This is a "stand alone" short story the consists of elements of a much longer story that is far from completion. I have used the main story to practice my self-editing, while focusing upon A Sixth Generation Cowboy and a Third Generation Whore.
The main story that "A Deployment To Afghanistan" is condensed from, focuses much more upon what happens to the two main characters when they return to the USA, dealing with TBIs (Traumatic Brain Injuries), PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), debilitating wounds, and other issues, such as depression, addiction, "acting out" suicide, and assisting fellow veterans.
In the short story I uploaded today there is only brief mentions of sex, but not in detail. The longer story has more sex, and more detail, but the focus is still mostly on the experiences of Veterans retuning back to the USA, and moving on from their experiences in combat.
There are some similar issues in A Sixth Generation Cowboy and a Third Generation Whore.
I won't be doing much work on the story tentatively titled Brother From Another Mother, from which "Deployment" is an extract; until I have posted the next 17 to 20 chapters of 2GC3GW, and likely even more of that story.
I have been Writing quite a bit, but little of it is fit for being uploaded at this time. Sixth Generation Cowboy will be my focus, but I may upload a few other short stories from time to time.