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Well, Life was already crazy enough for me the last month... It's getting me a bit more confused and unstable... A mere six weeks ago I lost a good friend. We were both UNPROFOR vets and I hung out with him on several occasions. He was only 43, he died in an accident. Two and a half weeks later, again a friend of mine died unexpectedly. We both did our tour in Bosnia together and although he had a fragile health, we never saw it coming. He was 47 and we had his birthday a mere 3 weeks before he died. Again, two and a half weeks after that, a good friend of mine was found dead in his home, He was a Dutchbat 3 veteran who had just rebuilt his life after a troublesome past. He bought a car and had nice summer plans this year. After a silence of 4 days, some buddies checked his house and found him dead, natural causes it states. He was only 44... Today, to my surprise I found out that a buddy of mine has decided a month ago to go to Syria to help the Kurdish peshmerga fight the bastards of IS.... He too, a Dutchbat 3 veteran in his forties.... At this moment, I cannot fully grasp what is happening close around me.... 3 close deaths in exactly one month, a fellow veteran who now is in Syria (and we have FB contact with regular updates and pictures...), damn..... Just had to write it off of me.... Iwan