Her unit, the 62nd Medical Brigade from Fort Lewis, shipped out in February. Back then she told KOMO 4 News she was heart-broken at the thought of all she'd miss. "I'll miss his first tooth, first step, first crawling, first everything, his first birthday."

That's exactly what she's missing.

Torin is now about to turn one. His brother Brendan is 2 and a half. Both have grown dramatically since mom left in February.

Army husband Pat Miner is raising his boys alone until his wife comes home. "We've got our first tooth. We're crawling and we're close to walking and we're going to walk any day now," he said. "Just seeing them develop and starting to interact and play with you is the stuff that's she missed out on."

That makes him mad.

He's a former Army soldier himself and understands the sacrifices, but he believes this is going too far.

Pat wants to make it clear that it's an issue of fairness. He said that if part of the unit has come home, he wants the entire unit to be here.

Most the 62nd Medical Brigade came home earlier this summer to a lot of fanfare.

But 31 soldiers had to stay behind, including PFC Miner.

"I want my wife back. I understand that there are people over there sacrificing and making that change. But if it's going to be that way for my wife then her whole unit should be there sacrificing with her," he said.

To keep her memory alive for his children, he keeps showing them the KOMO 4 News story, and bringing out her photo.

Mom is still serving her country in Kuwait, and still waiting for word on when she'll be home.

KOMO 4 News was unable to get any response from the Army. In the meantime, Pat Miner is contacting our congressional delegation so see if they can help.