Editing Character:Gage Strawberry (section)

== Character Description ==

Gage was a young teen in NYC and enrolled in the army just after 9/11.  Feeling patriotic, he was keen to do his bit to revenge the attack on the United States.  Within two months he found himselfas part of the initial wave of soldiers occupying Baghdad.

As time went by, the brutality of the war got to Strawberry, and he found himself feeling angry and frustrated by his situation, and vented those feelings on those he encountered.  This culminated in a situation where he and his fellow troopers murdered a family of Iraqis who were rumoured to be supporting the insurgents.  This included two young children.

Strawberry kept quiet about the incident, but the guilt gnawed at him, leading him to a nervous breakdown.  He was returned to his family.

Since then he has tried to rebuild his life, and he has managed to find some equanimity in his life.  Meditation and yoga have helped him, and he finds that he enjoys the company of others more than he has in the past.  He enjoys spending time with his nieces and nephews.  His sisters worry about his drinking, but are glad he seems a lot happier these days.