Thousands of Marines have descended upon the Helmand River valley in Afghanistan, a Taliban stronghold that is known for poppy growing.
LT. Col Christian Cabaniss
” 2nd Battalin Marines, we took terrible in WW11 we got to live up to that ……….I think we are all just trying to live in our big brothers shadow you know WW11, Vietnam and all that that’s all its about, its about pride ,no one can else take that away from us. the hard work just began and we will do it every day for the rest of our deploymenrt. They’ll know that they did something that they made a difference, you know when they are grandfathers, you know when they are grandparents when they are sitting around on the sofa and are talking to their grandkids 40 years from now, their grandkids wil ask them what they did in afghanistan in the summer of 2009 they will sit up a little bit straighter and talk about what they did how they had a part in a significant role in changing”
video ends there, but I tried to get as much as I could of what he said…. what an awesome man this is, a true leader…..an American Hero!!
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Wild Thing’s comment……
The video ends there, but I tried to get as much as I could of what he said…. what an awesome man this is, a true leader…..an American Hero!!
Is that 2/8 ?…, when it absolutely, positively has to be destroyed overnight: Call 1-800-Marines.
Semper Fi.
Thanks WT. The boy sent me a newsletter, Daily Charge, that he was mentioned in. The medic/casualty evac training they were doing was in 118 degree heat. I can’t imagine what it’s like in that kind of heat, let alone wear and carry all of that gear. The pictures just don’t convey the heat.
Mark, Yesssssss
Jim, oh wow I love when you hear from
him. That is neat about the newsletter too.
I know what you mean, the photos don’t
really show the horrible heat there.