text: did you have any one in your family fall in the iraq war or afghan? i am just thinking about them....i wish that they were all home..... some times i want to join the army so that i can help save lives...... what do you think? that's very sweet of you, to be thinking of them.  thank you.  my husband (who is us army) and i did lose a couple acquaintances in iraq.  but luckily (even though it might not seem like "luck"), throughout our whole battalion, we had fewer than one casualty a day (more like one a week, if that), and only a couple injuries a week.  of course one is too many...but it's better than a thousand. our big welcome home ceremony is next month, and i thank god that almost everyone who went down range is going to be there!  you want to join the army?  it's more than saving lives... there's an old saying: "if you want peace, prepare for war." are you ready to do that?  if you are, go for it.  if not...there are easier ways of saving lives.