Astros outfielder Michael Brantley was one of many players to take advantage of being home.
/photo courtesy of Republican-American

Astros outfielder Michael Brantley was one of many players to take advantage of being home.
/photo courtesy of Republican-American

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Back in the summer of 2011, I was deployed in Kabul, Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. When you are scheduled to be in a warzone for a certain amount of time, the military grants you leave, which is a vacation in civilian terms.