Pictured: My family members who have all made their own journey to the desert.
A part of me considers this a rite of passage into my own family; until two weeks ago, I was the only one in my immediate family who hadn’t been involved with a war in the Middle East. However, my perspective will be unique; I see through the lens of the Red Cross, my other family members in uniform.
My mom was the first in the early 90s; she was an RN called to serve in the Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm (Air Force)
My dad to follow in 2004; an operations researcher called to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom (Air Force)
My brother beating me to it by a few months, July 2010, Operation New Dawn, Iraq (Army)
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