No one knows the sacrifice that service men and women make more than their loved ones.
We sat down with one North Central Florida family who spent part of their Veterans Day holiday in our studios, talking with their son who is deployed overseas in Afghanistan.
The Blauw's family have experience with deployment.
Linda and Craig met at an Air Force Base in High School both of their fathers were enlisted at the time.
Craig is a retired Lt. Colonel with the Air Force and now their son Russell is a Lt. Colonel with the Marines.
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