That one of my sons-in-law is leaving for duty in Iraq in October instead of the planned January departure and the length of his tour extended fron 12 to 16 months. The thing that worries me the most about him is that he is an Apache pilot and will be constantly shot at. This will also be his 3rd tour there since 2003. His last 2 tours, he had his best man get shot down and killed and another shot down and killed in his unit.

Also, my "baby" daughter and her husband and family are moving to Germany for 3 years for an overseas tour, taking with them 2 of my 4 grandchildren. This is a pretty rough time for me.