[Xenophon]

I just found out that my company (still call them my company even though I'm not a part of it anymore) took its first casualty this past week. Corporal Micheal Lindemuth of Michigan. He was on the I&I staff for our company but volunteered to go with the deploying Marines. It was his second tour in Iraq. He was killed by mortar fire.

I went to see the company off as they boarded the buses to the airport this January. I saw him getting on the bus and said, "Why the hell are you going?" since I knew he didn't have to. He just said, "Man, I wouldn't miss it!" and we shook hands on he got on the bus.

Semper fi, warrior. See you in Valhalla.