Get to Know Some Future Investment and Trust Clients (We Hope!)

Unlike WWII and the Vietnam conflict, the GWOT is being fought without draftees. Instead, we rely heavily on members of the Reserve and National Guard — older guys and gals who have left families and established careers to serve. As these servicemen and women come home, some will need to sell businesses or roll over 401(k)s. A few may have come into inheritances.

You can get acquainted with tomorrow's war veterans today, at The Sandbox. At this Doonesbury blog, postings from members of our armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan deal with the stuff of day-to-day life. Some are quite well written. (Maybe our high schools and colleges aren't slacking off so much, after all.)

You'll learn, for instance, why highly decorated veterans may not want to tell you their war stories. And why returnees may find it hard to respond when you say, "Thanks for serving."

Your Senior Assistant Blogger is probably one of the last on the planet to discover The Sandbox. If by chance you haven't visited, do so.

Last Sunday the Washington Post Magazine carried a major article on Garry Trudeau and Doonesbury. His segments on B.D. as a war vet who loses a leg have drawn favorable notice from neocons and even the Pentagon, which must be disconcerting to a liberal Yalie.

By the way, in the article a well-known member of Trudeau's family suggests that the subtext of the B.D. story is not what you might think.