been there twice myself dude. as well as iraq, falklans,kosovo and a few more to name. so i really appreciate how good it is to get back. now tell yor bro to go and enjoy himself and be mega proud of wot he has done.
I actually felt a bit of weight come off me as I read he was home Martin. As I do every time I hear the same. My BIL served over 20 years in the navy. Ever time he went on deployment we held our breath (mainly because he's a dickhead when it comes to putting himself into harms way for the craic (Jaimie to confirm)). When he came back from Afghanistan and was told he was likely to be rotated back again in short measure he looked at his girls and finally said 'not this time guys', and he was out.