Woman worried if conflict continues, she will have to learn new country names

"I know there's Mexico, 'cause I drink Shootaritas down at Chuy's. There's others?"

Johanna Nielson at the airport sending another of her servicemember children to Niger. Maybe Nigeria. Definitely somewhere near Japan.

BIWABIK, MN,— Johanna Nielson considers herself up to date on current events. The 54-year-old Minnesotan has good reason to be. She is a high school social studies teacher and has seven children, five of whom serve in the…