Staff Sgt. Chris Miller talks by cellphone with his wife, Sarah, and son, William, from his hooch at Forward Operating Base Lagman on the edge of Qalat, Zabul province, Afghanistan. (PETER HALEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

Family gives deployed soldier a new perspective on life

11:50 PM - QALAT, AFGHANISTAN - Staff Sgt. Chris Miller smiles when he says he and his wife, Sarah, “bucked the trend” and kept their relationship together through four deployments in the past 10 years.

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