Welcome Home Sniper

We finally have Sniper's EAS and it is set for September 30th. He is currently home on Home Awaiting Orders or PTAD (which ever way you want to look at, personally I don't care he is home). We have one more trip to make (together) to Camp Pendleton at the end of the month to pick up his DD214. It will be a difficult trip on all levels, but he will have his wife with him for the silent encouragement he will need. See, we started his career together and we will finish together. But the most important part..........SNIPER HAS NOW MOVED HOME!!!!!!!! Sniper left Southern Cali Friday night at 2145 and arrived at 0700 Saturday at his final destination. HOME. We spent the weekend getting everyone situated and our eldest son, Bubba, completely moved in. The house and garage look like a bomb went off, but knowing Sniper the way I do, I can bet money it will be in order by week's end if not sooner. I now have most of my family under one roof (2 MIA). YEAH!!!!! It hasn't sank in that after 15 years Sniper and I are living in the same town again, let alone now living in the same house as husband and wife (we've only been married 5 months). I have looked at him several times over the last few days and can't believe he is truly home. It will be adjustments on all of us (the hardest one's are on Sniper), but they are positive one's. We now can live as a "family." At one point over the last few months, I started to think we were just destined to live forever apart. Not anymore....There will be no more "mini deployments" (are way of coping with the seeing each other once a month). There will be no more dropping the other one off at the airport and saying "see ya soon." There will be no more long lonely nights sleeping apart. Well, sorta..... He will still have to make a few trips down to San Diego for the VA (hopefully all day trips). That is a whole other process that has been fun for him. However, I am very optimistic at the outcome. The VA sees his combat wounds for what they are, unlike the DoD. The rating should be pretty accurate and will give him/us something for the rest of his life. Thank you all for all the encouragement everyone has given to us over the last several months. It has been hard to swallow the way the DoD has treated him, but WE have accepted it. Don't worry we still have some fight left. I have been following a Bill going thru right now changing the whole PEB process and how it is done. It will take the DoD out of the rating business and give it to the VA. It will hopefully be retroactive to all those since 911. I will be keeping my eye on this and praying it passes. Like all things with are government it won't happen in the near future, but there is hope. Dyzgoneby Sniper, Welcome home my love. I have dreamed for so long that I would be able to wake-up every morning in your arms and look into your eyes and tell you I LOVE YOU. Now, that dream is a reality. I love you forever and a day.....