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Originally Posted by herbaltoker2  Just my .02 cents, it may seem aggressive but I don't intend this post as a flame, I respect you and all your decision but I just hope someday you'll make the right one. |
I understand completely what you are talking about. My brother and I used to do everything together, he always stood up for me and never did me any wrong, the least I can do for him is do something he loved doing, fighting for the people that he really cared about, I'm not suicidal or anything but it seems that the best way i can Honor him is following in his footsteps, and If I come home in one piece or end up K.I.A. The greatest honor I could ever achieve wouldn't be a medal, It would be me, walking up to his grave and talking to him, telling him we won the war and he is a hero and his death wasn't in vein, just making sure he knows that he is right for what he did, and if I can't do that, then i'll be fucking proud to be laying there next to him in the ground, knowing we both died for what we believed in, he was my bestfriend, he bailed me out of so much shit, I love him, He was like a father to me and i'll do anything in the world to bring him back...If i could, i would switch places with him, He was 26 years old, he left behind a baby boy and a wife that dosen't sleep at night still. I wish I could have been there, I wish i was older when it happened and I truly wish that if i was there, i could have taken the bullets for him, he was so happy to leave and do what he believed was right...the man is my Idol, I know you guys may not understand what i'm talking about..but this is the way i will choose to honor my brother.
I believe it is the right choice. After all this, we all have our own opinions that we share, but please, I know im not the only one with a story, there are thousands...tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people just like me. So please, never say that a war is pointless and no-one should join the military because its a bunch of bullshit, I know most of you have read my story and hopefully taken it to heart, the Military isn't a bunch of crazy ass guys that love to run around killing and murdering people. Most Soldiers join with a purpose, and incase you where wondering what my purpose to join was..? The day my older brother left, I wrote on a piece of paper everything i could think about how he was going to be a hero and come home, and at the end I wrote "I promise that I will fight by your side when I am old enough, I love you Big Bro" and to tell all you the truth, I forgot about writing that note until I was at his funeral and I saw it laying on his coffin. He had kept it the whole time, I opened it up to see if it was the note and i was shocked , he wrote back on it saying "If anything happens to me, I wan't you to know that i'll always watch over you, and never let anyone do you harm" then he signed the date..I realized how much the letter ment to me because he wrote on the letter as soon as he found out his unit was going into heavy combat..2 weeks before he was killed, I'm going to carry that letter with me the whole time i'm over there and show my Brother that I can help finish what he started. I'm going to leave this thread now...I truthfully can't talk about it anymore, I hope you all understand that Most soldiers choose to go into Service because they have a reason, not because they want to help our government.
Thank you all for listening, I hope everyone can take something out of this.