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Started by Siege, June 06, 2011, 01:43:57 AM

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June 06, 2011, 01:43:57 AM Last Edit: June 06, 2011, 01:45:35 AM by Siege
Tonight I am going to tell her about all my loses.
All my loses while wearing the stars and stripes on my shoulder.
I am going to tell her about Joel, Christopher, Chad, and Luke.

I'm going to tell her about Joel, about how hard he wanted to make E-5, about his valor, about his dedication, about the decissions he made, knowing well what the price was. My wife knows his widow, and their baby girl born a week after he was killed. She knows he was my brother, she doesn't know he volunteered to be there, to get off the Stryker, the one he was the commander of, to dismount, and come with me and hit the enemy on the ground, because he was an E-4 promotable, but didn't have much experience on the ground, since he was a vehicle commander.

I am going to tell her about Christopher, the smartest guy I have met in the army. He could fix anything. He could have been an officer, he could have been anything but an infantryman. Yet he chosed to. He left behind two boys, a 2 and a 4 year old. He was strong, tall, and smart. A hard conbination to be bornt with.

I'm going to tell her about Chad and Luke, my brothers in arms, killed in action the same day. She knew them well, and their wives, and the two baby girls they left behind, but she didn't know their bravery, how Chad fought like a hero of old while wounded, how Luke charged the enemy linear ambush through the enemy bullets when he saw Chad's team ambushed. I looked into Luke's eyes just before he died, and I saw the pain for the daughter he knew he would never see grow up, and the acceptance for knowing he did the only thing he could have done, to charge and destroy the enemy, even though we were outnumbered.

I stand as a witness to their bravery.
Their sacrifice shall not be forgotten.
America can stand proud of her sons.
They can take on anyone, no matter the odds!





"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

The Brain

#1
June 06, 2011, 01:47:10 AM
 :(

Anything special brought this on?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Siege

#2
June 06, 2011, 01:49:27 AM
Quote from: The Brain on June 06, 2011, 01:47:10 AM
:(

Anything special brought this on?

Joel was killed on June 23th, 2007, during the surge in Bagdad.
June is not a happy month.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Martinus

#4
June 06, 2011, 02:23:30 AM
This poem sucks.

jimmy olsen

#5
June 06, 2011, 02:32:19 AM
 :(
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

Eddie Teach

#6
June 06, 2011, 02:42:49 AM
This thread isn't nearly as funny as the title calls for.

Sorry about your comrades, Siege.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Viking

#7
June 06, 2011, 03:46:27 AM
Now I just feel like shit... siegy gets to be good old stupid siegy when he talks about his dead comrades and we love him for it.

Edit: Siegy, does this mean you will do no more tours?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

HVC

#8
June 06, 2011, 07:02:01 AM
Sorry seige. Do you happen to see anyone? Army shrink or something.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Razgovory

#9
June 06, 2011, 07:22:16 AM
What did your wife say?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Martinus

#10
June 06, 2011, 07:41:55 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 06, 2011, 07:22:16 AM
What did your wife say?

I feel horrible for chuckling at this.  :blush:

Martinus

#11
June 06, 2011, 07:42:45 AM
Anyway, Siegy, that's kinda shitty and I feel sorry for you and your buddies. War is a shitty profession. :hug:

Slargos

#12
June 06, 2011, 07:45:39 AM
Quote from: Martinus on June 06, 2011, 07:41:55 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 06, 2011, 07:22:16 AM
What did your wife say?

I feel horrible for chuckling at this.  :blush:

Stay classy, guys.

KRonn

#13
June 06, 2011, 08:21:47 AM
Siege, tough stuff, and tough losses that you've been through. I can't imagine it, never having been close to being in your shoes, but I try to understand your pain as best I can. I hope you've been able to get help in dealing with this.   :console:
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