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2015-11-14T14:43:47-05:00 2015-11-14T14:43:47-05:00 PO1 John Miller 1108752

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />Ready to kick some terrorist ass.

2015-11-14T19:45:07-05:00 2015-11-14T19:45:07-05:00 MSgt Daniel Attilio 1109137

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It felt like a responsibility. Not for any patriotic rhetoric but as a responsibility to my Marines. An opportunity to test my mettle and prove all the years of training.

2015-11-14T23:43:43-05:00 2015-11-14T23:43:43-05:00 SPC Michael Bailey 1380067

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Excited. I always felt like a kid playing indiana jones. Even when things got bad. When I'd go out on missions I'd sit there my knee practically jumping up and down, waiting to go. Bad shit happened, and it was hard to deal with, but there was always that feel of sheer bad-assery that would come over you when you got your game face on. <br /><br /><br />What can I say. War is my drug

2016-03-15T07:44:18-04:00 2016-03-15T07:44:18-04:00 CAPT John Harman 1380251

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Excited and nervous when I was a pup and landed in Saigon in 1967. Excited and concerned about my family back home when I landed in Sarajevo in 2001...

2016-03-15T09:21:05-04:00 2016-03-15T09:21:05-04:00 TSgt Joe C. 2139036

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I found myself feeling happy, nervous and excited to head out on my deployment. I was going with great NCOs and my squadron was also tasked. We were at different locations in Iraq though. 3E9s (Air Force CBRN) normally do not deploy with the entire squadron to the same spots. While on my deployment, we did a lot, responded to multiple mortar attacks, etc. I learned quite a bit on that deployment as well! Thanks <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="608177" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/608177-spc-margaret-higgins">SPC Margaret Higgins</a> for posting this great question....even if I am a year plus in responding.

2016-12-06T23:31:33-05:00 2016-12-06T23:31:33-05:00 SFC William Stephens A. Jr., 3 MSM, JSCM 2139595

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>butterflies in my stomach because of done this before, wondering if I&#39;m coming back or what is in stored for me this time, and what to say in that crazy letter I have to write to my family if I don&#39;t come back.

2016-12-07T08:12:23-05:00 2016-12-07T08:12:23-05:00 1SG John Highfill 5542035

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Frightened but then the adrenaline kicks in

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