I was just looking at some old photos of Schwabach and realized that I should have never left Germany….
It was one of the few places that felt ‘right’…….
I know that if I hadn’t PCS’d to Ft. Hood, I would probably still be on active duty today….
The one thing I realized that had changed my life forever was this….
“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”….
When I got to Hood, I was so home sick for Schwabach that I acted up and got stupid.
And forgot those words….I found them again and never will I cast them aside any more.
But I also know that everything happens for a reason…..
So thank you to the Marine…yes a Marine….for helping me to remember, who I was and what I stood for……
