[vundy33]

^ vundy, I was wondering where you were at. I knew you would be quite pleased with thsi operation

Oh yeah man, for sure. I've been celebrating and a bit busy. Things are crazy on my post, and pretty much every decent-sized U.S. military installation on earth is just happy. It's hard to explain, it's like in a split-second, morale jumped soooo much. Not that our morale was low before this, which is a HUGE misconception in the media and regular Americans. Senators and reporters talk about us like we're stretched to our very limit and our morale's been diminished from two wars for 7+ years...Yeah, it's sucked, it's sucked badly, but our morale has always been high and will stay high. The majority of Infantry soldiers, including myself, infantry Marines, and any and every other MOS, combat or non-combat, don't fight for freedom and the USA and all that stuff, just do our jobs because we asked for it, and we do it for our pretty-much brothers and because frankly, ****, I enjoy guns, and I don't mind a bit to go after every single Taliban or AQ or anyone else that wants to kill my buddies and I, and you and our families. You feel me?

No, morale hasn't been low, we've been taking it to the enemy good and hard in Afghan for the last 3 years or so....but man, it was just like "aaaahhhhhhhh, finalllly".


We should all be proud of our Special Operations guys, from SEALs to SF to MARSOC to Air Force PJ's and Combat Controllers. These dudes are true professionals, and they, the CIA and all of our other intel agencies, from the White House to the pilots sittin' down in Osama's front yard, they did what roughly 1.8 million Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen couldn't do and what approximately 6,020 died trying to do.

Don't look at the politics. Use this time to be proud of your country and your military, whatever it's faults. And if you see a veteran or current member of the military out somewhere, stop and thank them. No matter what some people think of doing that, it's a good thing to do, and it just makes whoever you thank feel good and let's them know that at least the entire country hasn't forgotten about us and this war. Thank the older guys, Vietnam vets and that time-frame. They got treated like dirt for the most part when they came home, and they've had it so much worse than we do today. Shake their hand, I do.

If you can't tell, I am **** proud. I've been thinking about my two cousins that died at the WTC on 9/11, a few friends that's passed, and everything wrong with my body, all because of one man. I've been waiting and wondering what this day would be like for years..and it's finally here. Thank God.