Out of a complete mess, a small strong cohort make order from chaos. It shows how fetid the command structures was and remains on all levels civilian and military. It shows how resilient and adaptable Marines and their families nuclear or otherwise remain. Ripples…indeed more like emotional tsunami’s rolling over the bereaved, who decide to live on and live on well. We few, we happy few…great and very important post. Thanks for posting it..
It was amazing to see the resilience in Mary Jane and the Vets who were there with her son. And an emotional tsunami may well be a more accurate description. It’s hard to find anything good that came out of our Afghanistan debacle, and I think this and stories like it will be as close to good as we’ll get.
I’ll never forget the carnage and conditions that the BA and US forces had to endure in RC South. The amount of resources we poured into trying to get that dam working. Thanks for sharing his story Tim.
It is infuriating that a LAV platoon would be tasked with holding and opening a bazaar in a Taliban controlled area. At that late stage in the war, it was obvious the Afghan people hated their corrupt government with its corrupt and useless security forces, so opening a bazaar and using that as a metric of success was a ridiculous gesture.
Out of a complete mess, a small strong cohort make order from chaos. It shows how fetid the command structures was and remains on all levels civilian and military. It shows how resilient and adaptable Marines and their families nuclear or otherwise remain. Ripples…indeed more like emotional tsunami’s rolling over the bereaved, who decide to live on and live on well. We few, we happy few…great and very important post. Thanks for posting it..
It was amazing to see the resilience in Mary Jane and the Vets who were there with her son. And an emotional tsunami may well be a more accurate description. It’s hard to find anything good that came out of our Afghanistan debacle, and I think this and stories like it will be as close to good as we’ll get.
Tim, what a great story and tribute to Sgt Smith. Stories like this show how something good can come from a devastating tragedy.
Thanks, brother - I’m glad you enjoyed the post.
I’ll never forget the carnage and conditions that the BA and US forces had to endure in RC South. The amount of resources we poured into trying to get that dam working. Thanks for sharing his story Tim.
It is infuriating that a LAV platoon would be tasked with holding and opening a bazaar in a Taliban controlled area. At that late stage in the war, it was obvious the Afghan people hated their corrupt government with its corrupt and useless security forces, so opening a bazaar and using that as a metric of success was a ridiculous gesture.