Deployment Stories

DavlinMcLean

31 Dec 2015

Coming Home: Rekindling

A Special Forces soldier returns from Afghanistan to be with his wife again

I winced as I stood up from one of the cargo net seats of the C-17 Globemaster, my side under my Multicam uniform still causing a minor amount of tension. The gust of air from the North Carolina air refreshed my senses, the cool air sweeping through my cl...

I sat on the balcony of my Fort Lewis apartment. I looked up at the moon, shining bright. One single star sparkling next to it, I couldn't help but break down and cry.Kevin called an hour earlier and said that he will be leaving at 0400, the next morning...