I miss Firewalkwithme

[pinboy3niner]

35. We called it the Prick 25

That was our field radio--one for the plt ldr, one for the plt sgt, and one for each squad leader.

The C.I.B.--Combat Infantryman's Badge--is pretty special to those of us who were there. Think of Charlie Sheen in 'Platoon'--you had to do your time down in the dirt and the mud as a grunt, under fire, to earn that. Your brother's CIB means that he's been to hell and back as an Infantryman.

And that he was selected for the 'Old Guard,' the 3rd Infantry at Ft. Meyer, may be a bigger deal than you realize. The Army picked only the cream of the crop--the very BEST troops--for that duty.

Your brother must be a very good man. When you see him, tell him another brother said, "Welcome home."