Marine2111
08-20-07, 02:41 PM
I recently returned home from a 8 month tour in Iraq. Unfortunately, my battalion didn't return completely. Many men gave given their lives on foreign soil. Brave men. Heroes.
I deployed with 2nd Bn 3rd Marines to Afghanistan in '05-'06 and to Iraq in '06-'07. I was wounded in Afghanistan during combat operations with insurgents in the mountains. If there was a way to sacrifice myself to ensure that those young men returned home to see their families, I would go back to those mountains today and gladly hand myself over to the enemy.
I feel guilty every single day that I'm alive, that I was spared and other, younger men weren't.
Please take a moment to read the link below. This is a good friend of mine that was a custodian in my Armory. He was a bright, intelligent, smart young man and he had a promising life ahead of him.
Take every opportunity that you can to spend time with your friends. You never know when they might be taken from you.
Semper Fidelis
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2387242.html
R.I.P. LCpl Jeromy D. West
I deployed with 2nd Bn 3rd Marines to Afghanistan in '05-'06 and to Iraq in '06-'07. I was wounded in Afghanistan during combat operations with insurgents in the mountains. If there was a way to sacrifice myself to ensure that those young men returned home to see their families, I would go back to those mountains today and gladly hand myself over to the enemy.
I feel guilty every single day that I'm alive, that I was spared and other, younger men weren't.
Please take a moment to read the link below. This is a good friend of mine that was a custodian in my Armory. He was a bright, intelligent, smart young man and he had a promising life ahead of him.
Take every opportunity that you can to spend time with your friends. You never know when they might be taken from you.
Semper Fidelis
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2387242.html
R.I.P. LCpl Jeromy D. West