Having lived in a military community for the past 20 years, the idea of going to battle has taken on new meaning for me. The church that was in Mainz, Germany, in the early 2000’s had several members who were deployed to Iraq in 2003. One of the brethren returned home for R&R and spoke about his experiences in Baghdad. He commented that the biggest problem was the difficulty in knowing who the enemy was. Being able to distinguish between the people who were loyal to Sadam versus those who welcomed the US military was complicated at best and hopeless at worst.