I agree Tara, it upsets me when I hear people taking about the troops and they have no idea what we go through at home. I got particularly upset a few years ago when we were based in Richmond & hubby was away and it came accross all the television stations that an "Australian Airman Has Been Killed in Combat" Immediately you think of your own hubby or if it's someone you know. It was all over all the television stations but I couldn't get any more details. It was later released that the Airman killed was born in Australia but actually was serving with the british airforce and lived in the UK. I was so mad that the media had portrayed this death as something other than what it really was. For hours I was beside myself thinking someone from the RAAF had been killed. If the media had reported it as an Australian serving with the RAF had been killed it would have been so less traumatic for the families watching at home. Surely when the info was first released to the media they would have heard that this man was serving with the british RAF before they found out that he was born in Australia, but the media twisted the story around to get the most reaction from the general public & politicians not even thinking about what the families and wives at home are thinking when they see this splashed accross all the television stations as "breaking news"