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The biggest challenge is leaving
my family behind when we're getting underway.
I talk with them before we get ready to make
deployments. The longest I've ever been away
from them is six months. And we sit down, make
sure we are-- I tell my kids how long I'm going
to be gone, where I'm going to be going to,
the reason why we have to make this deployment,
and keeping them informed and just the separation
away from them is a big challenge for me . .
. while my children was growing up, this was
my first time ever being apart from them so
long, and I always be there to help them out
whenever they need me, and that was-- I think
that was a big challenge for me there- I mean,
for all of us really is that dealing with the
separation we have to go through. But they--
once you talk to them, let them know what's
going on, how long you're doing it and why you're
doing it as part of your job, and made them
see the big picture, it was a big help. And
now that we have the Internet, we can coordinate
back and forth through e-mail and that helps
get me through the time-- hard times sometimes.
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