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dear future self: please live long enough to read this email. if you die, please die in combat. it's the way you wanted to go. whatever you see and do, don't forget why you enlisted. remember the destruction that decision caused. remember the fights, the tears, the promises, the worries, the determination. at the time of this writing, you lived in the greatest country in the world. i hope you still do. remember who you were, aged seventeen. whatever shitty duty you're assigned, do it with vigor and pride. if you lost a limb, a buddy, youth, friends - remember that freedom is always worth it. freedom is always worth it. faith.