Dying mom's daughter will return home from Iraq

[LauraK]

Andrea Fine's pleas to the Army have been heard.

Her daughter Elycia is coming home from Iraq to be with her as Andrea Fine faces the final stage of breast cancer.

Elycia Fine will be reassigned to Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., to be near her mother's house, the Army said.

"She called me this morning and said, 'Guess what. I'm coming home,' " Andrea Fine, 53, said on July 10."

Andrea said she hopes to meet her daughter at the airport early this week.

Andrea Fine has stage-four breast cancer that has spread into her ribs, spine, lungs and bones. Her doctors have given her six months to one year to live.

The Army's decision to send Elycia Fine home climaxes a tumultuous week in which national news media, members of Congress and even the international publication Stars and Stripes rallied behind Andrea Fine's request for her daughter's return.

"It could have been the media pressure; it could have been the congressional pressure. Maybe it was simply a change of heart by the Army," said Andrea Fine. "It doesn't matter. She's coming home."

Elycia Fine will be given 30 days' regular leave while her request for "compassionate reassignment" is processed, an Army spokesman said.
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[DemBones DemBones]

1. FIne's service records will be stamped PI for Political Influence and

she'll be given a shitty assignment after her mom dies. Hope she wasn't planning on an Army career.