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**pballman19** · 04-25-2008, 11:56 AM

Im kinda struggling right now because im in the Airforce and my best friend is Army Reserve. He just left on deployment to kuwait for a year, which means he'll be deployed when i go home this summer on leave. And a bunch more of my Security Forces friends just went out on a deployment to Camp Bucca. I should be deployin in september and while im gone a real good friend of mine will be PCSing to Germany. I just cant seem to get used to all of my friends leaving and stuff.

cce1302 · 04-25-2008, 12:25 PM

Yeah, it's often much harder on those back here than it is on the deployed. I spent most of 2005 in Iraq, and yeah, it was tough, but I didn't see how tough it was on my wife. Now, due to my position and the people I am around, I'm having a tough time. I'm here while many of my friends are in harms way, and I'd rather be there with them. In the last 2 weeks, one of my friends has lost 4 Marines from his battalion due to enemy contact. His wife showed me a picture of him kneeling in front of 2 pairs of boots with rifle, helmet, and dog tags. I nearly lost it right then. I pray several times a day that I won't get another call from HQMC telling me that I have to go deliver a PCR to another Marine's parents. It is the worst experience I have ever had. Hang in there, though. You'll meet new friends everywhere you go.

**pballman19** · 04-25-2008, 01:00 PM

Ive yet to deploy but i cant wait. i just wanna go home and see my mom before i go. i see these guys in my unit come back and they hate it here, they just wanna go back. i hope i deploy soon. i feel useless just sitting here doing nothin

SeabeeDiver · 04-25-2008, 02:03 PM

The longer you spend in, the more it happens....but also the more places that you go that you already know somebody (or they PCS to you). Case in point....haven't seen a bunch of guys since we deployed in 2000 together. We've all been everywhere since then. Funny thing is we'll all be meeting up in Anbar this fall.

MarineFlyboy · 04-25-2008, 03:49 PM

I have many Marine buddies in country right now. A couple just got back but I still have some infantry platoon commander buddies still over there. What gets to me is that I'm not there with them. While they are doing what they do best, I'm stateside in the training command. I want to be the angel of death above them watching their back from the sky but damn I still have over 2 years of training before I get into the fleet and deploy.

gsh341 · 04-26-2008, 08:04 AM

It's sad to say, but that's the way life is.

There are people that mean a whole lot to you that you may never see again. Some of them move for a job, some move with their family, some die. You never know when a goodbye is forever. The only thing that's certain is that we are in their memories as they are in ours.

Make sure they remember you in a good way.

04-25-2008, 11:56 AM	#1
pballman19 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 260	When friends deploy Im kinda struggling right now because im in the Airforce and my best friend is Army Reserve. He just left on deployment to kuwait for a year, which means he'll be deployed when i go home this summer on leave. And a bunch more of my Security Forces friends just went out on a deployment to Camp Bucca. I should be deployin in september and while im gone a real good friend of mine will be PCSing to Germany. I just cant seem to get used to all of my friends leaving and stuff. __________________ Winchester 670A 30-06 Springfield Maverick88(Mossberg) 12 gauge

04-25-2008, 12:25 PM	#2
cce1302 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 127	Yeah, it's often much harder on those back here than it is on the deployed. I spent most of 2005 in Iraq, and yeah, it was tough, but I didn't see how tough it was on my wife. Now, due to my position and the people I am around, I'm having a tough time. I'm here while many of my friends are in harms way, and I'd rather be there with them. In the last 2 weeks, one of my friends has lost 4 Marines from his battalion due to enemy contact. His wife showed me a picture of him kneeling in front of 2 pairs of boots with rifle, helmet, and dog tags. I nearly lost it right then. I pray several times a day that I won't get another call from HQMC telling me that I have to go deliver a PCR to another Marine's parents. It is the worst experience I have ever had. Hang in there, though. You'll meet new friends everywhere you go. __________________ Push in. Quarter turn. Pull. SMOKE!

04-25-2008, 01:00 PM	#3
pballman19 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 260	Ive yet to deploy but i cant wait. i just wanna go home and see my mom before i go. i see these guys in my unit come back and they hate it here, they just wanna go back. i hope i deploy soon. i feel useless just sitting here doing nothin __________________ Winchester 670A 30-06 Springfield Maverick88(Mossberg) 12 gauge

04-25-2008, 03:49 PM	#5
MarineFlyboy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 339	I have many Marine buddies in country right now. A couple just got back but I still have some infantry platoon commander buddies still over there. What gets to me is that I'm not there with them. While they are doing what they do best, I'm stateside in the training command. I want to be the angel of death above them watching their back from the sky but damn I still have over 2 years of training before I get into the fleet and deploy. __________________ The Basic School - F Co 31 Aug 06 - 15 March 07 Primary Flight Training NAS Whiting Field Sept 10 - Apr 16 Advance Jet Training NAS Kingsville 28 May - ?

04-26-2008, 08:04 AM	#6
gsh341 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 1,754	It's sad to say, but that's the way life is. There are people that mean a whole lot to you that you may never see again. Some of them move for a job, some move with their family, some die. You never know when a goodbye is forever. The only thing that's certain is that we are in their memories as they are in ours. Make sure they remember you in a good way. __________________ "For those of us who exercised our privilege to serve our country, I can honestly say we did it proudly and shared a common bond of patriotism that those who were unwilling to answer our country's call will never understand or appreciate." - Dennis Foell

04-25-2008, 02:03 PM	#4
SeabeeDiver XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 190 FSW Posts: 36	The longer you spend in, the more it happens....but also the more places that you go that you already know somebody (or they PCS to you). Case in point....haven't seen a bunch of guys since we deployed in 2000 together. We've all been everywhere since then. Funny thing is we'll all be meeting up in Anbar this fall.

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