Over a dozen soldiers, currently stationed in Kuwait, recently shaved their heads in support of a fellow teammate’s sister, who lost her hair during her battle with brain cancer. Sgt. Brandon Stafford’s older sister, Melissa Hjelle, who works as a traffic safety program coordinator in Minnesota, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in her right temporal lobe in late 2020. On March 4, 2021, she underwent cranial surgery which removed a large portion of the tumor—with the remaining cancer requiring radiation and chemotherapy. She managed to recover from surgery with some success, but then she endured the side effects of the treatment that followed. “I am experiencing fatigue and consistent nausea from radiation and chemotherapy, along with some other nuisance side effects,” she told the US Army. Melissa was certain that she would eventually lose her hair because of the chemo; soon enough, her hair started falling out by the …