Closer than biological brothers

I think Dadmanly will agree with me. John, of blogotional, has a warrior’s heart. Thank you John from another soldier in the desert.

I agree with Dadmanly's Never Forget. I am closer to my military brothers and sisters than I am to my own family. I don’t have any biological brothers. And I am very close to my mother and sisters. (Dad died in 2001) Greg Adams and SSG Mike Scott are two “brothers” that have stuck with me through the years. I didn’t serve in a war zone with Greg but he is the closest thing to a brother I could ever have.

Greg and I served at the same kaisern in Geissen, Germany in the early 90s. He was a MP and I was (still am) a medic. He has since left the Army for life in Louisiana. He is a youth director of a small church near Bogalusa.

Mike and I worked together at Fort Lewis from 1999 until he became a flight medic. Then he shipped off to Fort Benning, Georgia. It could be argued that we served OIF III together. He was eating the same dirt Dadmanly, Mustang23 and I are eating now. I don’t know these two bloggers but just going through the same type of events makes me understand them a little bit more than I would have a year ago.

I know I have changed since being over here. I have matured. I have seen things I will never forget. Some good, some not so good. I have saved lives on more than one occasion. I once felt a life slipping through my hands. I can say one thing for sure. War is nothing like the movies.