I Remember

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I remember the awe of seeing my first tabbed SP4.

I remember going home the first time and finding out the world was the same, but I would never be again.

I remember how we thought we would live forever.

I remember almost dying -

I remember the NCO's who made me what I am.

I remember a guy freezing his dick to his zipper and still driving on with a road march.

I remember the same guy getting his head shot off on a live fire.

I remember the Ranger I didn't even know bouncing on a jump at Ft. Lewis.

I remember STABO with a broken leg.

I remember girls in Panama.

I remember being armed to the teeth.

I remember shotgunning both doors.

I remember thinking I would die from the cold.

I remember thinking I would die from the heat.

I remember how the air smells different above 10,000.

I remember how the mud and dirt looks the same all over the world.

I remember grabbing a 6ft rattlesnake by the tail and pulling him out of his hole because I was really hungry.

I remember blowing the ice out of my aperture to shoot.

I remember all the Rangers crippled in training.

I remember how drunk 19 year olds can get.

I remember the feeling of watching a 100 Rangers appear out of the dark and fog and cross a field.

I remember all the quitters who were weak of heart and mind.

I remember praying for war.

I remember my best friends.

I remember pain.