Wow.
We just had a formation in honor of our battalion’s lost soldiers. It’s crazy because we only lost three in Iraq. Two from IED’s, and the other from rabies. The other five were from suicides.
A lot of people, mostly civilians don’t understand how we are created. How our body and mind is shaped, molded for war. Each one of these soldiers took their lives because the only thing they had to look forward to was gone. Love.
As soldiers, we attach ourselves to a vent source, a kind of sanctuary. One of the men that took his own life was a fucking Captain. He held his composure for his men until he made it back state side. His girlfriend cheated on him and put all his belongings in storage. When he was picking it up, he found his pistol and took his life there in the little garage.
If you are a military s/o and you are fucking over your man/woman that is active military, whether it be long distance or deployment, fucking stop right now.
As we have a four day for our fallen comrades through the ages, I want to give credit to every soldier, marine, seaman and airman out there. Yes, I am getting out of the military but the reason was because I knew I wasn’t coming back home to my ex if I went over there. I did funeral detail a year ago and had to bury a female Sgt. that was my age. She was five days from coming home, just married before deployment and ran over an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). Her name was Devin Snyder. Look it up. I put her body into the ground and I didn’t want my girlfriend to do the same. I’m not turning my back on my brothers in arms. Only making sure I was home for good with the girl I loved. She lost respect for me since I did this and I understand, only not a lot of people know the feeling of being bred for war.
So with this, I ask you to take a minute and thank the military for making the ultimate sacrifice, no matter what way, for your safety and freedom.
U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment conduct a clearing mission in Duwebb, Iraq, Feb. 10, 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan) (www.army.mil)
United States Army - Soldiers escort members of the embedded provincial reconstruction team attached to 2nd SBCT in Sab al Bour, northwest of Baghdad.
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The measure of an Airman
Third Place, Illustrative Photography. Former Senior Airman Brian Kolfage, a security forces airman, holds his wife, Ashley, on his lap as the couple looks out over the water on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Kolfage was one of the first Airmen deployed to Iraq in 2003 at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During a trip to the chow hall, a mortar flew over the walls of his camp and landed less than 10 feet from him. Kolfage barely escaped with his life and is the most injured surviving Airman from any war. Sept. 9, 2011.
Read more: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/03/2011-military-photographer-of-the-year/#ixzz1r0JJO4RJ
