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**Frownland** · 08-28-2021, 07:15 AM

That's ****ed up and insanely frustrating, Stevie. So sorry to hear.

Psy-Fi · 08-28-2021, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

My brother’s dead.

He was 1 of the 13 troops killed in that bombing.
My sister sent me the headlines when it was first being reported, and I threw up.
I did the math. There was 0.003% chance he was one of them.
But I felt it. I knew. He was my baby. It was too unlikely and too ironic and too tragic to not be real.
I keep being inundated with intrusive images of my baby brother being blown to pieces.
He has been stationed in Syria since Jan 2020. He was just moved to Kabul 8/16. After, of course, the indisposables were evac’d. He was a baby. But just one baby in a pile of an endlessly renewable source of babies sent in to absorb the impact of a war that started when he was 6 months old.

He was 19. He did the shotgun wedding thing and has a wife due to deliver any day now.

My family is flooding social media with right wing articles martyrizing these Fallen Heroes. They all keep saying he “died fighting for freedom.”

Kamala Harris said they saved “countless” lives. Countless because the number is zero, perhaps? Because my brother’s death is ****ing pointless?

I’m so angry. I’m so sick.
I don’t know what to do.

I just saw the names and pictures of those service members today when I checked the news this morning. I can't imagine the depth of your grief at this time. I've lost a lot of friends to various things over many years but the death of a sibling seems much more profound. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

**Marie Monday** · 08-28-2021, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

Assuming you live through your contract you are entitled to all kinds of benefits, vocational training/education, housing assistance, etc. You know, things normal Americans can't afford. In my brother's case he was recruited right out of high school because army recruiters roam the halls of high schools looking for kids with no better option, and they have quotas to fill. You can enroll before you graduate/before you're 18 with a parent signature, by the way. My brother was convinced he was going to train in specialized weaponry and end up some elite CIA agent based on however his recruiter spun it to him.The things kids will believe, am I right? Oh yeah, then the recruiter gets a bonus for each new enrollment. They work on commission, if you will.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/w...ne-killed.html

It's cute how my dad painted it. Like Rylee was some ****ing patriot. As if he himself didn't fail the psychological screening component of basic training and has been trying to compensate for it through a victim complex and romantic cowboy poetry ever since. As if he didn't push Rylee toward the Marines for the sheer badassery since childhood.

Anyway my brother made the NYT. Neat. I guess his death really did mean something.

**** America and **** the person who recruited him. Heartbreaking. Even from the photo in the article I feel like I can see some resemblance to you. Still so young, poor Rylee.

The Batlord · 08-28-2021, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Even from the photo in the article I feel like I can see some resemblance to you.

Hey he doesn't deserve that.

**Marie Monday** · 08-28-2021, 10:06 AM

try not to be an ******* for once Charles

WWWP · 08-28-2021, 11:01 AM

It’s ok that’s just Charle’s love language. <3

My Ry Guy does bear a strong resemblance to me, especially before he leaned up and still had his sweet chubby baby face. It’s the dimples and the big brown eyes.

**Marie Monday** · 08-28-2021, 11:24 AM

Yes, it's the eyes I noticed <3

**Exo** · 08-28-2021, 12:25 PM

If you end up meeting Biden over this, please punch him and every other warmongering politician in the vicinity in the balls for me.

WWWP · 08-28-2021, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Yes, it's the eyes I noticed <3

He hugged me with his whole heart.
It's bizarre the way his name and face is everywhere.

He's coming home Friday.

Key · 08-28-2021, 07:20 PM

^you guys look like twins in that picture <3

A little off topic but I'm checking out a condo tomorrow. 239k for 2 bed/2 bath. Wash/dryer in the unit, plus secure mailboxes and secure parking. HOA is 400$/mo. Covers garbage, sewer, and something else i can't remember. Right down the hill from my work.

Fingers crossed.

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Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	^you guys look like twins in that picture <3 A little off topic but I'm checking out a condo tomorrow. 239k for 2 bed/2 bath. Wash/dryer in the unit, plus secure mailboxes and secure parking. HOA is 400$/mo. Covers garbage, sewer, and something else i can't remember. Right down the hill from my work. Fingers crossed.