MY BATTLE BUDDIES

Sunday, December 23, 2007


11:21 PM - My Battle Buddies
Current mood: calm

Once you've entered basic training, I imagine you never can forget the day you got off the bus with drill sergeants all around you screaming. I'll be amazed if that shit could be removed from my brain with a frikkin lazer! DS Askins on my left and DS Jones on my right and my patrol cap being knocked clear off my head... This is my second cycle in basic training because I got injured on my first go-round. I'm still a bulldog, and I'm still proud of my company and my leadership. What I have come to realize, though, is that my battle buddies have always been the ones to make it or break it for me. I've been fortunate to encounter as many amazing people as I have through my military life. I knew going into this that the military was a family, but it's not something you can ever be prepared for. My first cycle, there were a few people I connected with and am truly blessed to know. This cycle, I have found a group of people I know in my heart I was meant to meet. I have never gotten along with females very well, and I have found two that I think are among the best and brightest women I've ever met, and both are truly soldiers. Naturally, many of my male battle buddies have proved wonderful, and I am proud to have proven myself amongst the soldiers in our company, rather than simply being another female going through basic training. Not everyone agrees with my way of handling people, or my way of completing the mission, but I doubt too many would question my work ethic. I work hard, and stand by any battle buddy that is willing to do the same. I am happy that there are a large number of those soldiers in my company, and especially my platoon. You fight for you country, but you die for your friends. I can't remember where I heard that or read it, but it's the absolute truth. I will defend the hell out of the United States of America, but it's the people I would die for. I have some amazing battle buddies, and I want to thank all of you for standing by me, and for not giving up when the shit gets thick. HOOAH! "Someday you'll be alone, all alone in a combat zone. Don't you worry about being alone, your battle buddy will bring you home..."

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