Milblogs 2

This week I read two more soldier stories. One soldier told about his own departure to Iraq nearly a year ago, and how he felt like he was leaving everything behind. As he was leaving, a fellow soldier passed by and asked if he was staying or leaving. When he said going, the other soldier pulled a laminated four-leaf clover out of his wallet and told him that it had been given to him by another soldier. Nearly a year later he was returned home, and this time he met a soldier who was going to Iraq. He gave the clover to him, and made the point that it’s better to pay it forward than backward. I thought this story was really cool, just because of the simple things that seem to make a difference.
Another soldier told his story about a Romanian soldier who was his friend. Wherever he was stationed, the Romanian soldier had constructed a wall and had been asking other soldiers for patches to put on the wall. The post had pictures of the wall and was really cool to see. It looked like there were around fifteen to twenty patches from different countries. It seemed to bring a message of global unity and just made me feel like there is still good going on in the world. I enjoyed these stories even better than the ones I read last week. They seemed to convey lots of hope even through all thats going on. As always, God bless what these soldiers do.