Freestyle RIP WASTELAND - We lost a member today.

scottie mac

scottie mac

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A while back, my brother and I go skeet shooting with a mutual friend. This friend has another friend who has an arsenal. After shooting for hours with shotguns, this guy pulls out an AK47 to let Joe and I try. I was blown away at how much louder that was than a shotgun. Fast forward a couple of weeks and I am eating dinner with my cousin and her husband. Her husband is a Munitions Disposal Expert..... basically, it is his job to blow $hit up. I was so exited to talk to him about shooting that AK. Bill (cousin's husband) has been deployed in every $hit hole this county has ever had to work and it a VERY private guy. When I talked to him about the shooting, he smiled and said cool. At that point, I tell him how I have no idea what it must be like to be walking thru God knows where and hear that go off, knowing someone is aiming at you. His reply.... 'yes, but they are terribly inaccurate.' He said it like I would say the ski is blue, so matter of fact, no big deal. It was at this very moment that I realized that service men are wired different than you or I. It is something that is born in them, not something taught. I am fairly certain I would soil myself if I knew someone was shooting an automatic weapon at me, but to these guys, its part of the job.

I cannot imagine what it would be like to have to deal with the haunts and horrors of what these guys see and do. To me, it's impressive that more don't end up like Wasteland. As mentioned above, it is up to us normal folk to help out and look out for someone in need. We live in a county where people will go out of there way to take the ice bucket challenge just to call out friends, but we are very slack in helping the ones who have sacrificed the most for our liberties and freedoms.

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Scraggly

Scraggly

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Could not have been said better Scottie. I agree 100%
We are doing our best to honor him this weekend. I couldn't even bring my ski. Just here to raise money an hopefully a little more awareness of what these guys do. And go through. I don't have it in me for sure.
 
FLY6584

FLY6584

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Clearwater, FL
I'm at a loss for words @Big Kahuna. I've been back on the site for a little while now, but just ran across this thread. My deepest condolences to you Harrison and to Jesse's family, friends, and his wife Morgan.

Godspeed Jesse. It is Marines like you on the front lines that are the true hero's. Whenever someone thanks me for my service in the Air Force I always tell them it's the 18 year old Marine or Soldier on the front lines who deserves the real thank you. My only reason for being there was to help support guys like Jesse on the ground who were really putting everything on the line. As someone who spent hundreds of hours at 35,000ft above Iraq and Afghanistan these past few years, it really humbles you to hear how much different and more difficult it was for guys like Jesse just seven miles below you. And to think we used to complain about the heat, crappy food, slow internet, and 3 months away from our families. This is humbling to say the least.

A salute to you Jesse. THANK YOU for everything you did to serve our country. See you on the other side my friend.
 
Lm12

Lm12

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Richmond, Virginia
FLY6584 said:
I'm at a loss for words @Big Kahuna. I've been back on the site for a little while now, but just ran across this thread. My deepest condolences to you Harrison and to Jesse's family, friends, and his wife Morgan.

Godspeed Jesse. It is Marines like you on the front lines that are the true hero's. Whenever someone thanks me for my service in the Air Force I always tell them it's the 18 year old Marine or Soldier on the front lines who deserves the real thank you. My only reason for being there was to help support guys like Jesse on the ground who were really putting everything on the line. As someone who spent hundreds of hours at 35,000ft above Iraq and Afghanistan these past few years, it really humbles you to hear how much different and more difficult it was for guys like Jesse just seven miles below you. And to think we used to complain about the heat, crappy food, slow internet, and 3 months away from our families. This is humbling to say the least.

A salute to you Jesse. THANK YOU for everything you did to serve our country. See you on the other side my friend.
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Great post!!! You do deserve to be appreciated as well.

I had a neighbor who was a medic in the army. He served 2 tours. He came back and struggled for quite a while. As a medic, you and I couldnt fathom seeing the things he saw daily. Soon after he came back his wife got pregnant, we all hoped this would help him with his PTSD. With only 2 months left in her pregnancy, he lost his fight. At the time PTSD wasnt really talked about or dealt with. We need to do more for our Vets and there families.
 
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