# The war reaches into my office

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**Created:** [April 4, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-reaches-into-my-office/166344 "2003-04-04T01:13:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-reaches-into-my-office/166344/1 "2003-04-04T01:13:05Z")

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I found out last week that my coworker Susan’s nephew was among the soldiers deployed in Iraq. I asked what his specialty was and she said he was in a tank.

I tried to provide some comfort by telling her that the US has never lost an Abrams tank in combat, nor a crewman AFAIK. She said that that was a very reassuring thing to know.

It’s no longer true this week, but I haven’t mentioned that.

Our department has a UW student intern who comes in Tuesdays and Thursdays. Today she came in after attending a memorial service for a classmate of hers, killed in action in Iraq.

Her brother is in the reserves, and has been called up for deployment in May.