You can break your body, but you can never break your spirit
Aug 2nd 2007RavenMarine Corps & Pro America & Raven
Reason 19,857 why I love the Marines:
Bad ass indeed.
From the 1st Marine Division:
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The Marine Corps activated a battalion Wednesday assigned to assist wounded and ill Marines and sailors and their families on the West Coast.
The Wounded Warriors Battalion-West will be part of the Wounded Warrior Regiment, which is headquartered in Quantico, Va., and was established to help service members transition from care by the Defense Department to the Veterans Administration.
Members of the battalion will remain in contact with wounded veterans to make sure they’re getting the care they need.
A ceremony marking the activation featured the 1st Marine Division band and comments from Sgt. Maj. Bradley Kasal, who was shot seven times and suffered 40 shrapnel wounds while trying to save a wounded Marine in a house in Fallujah, Iraq. Kasal received the Navy Cross, the Marine Corps’ second-highest award for valor.
“You can break your body, but you can never break your spirit,” Kasal told the assembled Marines.
Sgt. Kasal knows all about being wounded, and his story is one of heroism at it’s best. A bad ass he is, too.
