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Thinking of old friends with the Iraq anniversary approaching. My buddy Nouv (pictured with his tongue out) lost the lower part of his leg a few months into the occupation. 
One month before 9/11/01 in boot camp. Most of the guys I was with were Reservist 88Ms (truck drivers), excited to get college money and with a chill, safe job in their hometowns. A year later 88M became the least-desirable job in the whole Army and were all getting blown to shit
Basic Training was more like a summer camp for troubled youth; the reservists were just excited to get back to their normal lives and the active-duty guys were trying to find ways out of the Army
