Right, Miss. Marines have more than a bad mystique, though. They're real people, real patriots. They have families and they really care about people, which is usually how they got the jobs they have. They're independent, but they work together like few teams can. When they die, their families don't get to keep them. They're given back to America when they're buried. No matter how old they are, it hurts. Sometimes you don't know how important they were until years later.
Risk, thank you for your post. I'm off to bed now, and will think a great deal about what you said. I know someone whose little brother (a Marine) was killed in Fallujah last week. David Caruso from Naperville, Illinois. God rest his soul, and God watch over his loving family. What a tragedy beyond belief. It's very hard for me to think about without crying.