The story I chose to write about was about a woman named Karri Ludwig upon her fourth return home. It follows her story, from the time she enlisted, to this return. She had originally joined the military, like most, to get money for college. On September 11th she was a divorced single mother stationed in Germany with two boys. Like many others, what it meant to be a soldier changed. They were having to pull 36-hour duty, with how unpredictable things were she sent her boys to live with her mother. Shortly after she had her first of back to back deployments. At the end of her second deployment she decided to leave the military, things where just too stressful; she had a friend and solider kill himself right in front of her, even though