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Major and all of your Marines there. My prayers are with you.


April 18, 2008
We are Marines
I was going to update on the high temps, sand flea bites and tics but below is a much more simple post. All is good-Semper Fi.

We are Marines. Many people don’t understand what we do as Marines nor do they really want to know. Many people are just thankful that we are out there. The force between them and evil. They are quick to chastise us or point out the rare occasions when we drift, however, they beg for us to go stand between them and fear. In the very recent past, we have lost two Marines from our unit, the first of this deployment, many of the last few deployments. They are warriors, school teachers and sons. They wanted to make a difference and they did. Now that we have grieved and have held a memorial, we put our helmets back on, push outside the wire and continue to keep the wolf at bay. Why you ask? Because we are Marines.
God Bless them both and their families-Semper Fi