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ladybugmabj said:I am so glad that my husband, and the rest of Charles Coy 1RCR have that decompression...okay...then entire battlegroup. To have him come home tonight a little less stressed than he did 4 and half months ago after watching 4 of his troops die, is a little more comforting. Even when he did get home, we had a funeral to attend, plus visit the parents of one of his soldiers.
I've been to the briefings, listend to others talk about how the decompression helps. Granted, he would have rather come straight home, but I would have rather him spend a few days learning how to relax again before coming home. The soldiers before heading to Cyprus were read the riot act (after some damage done to some rooms before hand). The riot act will be read again to them once they head into work on Tuesday.
Oh, and I don't think that this tour or the previous tour was 99% boredom.
Have you been corresponding with my wife?
She is also a big fan of the decompression theory. I returned home MUCH less of a wreck after Afghanistan than I had on previous tours.
I, too, would have preferred to come straight home - with hindsight of years (my Gawd - DECADES!) in some cases, I think the decompression idea is a good one - even if you don't feel like you need it - get MAD, get REAL MAD about it, THEN come home.
Roy