Monday, April 04, 2011

Marines Rally Around Friend

Marines Rally Around Friend
It's nice to know there are people I still admire - H/T Anonymoose

8 comments:

Ronbert said...

Semper Fi

Anonymous said...

"Don Conroy was the best uncle I ever saw, the best brother, the best grandfather, the best friend-and my God, what a father."
From Pat Conroy's eulogy of The Great Santini

olds-mo-william

BigLookSpook said...

BigLookSpook,

Who has more credibility with a combat infantryman suffering PTSD, one of his buddies or some college educated military counselor who has never been shot at? If your combat brother is hurt, you help him.

Anonymous said...

You mean it's possible to forget all the bad things that you don't want to remember just by talking with your compadres? Color me a disbeliever. Everything goes in your pack. One day you get to lay it down.

Casca

Ronbert said...

Casca,
It makes your pack lighter. It never ever goes away.

ron

Anonymous said...

It helps to be mentally hard going in. Probably even helps more than the Armys evening "Self Actualization Chats". The reporter talks like this is something new. Pretty sure it predates horse-Marines. Semper Fi -Anymouse

Anonymous said...

"It helps to be mentally hard going in."
Not today's public school graduate; They have been indoctrinated that all killing is bad and violence is never the answer...and that people who kill and/or are violent are terrible and will suffer permanent mental anguish... nary a word about the thrill of victory, skies being bluer, flowers smelling sweeter, & sun shining brighter...not to mention being grateful just to be alive.
RAK

Anonymous said...

The best relief for losing a buddy to the enemy is to shoot several of the bastards.

Makes you feel much better.

jdallen

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