But to her, as a mother, my naval service mostly meant that, unlike friends and cousins who deployed with the Army or Marine Corps to Iraq or Afghanistan, I probably wasn't going to be shot at.
不过,于一位母亲而言,在海军服役主要意味着,与我的朋友与堂兄弟姐妹不同(他们随同陆军与海军陆战
被派往伊拉克或阿富汗),我可能不会被枪击。