Earlier this week, families of seven Marines learned their Marine would not be returning home. This, unfortunately, is a reality in a military family. You tend to worry more about something happening when they are deployed, because afterall, look at the environment they are in. But on a daily basis, service members go out on training missions and accidents do happen. When I heard of the crash - my heart ached for those family members...
My husband is a blackhawk crew chief and since he is a trainer, more than half the week he is generally on the flight schedule. Being a prior crew chief myself, I know the ins and outs of the aircraft and of the job and mission sets, sometimes I don't know if they makes me worry less or more.
About this time last year, when we were still in Germany our sister battalion lost three crew members to a training accident when a Blackhawk crashed. At the time, my husband was TDY in the USA, but when the initial reports just stated a helicopter in Germany crashed, that doesn't stop your heart from missing a beat and start your mind on a whirlwind of thoughts. I don't think there was an aviation spouse in Germany that didn't feel that way. It's the same way anytime you see an aircraft crash for service members deployed. Aviation is part of our direct world and you ache for the spouse or parents of those soldiers who will have a government vehicle pull up in front of their house.
There is a lot of things that military spouses wish for, but not ever having to see that government vehicle in front of your house is the highest in that list. I thank the Lord everyday when I get a text from my husband when he has been out on a training flight to let me know he has landed safely. And when he is deployed, all I can do is pray everyday that he is protected and in during those wonderful in-between times when it is just my little family - we take advantage of that time together and make the most of those little moments.
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