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[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

No such thing as an ex-Marine.

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[on-jennys-terms.livejournal.com]

Once a Marine, always a Marine.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

Yes ma'am. [At least someone out there knows this. Levi's had it up to his eyeballs with being called an ex-Marine. Granted his eyeballs are a lot closer to the ground now that he's sitting 24-7.] You earn that title, it doesn't just get dissolved away.

[on-jennys-terms.livejournal.com]

Most people don't understand that.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's an honest mistake. Most people don't understand much of anything at all. [Bitter? What bitterness? Levi scratches his head and looks up at her.] But you do huh? Understand that?

[shadedsunlight]

Semper Fidelis.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

Oorah. [Levi reads and then voices quiet agreement.] People don't get it. Once a Marine, always a Marine. You don't divorce it.

[shadedsunlight]

It becomes who you are. Shapes you. The uniform may come off, the clothing changes, but you're still a marine and it never changes.

[A brief pause as she pulls over a chair to sit in.]

So you are a marine.

[sweetsalome.livejournal.com]

Seems like a very big responsibility to always have with you.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

It's not a title you take off. The USMC is a lifelong commitment. And an honor. If you're an ex-Marine you were probably never much of one to start.

[sweetsalome.livejournal.com]

That's one hell of a commitment, some people can't even commit to a wallpaper choice. Are you a Marine, Levi?

[last-blackhawk.livejournal.com]

I hear that, brother. I've known a lot of you guys, ain't been one I wasn't impressed by on some level.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

[Well. That goes beyond the usual "thanks-for-your-service." Levi actually feels proud, and that's a feeling that's been lacking in him for some time. He sits a little straighter in his wheelchair and fashions a smile on his face.] Thank you. That's a hell of a compliment.

[last-blackhawk.livejournal.com]

[She gives him a formal salute. She doesn't give him any looks of pity or anything like that, either. She's known a lot of soldiers wonded in the field. And a few now in wheelchairs because of old age, but that's kind of complicated...] Always a pleasure.

[And now she's pulling up a chair to sit level to him] How 'bout a drink or six?

[on-jennys-terms.livejournal.com]

Once a Marine, always a Marine.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

Yes ma'am. [At least someone out there knows this. Levi's had it up to his eyeballs with being called an ex-Marine. Granted his eyeballs are a lot closer to the ground now that he's sitting 24-7.] You earn that title, it doesn't just get dissolved away.

[on-jennys-terms.livejournal.com]

Most people don't understand that.

[shadedsunlight]

Semper Fidelis.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

Oorah. [Levi reads and then voices quiet agreement.] People don't get it. Once a Marine, always a Marine. You don't divorce it.

[shadedsunlight]

It becomes who you are. Shapes you. The uniform may come off, the clothing changes, but you're still a marine and it never changes.

[A brief pause as she pulls over a chair to sit in.]

So you are a marine.

[sweetsalome.livejournal.com]

Seems like a very big responsibility to always have with you.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

It's not a title you take off. The USMC is a lifelong commitment. And an honor. If you're an ex-Marine you were probably never much of one to start.

[sweetsalome.livejournal.com]

That's one hell of a commitment, some people can't even commit to a wallpaper choice. Are you a Marine, Levi?

[last-blackhawk.livejournal.com]

I hear that, brother. I've known a lot of you guys, ain't been one I wasn't impressed by on some level.

[thisis-fubar.livejournal.com]

[Well. That goes beyond the usual "thanks-for-your-service." Levi actually feels proud, and that's a feeling that's been lacking in him for some time. He sits a little straighter in his wheelchair and fashions a smile on his face.] Thank you. That's a hell of a compliment.

[last-blackhawk.livejournal.com]

[She gives him a formal salute. She doesn't give him any looks of pity or anything like that, either. She's known a lot of soldiers wonded in the field. And a few now in wheelchairs because of old age, but that's kind of complicated...] Always a pleasure.

[And now she's pulling up a chair to sit level to him] How 'bout a drink or six?