Thanks to all who have thanked me for my services. Just don't forget there are thousand of men and women (yes...even as a marine, I don't overlook females in the service...LoL) who do incredible work every day.

To our soon-to-be navy sailor, I hope your recruiter DIDN'T lie to you. If you don't hit hard land, you won't fully feel what I feel, just as I'll never fully feel what our infantryman do. I used to go around poking fun at those guys, but man...the things they have seen are beyond many people's most horrid nightmares.

I gotta be up...3.5hrs for my wonderful job which thankfully still has me in the states, for now. So I gotta sign off. But before I do, I just wanted to say thanks, again, to all who serve, or have served...including SEVERAL on IA that you may have never even guessed.

Thanks, again.