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just last week . Lieutenant Colonel

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Danny thomas had the honor of realistic ,

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his brother first Sergeant Darren

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thomas at a ceremony in Baghdad . The

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timing couldn't have been better while

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First Sergeant thomas has been here in

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Iraq for months . Lieutenant Carl

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thomas arrived for just two weeks ago

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just in time for the occasion .

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Meanwhile Master Sergeant , robert

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lawns and white star burst out .

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Heather lounge has had to put their

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duties as mom and dad on hold for their

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tour here in Iraq for robert . This is

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his third oil tour . But this time

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around , wife heather is here . She's

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glad she at least has her husband

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nearby . It's great that I'm here with

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him . I don't know that I would have

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made it through as easily had he not

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been here . The most difficult thing is

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to be away from the kids knowing that

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both mom and dad are gone . And just

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because we're such a close knit family

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that's the most difficult thing . The

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lounges tour wraps up in just a few

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weeks from Nasa's current loans . He's

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glad he'll be able to put his senior N .

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C . O . Duties on the side for a while

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and concentrate on something else for

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me at that time I get home it will be

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almost three years . I have been able

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to spend any time with my Children so

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I'm looking forward to that . You know

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looking forward to being a dad again

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and for 49 Mp Deputy Commander Colonel

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Diana Bonner pictured here with her

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brother Major Ron bogus This year was

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the first time in more than 20 years .

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She has been able to deal with her

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brother for his birthday . Both of them

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happened to be in Iraq for the occasion .

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While Colonel Bonner is with the mps ,

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her brother is with civil affairs .

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They often both head out of the wire on

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two very different missions but try to

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either talk on the phone a few times a

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week or meet for lunch at a de facto on

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base .