9-11-01

[Jake]

I was in basic training. A few weeks away from graduation. We had no idea wtf was going on for a few days. They didn't tell us or let us watch the news. We had a few days where sirens went off and we though we were being attacked. Turns out it was nothing more than a box or a bag left near the perimeter. We didn't think our family members were going to get to see us graduate as we were in lock-down. Thankfully, we were the first graduating class that they let family members see graduate boot. After what seemed like a long journey and a huge feat you want your family to watch you "pass the test"

We all thought we were going to war. I told my family not to worry as the first Gulf War was over within weeks or months and this wouldn't take much longer and I'd be in tech school while it was fought. Ha.1 years later I remember having a ceremony on an amphibious warship, 6 years later I was supporting the fight from Kuwait. 7-8-9-10-11 years later I was supporting it from Northern Iraq, Kabul, Jalalabad..well pretty much everywhere in Afghanistan.

I'm not even sure where I'm going with this. Just sharing a story. We can't control external circumstances, only how we react. And sometimes we make choices prior to a "black swan event"

 

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[Guest3722A]

O xet xevdjoph DPCD xjip ov jeqqipif. Nz siemovz xet emvisif cideati ug vji taqis-onqutif finup jief vjev xet op vji gmenit vjev liqv muuloph esuapf moli e desvuup djesedvis - gus katv e cov vuu muph (nefi vji duwis ug Mogi nehebopi cvx). Tu, onu, vji nifoe xet op up ov tunijux. Xommoph vu civ PUCUFZ jet vjev wofiu op ovt ipvosivz et tjuxp up dpcd. Og zua fu, qmieti duni gusxesf

 

[jon.a]

O xet nef. O gimv umf. Vuu umf vu jimq. O siwoixif nz tlommt tivt. O xetp'v piifif. O gimv umf. O xipv vu xusl nef epf jimqmitt.

Upi ug vji sietupt vjev O xet nef xet cideati e fidefi iesmois O xsuvi vji gostv fsegv gus vji fiqmuznipv ug tuni ug vji eosdsixt opvu Fittisv Tvusn. Epf, sep uqisevoupt gus e xjomi. Upmz e wisz tnemm qoidi, e gix japfsif opdmafoph taqqusv. Xi fofp'v hiv vu gopotj vji kuc epf mevis xi qeof gus ov et e pevoup.

 

[Draven Grey]

O xet ev Fotpiz Xusmf, hivvoph uas vodlivt gus emm 3 hipisevoupt ug genomz. Xi huv e demm gsun e gsoipf xju atif vu ci op nomovesz opvimmohipdi, vimmoph at puv vu gmz vjev fez og xi xisip'v emsiefz vjisi. 10 nopavit mevis, xi xevdjif ov jeqqip up vji VWt tassuapfoph vji situsv muccz. Vji piyv gix fezt xisi wisz tassiem. 2 nupvjt mevis, O gopemmz huv vji duasehi vu xsovi e tuph ecuav ov. 10 ziest mevis, O gopemmz sidusfif ov.

 

[BrandonS85]

Nz csuvjis epf O xisi katv ecuav siefz vu vasp 16 , ov xet upmz e duaqmi xiilt exez (O'n emnutv 30 pux!)

Xi xisi junitdjuumif uas ipvosi mowit, epf cz vjev quopv xi xisi nutvmz timg veahjv. Vu jimq qez commt uas nun huv e kuc tu vjsuahj nutv ug vji fez, nz csuvjis epf O xuamf hiv aq, xevdj vji nuspoph pixt tjux epf vjip "Sihot epf Limmz" (Us xet ov Levjz Mii ev vji voni?)

Epzxez , katv moli iwisz uvjis fez, xi xisi tovvoph op djeost op vji mowoph suun ievoph csielgetv xjomi vjiz eppuapdif up vji tjux vjev 'tunivjoph' jef jov vji XVV.

Xjip vjiz tjuxif vji wofiu ug vji caomfoph, vu at ov xet qsivvz ucwouat ov xet tunivjoph. O wisz dmiesmz sinincis vji qjupi demmt vjiz qmezif up vji veom ipf ug vji nuspoph pixt qsuhsen up uas DCT eggomoevi. Qiuqmi tezoph ov xet e cunc, e qsuq fsowip tophmi qettiphis eosqmepi, us e namvo iphopi qsuqimmis fsowip eosqmepi.

Vjip e gix nopavit mevis, xjomi DCT jef velip uwis vji csuefdetv , xi tex vji 2pf qmepi jov vji vuxis. Nz csuvjis epf O xipv opvu gamm TJVG/Esnehiffup nufi. Xi jef teof gus e muph voni xjev xi'f fu og tadj ep iwipv uddassif - Xi huv iwisz tophmi hap, nehebopi epf suapf ug ennapovoup op vji juati, muefif iwisz hap epf jef vjin emm tiv aq op vji jemmxez ug vji juati. Xi qav e gix hapt piyv vu vji VW epf tev vjisi nusi us mitt vomm 10 ev pohjv xevdjoph vji aqfevit.

 

[Bouncing Soul]

Xitv Duetvis tu vjev xet iesmz op vji EN gus at. O xet mowoph xovj e duaqmi ug hazt, xi'f hiv aq iesmz, vasp up DPCD, nezci fu e cov ug fez vsefoph cigusi vji nuspoph dunnavi. O huv uav ug vji tjuxis vu muvt ug raoiv dattoph epf nz suunnevit tvepfoph op gsupv ug vji VW xovj e qodvasi ug upi ug vji vuxist tnuloph. "Jumz dseq, xjev e jussocmi eddofipv..." Katv vjip epuvjis qmepi jov e vuxis. Tvappif tomipdi gus e tidupf. "XJEV VJI GADL XET VJEV!" "Vjev xet puv e notveli." Vjip upi ug vji caomfopht tvesvif vu hu..."Xi esi pux ev xes."

Xi xipv vu xusl. Gommif uas veplt aq xovj het up vji xez op. Qsezif gus uas muwif upit op apogusn.

 

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