Posted on May 12, 2015
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Many of us have heard the phrase "A band of brothers" - sisters included as well, and I was curious if there was any truth behind the phrase. For me some of my closest and most trusted friends are people I served with. Is my experience just a fluke or it there an unspoken bond that goes along with serving?
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Because no one other than military personnel has been put in a situation, other than police and firefighters, to depend on your buddy to watch your back. Because of this our bond, no matter the branch of service, remains strong. It doesn't matter if your currently serving or retired or a veteran, that bond is forever.
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SPC Robert Bobo
The "police brotherhood" is spot on, have a number of friends in law enforcement, about half are also Veterans
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There is a bond, but it is for only a few guys and gals that i served with. Over 9 years i've met thousands of people, but only a few i keep in touch with. Usually i bled with them, either in basic (lol i know) or during my 4 deployments. We are brothers that need each other to vent or talk about crap we went through. No one else understands, even other service men and women.
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NO, It's not a fluke. There is definitely something there when you "chewed the same dirt". I still experience it when I run into fellow colleagues.
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FACT! I tell non-veterans all the time: Its a brotherhood that can only be understood, not explained.
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To me yes there is a bond but I never really notice it until we go our seperate ways and the communication now just buy phone. I have met a numerous of great people through out my career but only a few do I hold a bond with. It can sometimes be hard in the military to know who your friends are or are not at least for me but a true friend is someone you stay in touch with even when apart.
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When I was a Soldier, I complained a lot. After experiencing the civilian world and society, I sort of calibrated my view of the way things were when I was a Soldier. In comparing civilians to some of the Soldiers I used to work with, especially in the two Combat Engineer battalions I was assigned to in Germany and Hawaii, I developed greater appreciation for my fellow Soldiers from that time and I remember that there are new "versions" of us serving now and will be in the future as well. I have greater respect and seriousness toward Soldiering now that I'm done with it than I remember having when I was there. I wish I could have deployed with the units and Soldiers I was with, but I was gone before any of that happened.
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Although I served fifty years ago and have only seen a few of the guys from my platoon in Vietnam many years ago I still do feel a special bond for my Brothers, something I don’t think can be duplicated in the civilian world.
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SSgt Terry P.
SGT Philip Roncari After 50 years and no interactions,i can still remember many of the faces even though names of some have been lost to obscurity.
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There is a bond I met my best friends in the Marines I still in my civilian life have very few friends like that
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