I want all of you to be safe. And please don’t feel bad for us. We are warriors. And as warriors have done before us, we joined this organization and are following orders because we believe that what we are doing is right. Many of us have volunteered to do this a second time due to our deep desire to finish the job we started. We fight and sometimes die so that our families don’t have to. Stand beside us. Because we would do it for you. Because it is our unity that has enabled us to prosper as a nation.” - Staff Sergeant Marcus Golczynski
Mark was from my unit. Many of the new Marines were force-augmented into a Fallujah deployment and several volunteered to go with them. Mark was one of he volunteers. He was killed by a sniper near the end of the deployment. His death was a massive hit to all of us. His son was very strong through all of this, as you can witness in the picture.
My largest life regret is taking my name off of the list for that deployment. I will never be able to change it or make amends with myself.
