ilovemyglo: Oh, sweetie....I'm so sorry to hear that.
Does your friend know where he will be stationed?
My younger bro is in the Air Force stationed in Turkey right now. He's over there to patrol the no-fly zone and said that things are relatively calm in that department. However, he did note that since things were calm for a while, a bunch of troops were sent home. Now that things are looking bad, the reserve troops were called up. Maybe, God willing, everything will take a turn for the better.