War widow following her heart to Iraq (enlists 2 months after husband killed in Iraq)

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/06/14/war_widow_following_her_heart_to_iraq?mode=PF

The Army so desperately needs recruits that they accepted this
woman.  When you read her words you cannot help but think
suicide mission.  This is tragic.

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Eddie Garvin was a 19-year-old Marine lance corporal.  He
joined the Marines to raise money so he and his wife Melissa
could move to California and open a bar/restaurant. 

Melissa begged him not to go to Iraq. 

He was not anxious to go to Iraq, but had no choice.

Eddie went to Iraq in September.  He was killed in October by
a roadside bomb. 

In December, Garvin joined the Army to be a combat medic.

Her parents and his parents are horrified the Army would have
accepted her.

"She realizes that being a medic does not protect her
from threats. Iraq is a war without fronts. But she says she
is not afraid.

"When your biggest fear comes true, which is what
happened to my husband, nothing else makes you nervous,"
Garvin said."

The statement that made me the most nervous -- 

"Whenever it is my time, I'll be reunited with my prince.
So, my death won't be in vain."