My daughter is a big fan of My Little Pony, she is the reason I got into the show. We watch the show together on Saturday as our highlight of father-daughter time. I started watching the show with her when season five started back in early April, and feel in love with it when I got a Nineteen Eighty-Four vibe from Starlight Glimmer's village. However my girl has of course watched all the episodes and subsequently wanted me to watch them with her. Were on the second season and she

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Spent Memorial Day with my daughter. She's old enough to understand the basics of being a soldier and the concept of death, so she voiced how worried she was for me since I'm still in the army. I went and explained to her that I'm not fighting in the war anymore and that if I did go back into service I would have friends to protect me. The kid replied with, "so the magic of friendship will protect you?" That got a little kick out of me, sometimes kids say the best things at the best times. Hope

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I'm the type of guy who went in for a degree in literature, but halfway through thought it was a better idea to serve the country. I soon found myself given a M249 light machine gun and fell in love with the shoulder pain. Now what do I do when I find myself sitting at home and not on base in Iraq? Watching colorful ponies and reading a few good books. When I ran out of books my daughter pointed me here. What to do now? I think that is obvious.