Posted on 09/09/2007 8:05:38 PM PDT by AngryCapitalist
A good friend of mine is working through his second injury while in Marine basic training. He is a very determined and motivated young man but could use some words of encouragement while convalessing. Words of encouragement you could provide would mean alot to him right now. Plan on sending him as many I I can fit into an envelope.
Thanks and God Bless.
Do you mean like “Pain is Weakness Leaving Your Body???!!!
;-)
Pull the r#% out and get going if you want to be part of my beloved Corp !
Hang tough, Marine, this will pass and you have a great career in front of you. Know that you have all our respect and admiration.
Hey Soldier, you can do it!
Once a marine, always a marine!
May your friend heal well, helped along by the encouragement of his family, friends, loved ones and country. I send my gratitude and thanks for your friend’s honorable service.
The best words I can give are to You. Go here http://strengthforservice.org/ and give him this book.
Me and my house pray for our Marines EVERY morning! We’ll especially remember your friend and hope he recovers quickly and makes it through basic! :-)
Soldier?!! Oh don’t tell him that.
Marine!
What are the injuries?
Are these old injuries coming back to haunt him?
I remember basic, every old sprain, strain and dislocation makes itself felt.
That’s why ol’ G. Gordon Liddy recommended against high school football for those who wanted to join up later.
The worst part isn't recovering from the injury, it's being a 'pickup' when you get back into training.
They're gonna ride your ass twice as hard. When I reported to my new platoon, I actually got dug with the seabag still on my back. That was fun.
You just have to be better than everyone else. Get better inspections, shoot better, stuff like that.
My father was a World War I Marine stationed aboard the battleship USS Wyoming. He was a private first class and
lied about his age to enlist.
His ship helped escort the German Fleet to Scapa Flow harbor in Scotland after the war.
Although he rose to be V.P. of a major corporation, he always said his proudest accomplishment in life was becoming a Marine!
Stick in there - you’ve got the right stuff. Young bodies heal quickly....and you too will be proud of your accomplishment!
Thanks for serving this great nation.
Semper Fi......Hardstarboard
God bless, Godspeed, and Semper Fi! We are praying for you and your colleagues! Keep the faith!
Thank you so much for volunteering to serve & protect your country. You have my deepest & utmost respect for that.
May God place His loving, healing hands upon you, and watch over you as you serve....
What you said, I pray for all Marines every day.
He’s not a Marine, yet. He’s a recruit.
He is currently suffering from an ankle injury. Just got back to training following a fractured femur.
A Marine gets out of the Corps and begins to enjoy the American dream. However, when the War in Iraq comes around forty years later, he goes down to the recruiting station, and tells the recruiter, “I want in. I want to fight.”
The recruiter, however, declines the offer of service, saying, “I’m sorry, Gunny, but you’re just too darn old.”
“Fine,” the guy replies. “If that’s your attitude, I’ll go straight to the Pentagon. I have a friend there, and he’ll see I’m let in.”
So he goes to the Pentagon and tells his friend, “I want in. I want to fight.”
Once again, however, the response is the same, and his friend tells him, “Sorry, Gunny, but you’re just too darn old.”
“Fine,” the guy says once more. “In that case, I’ll buy a boat and row to Iraq.”
So he goes out and buys himself a rowboat and starts rowing to Iraq, chanting, “Semper Fi, Do or Die, OO-Rah, OO-Rah!” over and over again.
St. Peter sees all this and reports to his Boss, saying, “What should I do to stop this hard-charging Marine?”
“Peter,” comes the answer, “you should take his brain; it’s the source of all his thoughts.”
So St. Peter takes the guy’s brain, but it doesn’t faze him. On and on he rows, chanting, “Semper Fi, Do or Die, OO-Rah, OO-Rah!”
“Now what!” exclaims St. Peter.
“Peter,” comes the answer, “why don’t you take his heart? It’s the seat of all his emotions.”
So St. Peter takes the guy’s heart, but it doesn’t faze him. On and on he rows, chanting, “Semper Fi, Do or Die, OO-Rah, OO-Rah!”
“Now what!” blurts St. Peter.
“Peter,” comes the answer, “take his gonads.”
So St. Peter lops off the guy’s gonads.
Immediately the guy stops rowing, looks around himself in confusion, begins to row his boat in circles, and commences chanting, “Off we go, into the wild blue yonder...”
1. Nothing heals like laughter.
2. It’s worth it to be a member of an elite brotherhood for life.
Fractured Femur that’s going to be tough to come back from but if the DI’s see he’s got the spirit to keep coming he will get the encouragement he needs from them and no one will be prouder than they if he graduates.
A friend of mine had his left lung removed in boot camp they offered him an out but he wanted to stay and toughed it out to graduate as a PFC. the winters were hardest on him
and he finally had to take a medical discharge but not for two years. Oooorah Marines!
Let us know how he is doing.
Semper Fi. Marine!
Tet68.
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