how fucked are you now?

I will not let you blow yourself up trying to maintain property values in Greater Baghdad. That’s a no-go. [Episode 7, Bomb in the Garden]

“A soldier’s pack is like a woman’s purse: it is filled with his personality. I have saddened to see the mementos in the packs of dead Japanese. They had strong family ties, these smooth-faced men, and their packs were full of their families.” - Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

   They have roofs over their heads, sir,        just like us. I don’t think anybody wants to do anything stupid at this point. ♠

Do you realize the shit that we’ve done here, the people we’ve killed? Back in the civilian world, dawg, if we did this, we would go to prison. [Episode 6, Stay Frosty]

combat medics having no time for people fucking up

Band of Brothers + The Onion Headlines (Part 2 of 3)

You know what happens when you get out of the Marine Corps? You get your brains back.

hbo war meme. three friendships. leckie, hoosier, chuckler, runner, sid, and gibson.

#squadgoals

There are things men can do to one another that are sobering to the soul. It is one thing to reconcile these things with God, but another to square it with yourself.

HBO War + smoking (requested by vat-69)

― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa