The Reaper

Each morning, Marc wakes up, does a few pushups, takes a shower, has
breakfast with his wife Isabel and his son and daughter, Luke and
Carrie. Then he kisses his family goodbye, drives to Creech Airforce
base, sits down at the UAV command center, and goes to war. For twelve
hours a day, he flies the MQ-9 Reaper Hunter/Killer UAV and bombs
targets in Afghanistan. He watches as the survivors crawl from the
wreckage, often with missing limbs and severe burns. Sometimes there's
collateral damage. Sometimes kids get caught in the blast, kids as young
as Luke and Carrie. He has seen American soldiers die. He's watched
helpless as entire squadrons were destroyed. Then, at the end of the
day, he goes home to his family and tries his best to forget about the
horrors of war. He tries to remember to pick up the dry cleaning. He
tries to pay attention to the conversation around the dinner table. He
tries to stay in the moment and keep the war and his family life
separate, but it is getting harder. Everyday the line between The Reaper
and the sensitive, god-fearing, family man grows thinner and the war
comes ever closer to home. Book scanned by meatisgood