Chris' Deployment Journal

Did you know that most people in this country don't celebrate (or even know) their date of birth? They know the year, but they don't really care about the date. Few people have birth certificates and some of their ID cards sport 20+ year old photos of them as babies.

"Yes mistah, that is me, from 25 years ago."

As we look back and forth between guy to ID and back, "Ah, okay, sure buddy."

Whenever we detain someone, they have to enter a birthdate, any birthdate, into the computer. The vast majority are listed as "Jan. 1"