Any One have memories of profound events that you were a part of?

2014-10-22T16:26:30-04:00

Today is the 31st anniversary of the Beiruit Barracks Bombing, where nearly 250 service people were lost. Though most were Marines, there were others from all branches of the military there.
It was devistating to those of us in the Marines, on that base or Cherry Point. So many of us are 'generational Marines' with parents, siblings, cousins, and spouses serving at the same time, and so many of those were lost that day.
I was at a Church Fish Fry, raising money to outfit a home for one of the Marines who had been wounded in Lebanon earlier on, when I heard the news. I remember just sitting there, thinking of my cousin, the husband of a really close friend, my husband's boot-camp buddy, and two neighbors that we knew of in that unit alone, then I got up and walked back to my car, stopping to throw up behind a tree before I reached the car.
To this day, the smell of frying fish makes me ill.

Response by SGT Richard H. made Oct 22 at 2014 4:28 PM

2014-10-22T16:28:20-04:00

I was in USMC Boot Camp when that happened. You can bet that training intensified that day.

Response by 1LT Nick Kidwell made Oct 23 at 2014 3:05 PM

2014-10-23T15:05:59-04:00

Well, I did a rather interesting and historically significant Det Ops mission in Iraq. I was at Camp Cropper for a period of time, and met a few people who you might see in history books.

The details are likely still classified, but that fact that I did it is not.

Response by LCpl Stanley Frieze made Nov 16 at 2015 9:55 AM

2015-11-16T09:55:33-05:00

Well I don't know if you could call this profound but while I was getting out of the corps my friends and my brother in-law were shipping of to desert sheild/Storm. I remember thinking I wonder if I am going to lose any of my friends and family, and was expecting to have to turn around and return to base when I got home and checked in at the reserve center.