So...crying is what's on the agenda for today then, huh? Right on. In all seriousness, this touching Twitter thread will take you on a feels trip. It's as if the story gets a little more emotional, every time we read it. 

Text - odp @dyllyp 14h I told this story about #refugees a couple years ago on Veterans Day with a humorous slant. I'm going to tell it again today, unfiltered. 1,084 29.5K 38.7K odp @dyllyp 14h Years ago, on my first deployment to Iraq, I befriended a local boy, Brahim, who would quickly become one of our interpreters. 1,241 19 3,342 odp @dyllyp 14h He was able to do so, bc the turnover rate for local nationals work with us was enormous. And not bc they quit, bc they were killed 1,102 2,925 4