I am going to get a package together this week for your brother.
I feel your pain. My baby brother is going to be 22 yrs. old in Sept. He is a Marine. He had training and school this past year and in the Spring he got his orders to go to Japan for 2 years. We were so happy
...then a month ago, he called to tell us that he is going to Afgan in Nov.
his words:
'non job related tour, I am going to be a machine gunner'
I cry everytime I hear those words in my head.