[Flofocus]

My father was gone for most of my childhood. I turned out just fine.

I'm very proud of him and what he did overseas and here. I learned a lot about people, places and lot about myself because my father was in the military. And yeah, I remeber asking my mother when my dad would be coming home, half the time my mom lied to us and said he was in alert when he was really in lebanon, kuwait or cairo, etc....

I rember going to the Sinai desert to visit my dad there....that made me realise why we were theyre. I always understood why he went away, but when I saw it with my own eyes....the criminal behaviour...the treatment of woman..the scummy s*** hole 'homes' that CHILDREN had to live in.....it just made me appreciate him and the whole CF's that much more.

Canadians are making a HUGE difference over there. It's really to bad the media focuses on the bad, and not the good stories I hear from my buddies. I know its hard because we dont see the immediate results, but our forces are making a huge impact in the afghanis lives. A lot more than US soldiers are doing for the Iraquis.