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10-27-10, 01:39 AM
I was in the Marine Corps from 2006-2010 and was an 0311...during that time I did one uneventfull tour to Iraq...
the unit I was in is now in Afghanistan and taking casualties...
I want to go...
I know that there is nothing I can do to directly make a difference during their deployment...but I can at least help in ending the cause of our enemy for the past decade...
here's the issue...my first child is about to be born and I don't want to leave her or my wife alone for the length of deployment or, as is possible, the rest of their lives...but I also don't want to KNOW that I can do something about an evil that mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, wives, etc. cry about yet are powerless against...and do nothing...
...I've talked to my wife about this and she is supportive of my decision either way...obviously I can't talk to people at work or school on this subject...and the Marines I'm still in touch with will either say "go back in" or "stay out" based on their own bias...
I just need some perspective...
tl;dr...thinking of going back in but dont know what the hell to do...
the unit I was in is now in Afghanistan and taking casualties...
I want to go...
I know that there is nothing I can do to directly make a difference during their deployment...but I can at least help in ending the cause of our enemy for the past decade...
here's the issue...my first child is about to be born and I don't want to leave her or my wife alone for the length of deployment or, as is possible, the rest of their lives...but I also don't want to KNOW that I can do something about an evil that mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, wives, etc. cry about yet are powerless against...and do nothing...
...I've talked to my wife about this and she is supportive of my decision either way...obviously I can't talk to people at work or school on this subject...and the Marines I'm still in touch with will either say "go back in" or "stay out" based on their own bias...
I just need some perspective...
tl;dr...thinking of going back in but dont know what the hell to do...