It's A Small World Afterall...

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.
~~~~~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


I've heard it be said that "It's a small war." Meaning that it's likely to meet your neighbors or friends from home in the strangest of places. Much like the two National Guardsmen below who met up again in Afghanistan. I know from my own experiences that seeing friends outside of the ol' home state is a good thing. It reminds us of why we're connected in the first place...

FARAH, Afghanistan (March 3, 2010) -- Guam Army National Guard infantryman Spc. Derek Laguana, a security force member for the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), greets Sgt. Anthony Salonga upon his arrival at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Farah, Afghanistan, March 03, 2010. Laguana, part of the current PRT team, has been in place in Farah since July 2009, and will soon demobilize returning to Guam. Sgt. Salonga and Spc. Laguana met back in 2006 when Laguana first joined the service. “It was great to see him and I didn’t know he got his five,” Laguana said. “His five” refers to Salonga’s new rank of sergeant or E-5, enlisted pay grade 5. (Photo by: U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tracy DeMarco)

I'm betting that there was a good time had catching up with each other and all that had transpired in the time they had last been able to converse. Yep, good times indeed.



And so it goes......