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Our familys say that understand what we are going through, but do they really? But how could they if they never been at war? War against dirt, trash, and filth How do we rationalize what we do here? You can't Perseverance:I leave, in Iraq my blood,…

LCpl McMahon from Vermont wrote this on one of the walls of PB Karma. At the time we were the southernmost unit in all of Afghanistan in the green zone.

A couple other Kuwait bases in there, Camp Victory if I’m not mistaken as well. Most are from 2015-2016 tour, but are originally from OIF 2-3 time frame. A tag to the IG page is just fine, and I can think of something to write up as well. I would…

"Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody,…

The Camp Manion sign that has been welcoming troops to Al Taqaddum (TQ) Air Base. Iraq since 2016 sits on a lot at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base Kuwait in 2021.

The sign will be sent back to the United States, undergo a restoration process, and assume…

Memorial to Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas E. Rivers Jr. KIA 28 April 2010.
PB Sofla, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 32.469966,64.476939

Photo via @ _dhuddy in IG
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas E. Rivers Jr., 22, of Birmingham, Ala.; assigned to 1st…

Patrol Base Poole- Nawa, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment
What's in a name? Marines of 1/3 in Nawa honor fallen brothers

Since their deployment to Afghanistan began in November, the Marines of 1st Battalion, 3rd…