Missing Sgt. Max

Reflections of Our Journey Through Addiction

A young man having a hard time finding the right path through the turbulent years of adolescence, Max rather reluctantly agrees to join the Army to please his mother. She has arrived at the difficult decision to send her son into harms way, with the country waging war on the other side of the world, with a very heavy heart. She wonders what kind of mother would voluntarily send her son off to war. She feels he is headed down the wrong path, bound for big problems ahead, and doesnt know what else to do. She hopes and prays hes never deployed to the Middle East but eventually he must go with the rest of his unit to Balad in Iraq. Hes been stationed at Fort Bragg for over two years and consumed with fear for his safety, wants to be there for the send-off. She flies from New York to North Carolina to spend his last few days with him while he is still on American soil and safe. She joins the family members of all the soldiers in his unit to see them off and pray for their safe return to Green Ramp. After fifteen months of constant worry, she flies once again to North Carolina, this time accompanied by Maxs older brother Santino, to joyously welcome him back home. Soon after his return from war, far from the continuing war in the Middle East, this family will find themselves engaged in the most deadly battle of their lives. This is their story.