A.U.N.T.T.T Joy

Two websites I check every day are www.sgthook.com and www.anysoldier.us. The first is a sergeant's blog from Afghanistan; the second enables people like me to send mail and practical support items to troops on the frontlines in the two theaters. Sgt. Hook had a blog last week regarding a helicopter crash on August 10; he knew people involved in it. Yesterday the anysoldier site had an entry from a Marine corporal, writing from ICU at Bagram AF about a helicopter crash. I emailed the site administrator and he found a link on the european stars and stripes newspaper with more info than either entry. From what I can see the Marine was indeed involved in that same helicopter crash! I don't know any of these men personally, neither the site administrators nor the Army sergeant nor the Marine corporal, (actually I don't know anyone personally who is serving) but they've felt like family since I started surfing and sending packages. Now, even more so! Was it Shakespeare who wrote, "what a tangled web we weave"? But I think he was referring to the lies we tell and the resulting traps those lies result in. In contrast here, the web leads to truthful information (except for the "family connection" sparked by my emotions.) I'm reminded now of the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

I just reviewed the blog; yesterday when I tried to post, the system kept telling me it was unavailable. So now there are duplicates, sorta kinda. Sorry about that but I'm not gonna delete the prior entry. I'd forgotten how astonished I was at the young man's nonchalant entry.