In today's headlines from the Washingtonpost.com, here's a story that all of you who want to know why we military familes worry and want to know what our loved ones are going through in Iraq need to read.

One Month, Two Brushes With Death:

In Iraq, 'Lucky' Is Difficult to Define

by Joshua Partlow

Washington Post Foreign Service

BAGHDAD -- Pvt. Kodey Briggs slid out from behind the wheel of the Humvee. He looked at what was left of his driver's-side window -- the spider web of cracked armored glass, the layer that didn't break.

His thin chest heaved. His pale hands trembled. Why didn't it break? He lit a cigarette. Then another. He took off his flak vest and helmet, sat down on the ground and leaned against a pile of sandbags. He seemed so fragile in that position: 18 years old, 152 pounds, a fuzz of short blond hair on his head. The other soldiers in his unit approached him deferentially, with pity and wonder.

"Most people don't live through one of those things," remarked Cpl. Richard Smith. "Briggs has lived through two."

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