RE: Anniversary of 9/11
September 13, 2024 at 12:04 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2024 at 1:45 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I ate like a king. Shrimp and steak that day. Winner Dinner. Like the navy, they were prepping us for Bad News™. Nobody there wanted to hear that we were going to war. We were a (then small) group of committed peacekeepers.
We were quickly overrun by a different kind of person. In retrospect, I'd say that 9/11 was the day that I started to sour on my service. Being in the military became about something else that day, and I wasn;t a part of that and it never sat well with me. The irony is that I would then train those people, my replacement. I only got to go on one more meaningful overseas patrol after 9/11. They installed me as a mout range ncoic, where I would stay until the end of my service - hating life, lol.
We were quickly overrun by a different kind of person. In retrospect, I'd say that 9/11 was the day that I started to sour on my service. Being in the military became about something else that day, and I wasn;t a part of that and it never sat well with me. The irony is that I would then train those people, my replacement. I only got to go on one more meaningful overseas patrol after 9/11. They installed me as a mout range ncoic, where I would stay until the end of my service - hating life, lol.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
