Nine years on, Ramadi still matters to troops, vets, families - Were you there?

From what I have seen, Ramadi was a meat grinder.
Were you there? Was it worth it?

"Those troops, mostly Marines, saw some of the most harrowing combat action in modern American military history. They lived behind concrete blast walls at Camp Blue Diamond, manned rooftop outposts with heavy machine guns 24 hours a day and grew accustomed to daily mortar fire. Even "inside the wire," daily routine often involved donning body armor just to walk across the courtyard to use the toilet."

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/05/24/nine-years-on-ramadi-still-matters-to-troops-vets-families/27777735/