Why?

So I can keep in touch with family and friends about how I'm doing in Iraq & what's going on in my head. I consider myself fairly big on communication and love staying in contact with those close to me. If nothing else... this will be a great place (Myspace free) to post my random thoughts and unusual humor to help me relay what's going on in my head. This will hopefully be useful while I'm in Iraq and will most likely see/experience things foreign if not life-changing. Writing about such things will, I hope, help keep me sane in getting it out. Too many Veterans (mostly men) keep their thoughts/emotions inside and years down the line still have PTSD. My goal is to return from overseas to my wife and life as close to the care-free person I left as.