Posted on May 23, 2015
Two U.S. Marines in the path of a truck bomb. What do you think about their reaction?
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A few years ago, two Marines from two different walks of life who had literally just met were told to stand guard in front of their outpost's entry control point.
Minutes later, they were staring down a big blue truck packed with explosives. With this particular shred of hell bearing down on them, they stood their ground ...
... hell, they even leaned in ...
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kellys-speech-about-marines-in-ramadi-2013-6#ixzz3azGRqYDN
http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kellys-speech-about-marines-in-ramadi-2013-6
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Minutes later, they were staring down a big blue truck packed with explosives. With this particular shred of hell bearing down on them, they stood their ground ...
... hell, they even leaned in ...
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kellys-speech-about-marines-in-ramadi-2013-6#ixzz3azGRqYDN
http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kellys-speech-about-marines-in-ramadi-2013-6
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I'm from redneck ville oklahoma and found a best friend in an African American man named Lcpl Kenneth Paddio from new Orleans.Our bond started in boot camp as rack mates forced together to serving in India 3/5 when in 2000 he gave his life in an Osprey crash in Yuma Arizona along with many other brave young marines in my platoon and company along with some air wing men I keep his picture in my garage and talk to him several times a week.We should all be so lucky as to have a friend formed only from the bonds of trust and love as these two marines had semper fi
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I directly supported this unit and used to smoke cigarettes with the guards at this ECP prior to going on patrol. I was there less than a week before this happened and I do not remember ever meeting these two but I wish I would have.
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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad
Did you see the video that 1LT William Clardy posted? Should be particularly significant to you SFC (Join to see).
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I saw it and we had to review the original video after it was taken from the camera.
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It's what Marines do, defend others to the death.... its what marines don't do, go quietly into the night.
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LCpl Todd Houston
Lcpl Lefler - Outstanding. Something I can wholeheartedly agree with you on. Could not have said this better.
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