Army dad, son take on Taliban

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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