Both ABC and CBS offered features on military families, CBS on reunions and ABC on separations. For CBS' Cynthia Bowers completed her two-parter Bravo Company Coming Home, explaining the difficulties facing a Minnesota National Guard unit readapting to civilian life. A pair was shot to death, one in a police dispute, another at a party. Other soldiers, used to giving and receiving unquestioned orders, are unaccustomed to "the inevitable war of wills" that family life consists of. Meanwhile the teleconference facilities at Iraq's al-Asad Air Force Base gave a USMC corporal access to the delivery room to watch as his wife gave birth in Massachusetts. Tyrelle Greene is the father of a newborn daughter Janelle Margaret, even though his timing was a bit off during mother Melissa's contractions: "Because of the satellite, Tyrelle's coaching came with a bit of a delay," ABC's David Muir (subscription required) explained.
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