“It is not easy being on active military duty”, that is what I remember my cousin-soldier always say. My cousin has been deployed to Iraq for several times now and is expecting to be sent back again sometime late this year. His mother is getting anxious about it as she knows that her son will live very dangerously again.
I have seen some of my cousin’s Iraq pictures and it is truly heart wrenching to see. For him and his comrades, they have to be always on alert and should always be wearing their protective gears such as helmet and the vest. Those protective gears when properly worn could actually save their lives according to his stories;