Life of a Marine During War

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Life of a Marine During War

• What a marine has to deal with before, during,
  and after war.

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Boot Camp Parris Island, S.C.

• The yellow foot prints
• Your first encounter with a drill instructor
• PT and more PT
• Keeping your bunk
• Shooting and learning to shoot (the basics)
• Learning to cope away from home

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Becoming a Marine

• Graduation
• Congratulations
• Ceremony
• Sniper training
• 3 day leave
• Going back

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Going to WAR

• Getting told where your going
• Knowing you will be there for a year
• Forming bonds with other soldiers
• Life at war

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July 10, Hambier Kuwait

• When ever an Iraq soldier kills an American
  soldier they take their dog tags.
• On this day I was on patrol with an insertion
  team
• They needed my rifle and my shooting ability
• They got it

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Coming Home

• There was a parade
• Watching everyone else
• Coming home to no one
• Thinking of what I had to do after my debriefing
  and departure

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Something to Come Home For

• These are my kids
• I love them very much

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Dealing with the Aftermath

• PTSS
• AADHD
• BI-POLAR
• Learning to deal with myself
• REMBERING THE LOST
• The urge to go back
• Night terrors

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