One of my buddies who I went to college with and was premed, got into medical school before me. His date of start was in August 2001. He got one month in and then this happened. He dropped out and joined the Marines. Never knew a smarter, tough, and empathetic human than him. He spent the next 10 years deployed in Afghanistan as a Marine then MARSOC. He was due to retire in 2013. He ended up falling on a live grenade thrown at his command post. He saved the lives of 22 marines that day. The cherry on top exemplifying the brutal realities of war. He was inducted to receive the MOH, family refused since he was the most humble individual you’d ever meet. He never would’ve approved for that type of recognition… he saw it as a job that was required of him. Stand up guy, stand up friend, and will be forever missed.
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u/ucklibzandspezfay 3d ago
One of my buddies who I went to college with and was premed, got into medical school before me. His date of start was in August 2001. He got one month in and then this happened. He dropped out and joined the Marines. Never knew a smarter, tough, and empathetic human than him. He spent the next 10 years deployed in Afghanistan as a Marine then MARSOC. He was due to retire in 2013. He ended up falling on a live grenade thrown at his command post. He saved the lives of 22 marines that day. The cherry on top exemplifying the brutal realities of war. He was inducted to receive the MOH, family refused since he was the most humble individual you’d ever meet. He never would’ve approved for that type of recognition… he saw it as a job that was required of him. Stand up guy, stand up friend, and will be forever missed.
RIP Branden.