Children of Marines

Seefutlung

These are children of parents who are with the 11th Marine Regiment from the 1st Marine Division based at Camp Pendleton. This was a relay race. The teams had to fill up a large bucket with water from the tumblers on their heads.

The 11th has just been redeployed to Iraq. These snaps were taken a week ago at a bon voyage party the City of San Juan Capistrano threw in tribute to the 11th.

It is so sad ... at any given moment these children may suddenly be fatherless.

Godspeed Marine.

Seefutlung

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While yes they are children ... this is still a Marine event ...

JESTER

Gary, being a Marine for 26 years I really can appreciate these pictures. They bring back fond memories. It is a tradgedy what these kids have to go thru at times but it is also amazing how they can cope with things. Sometimes it astonished me how they can get dragged around from place to place all their lives, or loose a parent, or something like that but can still grow up to be one of the most well adjusted adults we know. I guess they adapt thru the hard knocks.

But they can also have fun with making new friends and being close to their parents as your photos have shown. The best friendships I ever fordged were in the military. I guess it is what you go thru together that bonds you. The same is true with our children.

Thank you for sharing these. God Bless our military men and women. We will always keep them in our prayers.

p.s. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Seefutlung

Thanks Jester-

It cannot be re-emphasis enough that ANY casualty on the battlefield is never a faceless, nameless, single statistic.

While listening to the sounds of battle in Vietnam, a Corpsman said "If it isn't the outgoing ... it's the incoming. THe only difference is who gets greased ... and that's no difference at all."

Gary