I missed this thread and I hope that you're already home. I know that can take some time when it comes to military travel. 
Thank you for your service and the sacrifices of you and your family.
I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear
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