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Thoughts On Syria From An Army Wife

September 4, 2013 by Julie 1 Comment

20121103-IMG_0275Today’s Blue Star Family post is going to be about Syria. I was asked to talk about future engagements and the possibility of military action and what it does to morale at home.

So Syria. It looks like we are probably headed to war. Over the last few days I have been trying to figure out how I feel about the whole thing. I kinda understand reasons why we should, but I also understand reasons why we shouldn’t.

I also know that a lot of the Military is worn thin. A lot of service members have been deployed over and over since 2003. Getting into another war right now is not good. This is why I think the US needs to be very sure that going to war is the right thing. If we need to go to war, we need to go to war. However, if there is any other way…

As far as how morale is. It isn’t good, especially within the deployed spouse community. There is a lot of fear. Fear that current deployments will be extended. Fear that their soldier will only be home for a couple of months before they have to deploy again. Fear that something really bad is going to happen.

I feel like I am in an interesting place. My husband is getting out in June. Unless something really odd happens, this will be his last deployment. But after almost 8 years as an Army wife, I still cringe when I think about more war and more deployments. I know what hearing about the next deployment while they are still deployed is like. It is overwhelming.

I wish there was an easy answer to all of this. I wish it was cut and dry. I wish we had been at “peace” for a few years before this crisis came up.

Military families are strong and can endure a lot but how much is too much?

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Filed Under: Deployment, Military Life Tagged With: Blue star families, Deployment

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  1. Lauren @ Going Green: Our Army Adventure

    September 4, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    Definitely agree with you there. With the husband in Korea for a while I’m almost slightly relaxed that we’ll be safe for the next 11 months, but you never know. And depending on what breaks out over there, and his MOS, he could be tapped to go. Resources are very thin right now, and if we see another war time, I don’t know that we’ll also see a rise in enlistments. I don’t think we’re in any way ready to handle this militarily, and the milSO families certainly would be against any troop action. Tough call, but I think you know what side I’m on here! Great post!

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