Friday, April 27, 2007

Local Marines Are headed to Iraq Soon

From the Times-Picayune in New Orleans by Paul Purpura:

Ordered to defend an area that has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting since the war in Iraq began four years ago, more than 350 Belle Chasse-based active-duty and reserve Marines are soon bound for the region, the Marine Corps confirmed Thursday.

"That's what they live for," said Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Sprague of Marine Air Group 42, Detachment C. "They enjoy playing in the game rather than practicing all the time. What it boils down to, if you join the Marine Corps in this day and age and you haven't deployed, you've got to expect to."
(Bolding mine)

Posted without comment, except, "God bless them and keep them safe."

2 comments:

  1. Every time I read lines like the ones you bolded, I get very sad.

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  2. Susan, me too. This one and the post below on Riverbend, the Baghdad blogger, and her family being driven out of their country make me want to cry

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