FORWARD OPERATING BASE TARIN KOT, Afghanistan - Ten years of conflict, multiple deployments and returning daily to the long hours of a dangerous job that can never actually be left.
These are the realities of the lives of our American soldiers in Afghanistan. They constantly deal with the stress of war where they are responsible for the lives of others and have to make vital heat of the moment decisions. The stresses induced by these facets of war are compounded by the lack of simple, everyday luxuries that many Americans probably take for granted.
Humans endure, Americans adapt, and as American soldiers we seem to seek out small simple places to momentarily escape. These places are our soldier
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