The troops are supposed to be out by 2014, so we'll see Japes back on home soil by around the time Arcanum 2 comes out.
Alright, so we know how you weren't killed. How did you die? Just being an ass. So...wait, is that sentence designed for me to assume you survived a helicopter crash? The US Military Forces Homecoming is brought to you by...Arcanum 2: The Meso-Oriental Conflict.
I'll be back in the States by the end of May, praise be. And no, I wasn't in a crash at all. A blackhawk went down in RC-Southwest, and my facebook got bombarded this morning by people asking if I was okay. I'm in RC West and I crew blackhawks, so I understand why people might worry.
Japes, you must never fly within crashing distance of a tree, even if it means that you have to go within the range of enemy flak cannons.
If there are, they don't work anymore. There haven't been any reports of MANPADS (man portable air defense systems) attacks since I've been here. Besides, I'd put money on modern countermeasures defeating a missile manufactured over 30 years ago.