No matter where you may be at in the World you’re at risk for the new swine flu virus that is quickly spreading. The case is no different for those serving in the military and they have to be on the look out for the signs of swine flu too. Just recently a few troops in Iraq serving for the U.S. Military showed signs of this new flu virus that has everyone’s attention. A few tests were did and officials would come to find out, that this was the real deal in Iraq.

The problem isn’t going away for these troops serving in Iraq either, because the latest results show that the swine flu is increasing overseas. Now the government is reporting that 67 confirmed cases of swine flu is present in Iraq and these numbers may go a lot higher in the near future.

The good news is that this new flu virus isn’t that deadly and most can survive from it; if treated properly with medications. The bad news is that it appears everyone will get the swine flu in the coming years and the troops in Iraq are seeing this first hand. It’s bad enough that our young men and women have to be on the front lines of fighting terrorism and now they are on the front lines in the battle against swine flu. Before the month of August is over, we could learn that over 100 U.S. Troops have contracted this awful new virus. Just how far those numbers continue to rise, no one knows for sure right now.

It’s difficult in the military to control; since the troops do work and live very closely together. The fears we are seeing with swine flu in Iraq will probably turn to our U.S. school systems. The children are just now going back to school and even though winter is still several months away, school officials all across the country are fearing the worse from swine flu. A classroom can have 20 to 40 students all sitting close to each other and if one kid gets the swine flu; then chances are that many others in that same room will contract swine flu too. The kids get the swine flu at school and then bring it home to their families and pretty soon everyone is infected with this new virus. The attention is on the troops in Iraq now and it should be interesting to see which school in America gets first claims of a swine flu incident this school year and what actions they take to control it. We may see entire schools shutting down all across the nation as swine flu becomes a real problem for school kids and our soldiers overseas.