[Semper911]

And Marines at the doorstep for the rest...

Well said.

[Old Student]

"Well said."

I spent 24 years in the Air Force for a reason. One of my dad's friends told an impressionable 17-year-old some very interesting stories about being in the first wave to hit the beach at Iwo Jima. My vision wasn't good enough to be a combat troop, so I decided to be a darned good technician, instead. I've also read enough history to know what it requires to take and hold territory. USAF it ain't. I didn't have what it took to be a Marine, but I could do my best to support them. Got to practice it during Desert Storm, too.