Recently, one of our friends got notice that he was being called off inactive duty and would be redeployed for the remainder of his Army service. We have very few details about where he will go, except that "people with his training" were being called back up. He is trained as infantry.
I am very sad about this- I really feel for his large, close-knit extended network of Pittsburgh family and friends, and I feel particularly bad for his girlfriend of 2 years, my co-worker. I can't really imagine having to face such a challenge and being as brave about it as they both are. I feel very powerless to help, but my coworkers and I are trying to be as present and supportive as possible. I've also given up trying to find the "right thing" to say, I am struggling to find anything to say.
We went to the going away party last night, which was remarkably upbeat, for a party that in some sense felt like a preemptive wake. All night long I kept waking up and thinking, "What is Matt were being send away? How do you cope with that?" I suppose I should be grateful that we've never had a draft in my lifetime, I can't imagine how we could cope with a generation of anguish.
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