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Thread: Making a soldier. [PICS]
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11-12-09, 01:16 AM #41
Re: Making a soldier. [PICS]
Tonight I listened to a Marine who had been wounded along with everyone in his vehicle. They all got patched up and cleared by the doctors to go back out a few days later. He gave his men the option to stay back; they didn't have to go out that day with him. But every one of them was waiting by the vehicle and went out. A bit later his vehicle got hit by an IED: Three of the men in his vehicle were killed, another was wounded, and he was burned over 50% of his body and suffered various other serious injuries. At one of the hospitals he was at during recovery, an Army nurse kept telling him that he was a hero and thanked him for his service. He told her that she was serving just as much as he was. Turns out, she was one of those wounded at Fort Hood--someone in front of her had gotten shot, so she started working on him by tearing up her shirt and using it as a bandage before she herself was shot.
Tonight I listened to a Soldier who had been to Iraq twice. His unit was in charge of clearing the roads ahead of other US forces. Their job was to root out ambushes, find IEDS, and make the road safe. They went out with 27 men; only 9 of them made it back with the unit. The rest were all wounded and sent home early.
Tonight I listened to another Marine. A Marine Major who had been deployed a few times. A Marine who lost a lot of good men in Fallujah and other places in Iraq. And that Marine asked us not to call those who serve "kids." Because they are men and women. Men and women who had the courage to step up, to answer the call, to put it on the line, and, if necessary, give the ultimate sacrifice. Although they may only be 18 or 19, they have the courage and the maturity to answer the call and serve; that makes them Men, that makes them Women, not kids. And I will give them that respect which they are due. And so I say thank you to all those Men and Women who have chosen to put on the uniform of this great nation and serve, because I for one appreciate it in a way that one cannot express with words.
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11-12-09, 07:37 AM #42
Re: Making a soldier. [PICS]
Originally Posted by hawgballs
Fun times
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11-12-09, 07:45 AM #45
Re: Making a soldier. [PICS]
I was also labeled as the deadarm by the DI's after the battalion commander's inspection. I was in squad four. The battalion commander was walking down the line of squad 3, I started eye balling him and his head turned and looked straight at me. My eyes popped back forward. He made his way to my squad leader and then chose to stop at me. Fortunate for me, I knew what to say, problem is, I had trouble with the rifle inspection as both of my arms were dead asleep. When I lifted up my rifle I almost butt stocked him in the face. I couldn't hold the rifle against my right forearm and I couldn't grab it with my left hand. My SDI was standing next to him, I was embarassed. He asked me what was wrong with me. I told him and he told me to shake it off and to do it again. Second try was much better.
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