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Healing through humor.
(Article by Pablo Villa, NCO Journal, 26 AUG 2014. Source, via OEW on Facebook.)
There&rsquo;s something striking about Bobby Henline.
No, it&rsquo;s not the roughly depilated head or the craggy striations seared into the former staff sergeant&rsquo;s face, the result of a 2007 roadside bomb attack in Iraq that struck the humvee he was riding in. Henline was the only one of the vehicle&rsquo;s five occupants to survive the blast. More than 38 percent of his body was burned. His head was scorched to the skull. His left hand was so badly singed it would eventually be amputated. Despite 46 surgeries and six months of rehabilitation, Henline&rsquo;s likeness was permanently altered.
But that&rsquo;s not what sticks out about him.
What is most palpable about Henline, a San Jose, Calif., native, is his affable demeanor. He speaks with a quick hop-step cadence, punctuated often with a hearty laugh. T