[navyflyer72]

Back from visiting the real warfighters in Helmand Province, spend about 12 hours with my youngest brother Ted at a Patrol Base in likely the nastiest place for Taliban, the Patrol Base and outlying Observation Posts (one of which my brother was manning) were attacked at least 6 times that day. These Marines spend 210 days straight manning these. I was amazed by their positive attitudes and demeanor, they motivated the heck out of me. Add to that the professional manner with which they work, while living in dirt, it was nothing short of amazing.

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The below pics are from my trip out to Helmand last week, got to visit my youngest brother Ted and some seriously tough Marines. It was a good trip. The first pic is Ted and I, The second is Ted and I playing football while the heavy mortars are engaging Taliban attackers about 100 meters away, and the third picture is me taking a break from football to smoke a cigar (they wanted me to, it was peer pressure) with some seriously tough Marines, the nearest Marine was shot through his upper right thigh, got patched up and came right back out! The scar was awesome!