Frontline goes online

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Frontline goes online
Canada's soldiers are more plugged in to the world than ever: surfing the Internet, logging on Facebook and instant messaging. But being connected isn't always as good as it seems
MURRAY CAMPBELL  From Tuesday's Globe and Mail May 29, 2007
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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — Rob MacGregor is a soldier who knows what to do with the business end of a rifle. He is also a digital soldier who knows his way around with a computer mouse.

Master Corporal MacGregor has just returned from what passes for the front in the war in Afghanistan. The India Company of his 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment had been in the thick of the hunt for Taliban as part of Operation Hoover.

The soldiers hiked for kilometres in the dead of night and had been involved in several gun battles throughout the long day. Near the end of the operation, MCpl. MacGregor had fallen from a roof and broken his ankle.

And less than 48 hours later, there he was in the cool of a trailer on the Kandahar Air Field checking out pictures of his sister's new baby on Facebook. It was a welcome bit of home.
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[Sig_Des]

It's definitely interesting.

We have lots of access here, and what the article doesn't mention is that if you use up all your minutes, you can buy extra minutes. On the downside, I feel that if you're contacting home too often, your head is there, and not here.

In addition to that, if your spouse is used to you calling home every day, and then you don't, it can definitely cause some worry.

Another downside is with the time difference, a lot of people give up sleep to be able to call home at a normal hour.

It is, however, definitely nice to have a touch of home, sometimes.