So as you all know I'm a Marine.
Thats cool and all but you all knew me as something different pre-marine so we can still have pretty normal non-marine conversations.
Every week in Elders Quorum, the first thing we do is a little "get to know you" deal. You basically just go sit by someone you don't know and have a short conversation with them, get to know them a little bit.
This is great except every conversation I have starts with, "So your'e the Marine." It moves progressively into "my (insert relative here) is in the (insert branch of service here) and is stationed at (insert duty station here). it continues to "I almost joined the (insert branch here) after I graduated but I (insert fasted or Prayed here) about it and it wasn't the right thing for me to do. this concludes with "Thank you for everything you do." this is where I get slightly or sometimes excessively uncomfortable. I FIX RADARS!!! I have never been to a combat zone, I have never saved anyones life and I have never fired a weapon at anyone who looks like a terrorist. Secondly I LOVE my job. I get paid to work out(a lot), shoot guns, go camping and look good in a uniform. Very little sacrifice on my part and yet people look at me like some kind of hero. I didn't join to become a hero I joined because I didn't want to look for another job in Salt Lake and pray to scrap by on rent.
This has led me to a conclusion. The Marines, and as much as I hate to say it, the other branchs of military are AWESOME. the fact that a little punk like myself can be transformed in peoples eyes into a hero just by going to three months of training show me just AWESOME the military is.
You all know the truth about this little punk so we can continue to have normal conversations!
YUT YUT, OOH RAH, Semper Fi, Kill Bodies and all that other MOTO stuff.
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You can be a punk and a hero all at the same time...you proved it.
You are a hero at heart and I believe you will do hero stuff when put to the test.
No matter what your job or where you serve we love you! All of us here in Rexburg have great memories of having you stay with us. Except for the hole fish tank experience :D
Love you!
You are a hero. You are a marine and are going to be guarding the streets of heaven remember?
One of the kids in my ward came dressed in his marine clothes last sunday. I actually thought about having that same type of conversation but refrained. Then I thought "what could I say to him that doesn't sound silly or talks about what he does?" I couldn't think of anything so I didn't say anything to him. I guess I saved both him and me from an uncomfortable conversation.
I am glad you love your job. It makes every day that you have to get up and go to work much better if you are happy doing your job.
Sometimes being a hero is simply doing the right things at the right time.
I must confess that I may be one of those people that tells about my brother in the Marines. But it is only because I am so proud of you, because you are a hardworking, loyal, brother (and friend) that is driven with goals and ambition. You may only be fixing radars, but that makes you a hero to the person that needs it fixed. :)
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