Quotes Tagged With :deployment

The world he had left was not ready for his return, or rather, he was not ready to return to the world....

What was it like? Hell if I know. But next time someone asks.... I'll answer crooked, and I'll answer....

The Air Force was confused about what it wanted me to be when I grew up. I applied for an ROTC scholarship....

But the shock wears off, more quickly for some, but eventually for most. Fast food and alcohol are seductive,....

I wanted to see my family, but didn't want to leave the other guys. The people waiting for us were strangers,....

Most likely, they were writing the same type of macho bullshit that I wrote, trying to sound tough with....

I feel like so much has been left undone. There are friends I won't see before I leave, there are bills....

I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the....

When we deployed, in our heads, the towel we left hanging next to the shower to dry, would still be hanging....

No matter what the reason, the ways I tried to justify the situation, the second-guessing that lingered,....