# It's been a while, but... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992 "2009-06-07T06:21:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/21 "2009-06-07T16:07:21Z")
Welcome back! Glad you are safe and sound. Thank you for your service. We all appreciate it and do not say it enough. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/22 "2009-06-07T16:14:41Z")
Good to hear from you Airman! Iā€™m glad youā€™re home. Please come back and tell us stories, if you can. I just found out my nephew is headed to Afghanistan. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/23 "2009-06-07T16:35:03Z")
Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/24 "2009-06-07T18:52:25Z")
Welcome home, Doors. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/25 "2009-06-07T19:11:03Z")
Welcome back. Iā€™m glad to see youā€™re well. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/26 "2009-06-07T19:27:00Z")
Welcome home Airman. I hope you get to stay a while! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/27 "2009-06-07T19:37:42Z")
Welcome home! ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/28 "2009-06-07T21:00:56Z")
Welcome home! Itā€™s a big fucking deal, and you know it. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/29 "2009-06-07T21:06:03Z")
Iā€™m still curious about the ā€œlittle whileā€. Are you home briefly? I didnā€™t think you guys did RnR. Are you going back right away? Are you injured, and returning after recovery??? Thatā€™s the option that concerns me. Is everything okay? Where were you stationed over there? Iā€™m going around November. Definitely before Christmas, but hopefully not before Thanksgiving. My father died a week before Thanksgiving last year. Iā€™d hate for my mother to spend this one missing her husband _and_ a son. Poor woman. ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/30 "2009-06-07T21:45:51Z")
> [@luv2draw](#): > > Welcome back! > > Glad you are safe and sound. > > Thank you for your service. We all appreciate it and do not say it enough. > > šŸ˜ƒ +1 I donā€™t post often. But I was happy to see your name pop up, and Iā€™m glad I have the opportunity to thank you for your service. Iā€™d love to hear more details about your current life and/or your deployment if youā€™d care to share. Iā€™ve always respected you, **Doors**. Oh, and thank you for your service. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/31 "2009-06-07T22:37:00Z")
Welcome home and thank you for your service. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/32 "2009-06-07T22:41:17Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > ā€¦such is life. > Iā€™m home. > > This may not mean so much to some of you, but I am back from Afghanistan. As things go, this is not a bad thing, I get to see my family for a little while. Thank you so much for your service. It is greatly appreciated, and words can never convey the gratitude I feel. Hug Aaron and **MsRobyn** for me. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/33 "2009-06-07T23:35:29Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > Welcome home! Itā€™s a big fucking deal, and you know it. šŸ™‚ What she said! Itā€™s good to have you back. Believe it or not, some of us have even missed you. Iā€™m glad you came home safe and sound. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/34 "2009-06-07T23:38:44Z")
Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/35 "2009-06-07T23:52:23Z")
Welcome back. For some reason you came to mind the other day, when I realized I hadnā€™t seen you around here lately. Iā€™m glad you made it back all right. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/36 "2009-06-08T00:00:18Z")
Welcome back, **Doors**! Glad youā€™re safe. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/37 "2009-06-08T01:43:22Z")
Good to see ya **Doors**! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/38 "2009-06-08T02:33:54Z")
Welcome home!!! Itā€™s so good to see you home safe!!! (And go Pens!!!) šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/39 "2009-06-08T03:17:50Z")
Welcome back! Thatā€™s great news. Thank you so much for your service to our country. I hope you have all the time you need to enjoy the company of your family and friends, and to sleep late, gorge on your favorite foods, soak up some sun, see some movies youā€™d missed and just savor the air of the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave once more. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-but/498992/40 "2009-06-08T04:04:31Z")
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