Pfc. Martin Miller, left, and his dad, Sgt. 1st Class Martin Miller, serve in the same Army squadron in Afghanistan.
Army dad, son take on Taliban; mom worries
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The Millers, father-and-son soldiers, serve in the same squadron in Afghanistan
Fort Bragg-based brigade is among first to train Afghan forces against Taliban
"I've had mortars come within 20 meters ... I should have been dead," dad says
"Navy brat" mom co-leads Army support group to distract her from fears
By Thom Patterson
CNN
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (CNN) -- Marylisa Miller has spent much of her two decades as an Army wife bracing for the worst. But now the pressure is higher, as both her husband and their 20-year-old son are serving together in Afghanistan.
It's rare, but not unheard of: Sgt. 1st Class Martin Miller and his son Pfc. Martin Miller have deployed as part of the same squadron of about 500 soldiers.
Their brigade -- based at North Carolina's Fort Bragg -- is among the first specifically assigned to train Afghan security and military forces.
"If the phone rings in the middle of the night, I answer it no matter what," said Mary Lisa Miller. "You never know. It could be the last call."
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