Formergr OP t1_j0ulsqp wrote on December 19, 2022 at 3:23 PM

Reply to comment by Impressive-Hold7812 in Kenny DeLand Jr., formerly missing American college student, on flight back to US | CNN by Formergr

> Mom went thru Red Cross just to get a hold of me in Ramadi 2005, annoyed chain of command till I reminded them I'm a fucking adult in a warzone, neither she or I are a Dependent of the other according to DEERS

Aaaah sorry you had to go through that in the middle of everything. Damn, Red Cross, huh?

Impressive-Hold7812 t1_j0uoxdp wrote on December 19, 2022 at 3:45 PM

Weird moment between the carnage.

They thought I was a nice sheltered boy.

No, I was just finding out who I was becoming. A weird blend of geek and grunt.

I watched the adults around me and picked which traits I aspired to and to make my own mistakes.

I looked middle school my first tour (125lbs, SXS, and by the end of the tour, I fit XSXS), and they had fun leveraging that appearance for anything dog & pony morale related, as I had this weird magnetism of grannies feeling bad for me.