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Any infantry guys in here?
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:03 pm
Just an infantry guys post to be honest. 3 pumps to the helmand province. 2009-2012. Lost 7 Kia and 30 wia. Terrible times. But why in the frick do I miss it so much? Been over 10yrs and I think about it everyday. I mean multiple times a day everyday. I hated it. Hot, I mean fricking hot, and miserable. But I miss it. I'm very successful, have a great family but I miss being in the place I was the most miserable.
Sorry for venting.
Sorry for venting.
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Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:05 pm to FilingCabinetBill
Don’t be sorry. Completely understandable.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:10 pm to FilingCabinetBill
You’re not alone, it’s quite common. I wouldn’t fixate too much on the why unless it feels like something that is weighing on you or you need to work through.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:11 pm to FilingCabinetBill
My nephew was a medic in the 1st ID. I told him before he deployed that it was going to be miserable but to enjoy it for what it was. I told him he would miss it and it would take a long time to pass.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:11 pm to FilingCabinetBill
quote:
infantry
OJC and ODS.
The most miserable times get sealed deeply in one's memory. Adrenaline is also a helluva drug.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:16 pm to Obtuse1
quote:
Adrenaline is also a helluva drug.
I have never done a drug in my life. With that being said I doubt anything compares to a adrenaline dump. Nothing has ever been so clear in a moment of such chaos. Then the inevitable collapse from the high. Never been so tired in my life.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:18 pm to FilingCabinetBill
Looking back at horrible circumstances we sometimes think about the positive qualities within ourselves that got us through those times.
Determination, tenacity, bravery, cunning, courage. All that shite.
Feeling a need to exercise those qualities is natural and can be achieved in a few different ways.
Or so my therapist tells me.
Determination, tenacity, bravery, cunning, courage. All that shite.
Feeling a need to exercise those qualities is natural and can be achieved in a few different ways.
Or so my therapist tells me.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:22 pm to FilingCabinetBill
In my youth I was a DAT, so to me you’re a speed bump. 
But my son is scheduled to go to MEPS Tuesday and raise his hand and go Benning to be taught to become a speed bump. As a father, my heart swells with pride. As a tanker, I can’t believe I raised a speed bump.
But my son is scheduled to go to MEPS Tuesday and raise his hand and go Benning to be taught to become a speed bump. As a father, my heart swells with pride. As a tanker, I can’t believe I raised a speed bump.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:22 pm to FilingCabinetBill
Not a leg, but
The guys you were around. Every vet I know feels that same way. There isn't a stage in life I miss more than the shitty days I spent in some back-world hell hole with my guys.
I heard a guy once say there is a direct correlation between the level of suck you go through for something and the fondness you later recall it with.
If we lived closer I would say let's grab a beer.
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But why in the frick do I miss it so much?
The guys you were around. Every vet I know feels that same way. There isn't a stage in life I miss more than the shitty days I spent in some back-world hell hole with my guys.
I heard a guy once say there is a direct correlation between the level of suck you go through for something and the fondness you later recall it with.
If we lived closer I would say let's grab a beer.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:28 pm to FilingCabinetBill
You could be like me. An infantryman (0341) who got in at the wrong time to be an infantryman and never once get to deploy to a war zone. I’m pretty sure I don’t know a single guy that went 03 the same time I joined that got to deploy to an actual hot area. Too late for OEF/OIF, and too early for the next one. Nobody that came in around my time has a CAR.
I don’t miss being in the USMC. But I do miss being on a gun line and would have liked to actually do what I was trained to do. I guess liked is a bit of a wrong word, but you get my drift. I guess I envy in a way those that actually got to test their mettle and their worth in combat. Sadly, I’ll probably never get to take that test. I honestly think a lot of guys around my age that joined the USMC feel the same way I do, like we’re less of a Marine because we never went into combat. I know my parents and other friends/family are thankful I didn’t go into combat.
Dumb I know, but it definitely eats at me.
I don’t miss being in the USMC. But I do miss being on a gun line and would have liked to actually do what I was trained to do. I guess liked is a bit of a wrong word, but you get my drift. I guess I envy in a way those that actually got to test their mettle and their worth in combat. Sadly, I’ll probably never get to take that test. I honestly think a lot of guys around my age that joined the USMC feel the same way I do, like we’re less of a Marine because we never went into combat. I know my parents and other friends/family are thankful I didn’t go into combat.
Dumb I know, but it definitely eats at me.
This post was edited on 3/1/23 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:30 pm to FilingCabinetBill
Not military but sometimes I do miss the worst job ive ever had. Its freaking weird tbh
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:32 pm to FilingCabinetBill
Same feels. 3/504 Parachute Infantry Regiment
OEF/OIF.
OEF/OIF.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:32 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
quote:
But why in the frick do I miss it so much?
As we age, we all miss it. It’s engrained into our youth. The older we get the more we miss our youth. And since our youth was spent being soldiers, we miss being a soldier. For you, you miss being an infantryman. For me, I miss being a tanker. For others, they miss being a Marine, or artilleryman, or whatever. Our time in uniform was what transformed us from boys into men. It will go with us to the grave. And the only way to really understand it is to have lived it.
This post was edited on 3/1/23 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:32 pm to FilingCabinetBill
When there is death around you and the stakes are very high and all your choices have very serious immediate consequences, life is very meaningful
This post was edited on 3/1/23 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:42 pm to Intothebreach
quote:
3/504 Parachute Infantry Regiment
Fellow Devil, 1/504 PIR but before your time.
There is a Pink Panther around here too.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:45 pm to FilingCabinetBill
quote:because it was the best time of your life, regardless of the outcome. RIP the fallen Soldiers
But why in the frick do I miss it so much?
Your brothers were there with you. You either live for nothing or die for something (Rambo quote)
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:46 pm to FilingCabinetBill
Former grunt here. USMC Iraq 04-05, Fallujah, Ramadi, Haditha, Hit.
I miss the camaraderie and the dudes I served with but other than that it mostly sucked. The majority of shite I did are cooler to say I did than to actually do.
You’ll get over it and move on with your real life eventually. Try to stay out of the bottom of the bottle in the meantime.
I miss the camaraderie and the dudes I served with but other than that it mostly sucked. The majority of shite I did are cooler to say I did than to actually do.
You’ll get over it and move on with your real life eventually. Try to stay out of the bottom of the bottle in the meantime.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:46 pm to FilingCabinetBill
Infantry. Big Red One '70-'71.
If anything I think about it more now than ever before.
I was never more alive. I've never had any mental problems from it. It's just so different. It changed me so much. Those days are on my mind a lot.
If anything I think about it more now than ever before.
I was never more alive. I've never had any mental problems from it. It's just so different. It changed me so much. Those days are on my mind a lot.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:49 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:And then I read this. I guess we all handle it differently.
You’ll get over it and move on with your real life eventually.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 9:00 pm to Obtuse1
Those damn “Devils in Baggy Pants”!
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