan is most likely. It's what he wants-- he'd favor escalating to Vietnam levels if that would increase his likelihood of combat. He's SIXTEEN, for pity's sake. His mom is heart broken, but she signed his enlistment papers-- she can't stop him, in the end, and won't risk alienating him. The Marines have been recruiting him since middle school (he's a Young Marine).

[Jamastiene]

8. Two, both cousins I spent a lot of time with growing up. n/t

[tosh]

9. One. He deployed in October to Afghanistan.

He's the son of a friend. Sure, he's a young man now but I think of him as a kid.:cry:

[Cid_B]

10. What? No option actual DU members deploying or being deployed?

Is it a given that no one here is currently serving? Granted we seem to be few and far between but still...

[SIMPLYB1980]

12. 2 in Afghanistan and one in Qatar.

Glad reinforcements are on the way.

[watercolors]

13. Grandson who deploys in March. second time. First one was for 18 months,

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[quiller4]

14. Nephew who has already served 2 deployments and will be

heading back for a third deployment most likely in February.

[Horse with no Name]

15. 2 here actively serving

1 in Afghanistan and 1 in Iraq.

[prolesunited]

16. My girlfriend's son

who I've known since he was a young child. He already did a tour in Iraq. More recently, he got married and bought a house.

When they first told me he signed up for the "opportunities," I was leery. But since her ex was career military and others in her family are enlisted, I was as supportive as possible as a friend.

She's scared as hell, and I don't blame her.

[mike_c]

20. that's very much the situation my GF and I are in....

The boy is sixteen though, and utterly romanticizes military life. He's been a Young Marine for years and he excelled at it. That bit has been very good for his overall growth, I think, but DAMN! Now he has enlisted. His parents can only stop him for so long (and his father actively encourages his military aspirations, so his mom had to choose). He reports in August. :cry:

[kenny blankenship]

17. I have a distant relative who will be in the audience at West Point

He'll be shipping out to Afghanistan as a Lt.

[The Straight Story]

19. My son. Was going there next year, then it was Iraq, and now may be Afghanistan in March

It keeps changing, including his job - he was a tank driver, then told he would be working convoy security most likely, now he has no idea....

[RebelOne]

21. I have a friend at work who has a son-in-law in Afghanistan.

[TomClash]

22. I count 18 replies

God help us. I'm proud, scared and pissed.

[Solly Mack]

23. Hubby's unit is going in early (very early) 2010

but he's Rear D (Operations) so my sanity caught a break.

Husband's nephew scheduled to go in 2010. 2nd cousin going in 2010 as well.