Camaraderie – Student, Citizen, Soldier

"The rate I was going I wasn’t going to end up anywhere five star, you know?"

"I figured the military would buy me some time to sort of figure out what I was doing."

"After awhile you just kinda don't care. What are the odds if they haven’t hit us yet?"

"I’m a student, I’m a veteran, I’m not active duty. This is me now."

"We love every Marine that we were there with, so we get emotionally attached to each other."

"I was there to take care of people. That’s ultimately why I really wanted to be there."

"We have sweeps, bomb sniffing dogs, that kind of stuff."

"I just get it done, and I try to plan my time accordingly."

"They will be my friends for life. They’ll be my family for life."

"I used to be a real patient dude, but that's gone away."