gabriel_rain

Happy New Year everyone! It will be an interesting one for sure. My unit has been getting ready to deploy and though it has been a couple easy days, the paperwork is crazy, esspecially for those married with children. I am one of those people who could never be stuck behind a desk. I'd go crazy. There have been a lot of changes in our unit alone so we can all be perpared. My platoon is a bit short handed and the Sergeant Major wanted to split our platoon up to fill others. We didn't stand for it. My Platoon Sergeant was so pissed off, as we all were. Even though i've only been there since August and the others for longer, we've all bonded and I can say that I'd take a bullet for any of those guys. the whole "Band of Brothers" is true. "What bonds men isn't the breaking of bread but the sharing of enemies" (Cormac McCarthy -Blood Meridian) This is true but in the drive to a goal or defeat an enemy there is a bond that forms in the smallest of trials till that large battle or challenge. It forms a trust and you know that when it hits the fan the guy next to you wants you to go home before him and you want him to go home before you. You know if a guy picks on you at a bar your platoon will stomp him before that guy hits you. We know eachothers family life and help no questions asked if theres trouble. I admit that in the beginning they didn't know me and tried to test my loyalty, but they know I'd kill for them and die for them. It's a wierd feeling. One as a civilian had but was never tested until now. I know my platoon would do the same for me. It ended up that we lost one of our squad Sergeants, which is bad but we all were able to stay together. Before the Army, acouple years back I was homeless, kicked out of my parents house because I didn't get along with my stepmother. I was at the mercy of friends for a place to live till I could get a job and a place to live. I would die for those friends that helped me so much and even though I'm so far away they send me packages and letters. Such loyalty is very hard to find and I love my friends very much. So to everyone reading this and has that one person or few that you can depend on and are loyal friends Thank them and keep them close. Such treasures are scarce. Take Care