Return to Mogadishu: Remembering Black Hawk Down
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2017
- www.ReturntoMogadishu.com Since the events of "Black Hawk Down" twenty years ago, U.S. Army Rangers from the battle return to Mogadishu, Somalia for the first time to relive the firefight in the city streets.
Directed by Matt Knighton, Produced by Mary Beth Minnis, Director of Photography Jacob Hamilton, Editor Gabriel Cox, Original Score by Kyle Lent, Executive Producer Jim Hocker
Served with Jeff in the 82nd Airborne Division. Great guy, told me the story of Blackhawk down personally. A true American warrior!!!
You all warriors, true American warriors.
Tomas Rozar Thanks for your service
@Monkooze Tees they didn't invade anyone, you fucknut.
They were supplying food, water and medical aid to civilians who were opressed by islamic warlords in the region.
They were attacked repeatedly, despite warnings to the warlords that they would face retaliation.
It is, sadly, a shame that such brutal fighting broke out in a populated area, but this wasn't a case of invade and eradicate, 'murica rah rah....
@@mohdnazri2913 are they going to include in the film how Malaysians were begging for their lives?
🇺🇸🇺🇸 Americans will never forget you guys.
I served proudly in Mogadishu as a medic from December -92 until April -93. After that I went directly to former Yugoslavia, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. An experience that changed my life forever. And learned me to appreciate life, friends and family.
Thank you for your service Sir.
Amen brother. Amen.
Respect to you and thank you for your service!
God bless you
My dad was there in Mogadishu as a flight medic for the Air Force. He hasn’t talked much of what he did during the battle but he told me about when him and some soldiers (Delta guys, unknowingly to him at the time) were at a bar afterwards, getting shitfaced, and one of the men broke down crying into his arms after his buddy was killed. That’s all I know
“You know why you’re scared? You still have hope. But Blythe, the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. And then you can function as a good soldier. All war depends on it.” - Band of Brothers
Lol I've been going through some motivational challenges and mental issues and I've been remembering that episode lately, having Winters yelling in my head "Get up Blythe! You can do it. Get those Germans Blythe"
That quote always stuck with me.
Its really fcked up that he escape our Bbq time! Pussy dogs!
his partner yelled "Irene" before they entered they're vehicles, very bad ass
Haha thought I was the only one who caught it
Too right. VERY bad ass!
Fuckin' Irene..... swearing at Irene, brought Michael Durant down in Mog
what's the reference?
@@riquelmeone I believe it was the "go" signal to begin the operation that ended up being the black hawk down story. Not sure if that's the technically correct term.
I was in Mogadishu in 1984 with the USN before the country collapsed. Totally different city, lots of green spaces, the university was open. We tied up at the port and the aid was beginning to pour into the country. I was there for four days before I flew out on orders. When we were at the airport when a Soviet Condor landed. What you see here is what happens when governments collapse.
Jer Lewis dictatorship ruined our country the dictator didn’t want to give power to the people so the civil war happened
Thank you for sharing that. I hope some day your story can be included in a documentary about this conflict.
Khalid Abdi not the the people only clan warriors
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My real hero is malaysian for rescue u.s soldier
"never underestimate your enemy" a lesson learned the hard way that day for Army Rangers...
So true mate. Superior weapons doesn't make us Invincible. Should've learnt after Vietnam war in 80's but to this day they keep on doing same mistakes time and time again.
We learned the home coart advantage because of the people who support the enemy👍
Yeah it's true. A man is A man
And a thousand light bulb headed Somalians died that day, so who really underestimated their enemy.
They never underestimated them.. they all even said they knew they were going into the most dangerous area ever
Born in Mogadishu 1986
I remember when the Americans came to Mogadishu I was a kid but the stories I heard were amazing as a kid.
30min mission turned into a movie
Incredible
For all sides that died that day RIP🇸🇴🇺🇸
Don't feel bad for the American troops they killed innocent civilians for fun
Anything changed for the better?
@@OmmerSyssel i'm gonna take a wild guess and say no lol
I have no sympathy for those who died there. I also do not think America should have sent troops in. They should have been left alone to just kill each other.
I feel such an extreme sadness for the people that are born into such chaos.
Me as well.
Appreciate what "little" you have because compared to them, you're a king/queen.. (Even if that means that you're living below the poverty line in a developed country.)
They live lives fuller than anyone in NA
Why? They're the ones causing the chaos. No need to feel bad for people who make chaos
@@BabyGollum And yet America keeps getting somali refugees fleeing their "full lives"
Him responding "Irene" as they got into the trucks gave me chills. It's the same code-word for the kickoff of the first operation into Mogadishu by these exact Rangers.
For real. Noticed that as well
I got a heavy feeling of emotion while watching this. Salute to all soldiers who risk their lives saving a fallen one. No man gets left behind.
America hided everything but the best thing is that they learned their lesson
@@abdulfatahiidle1881 no, they imported the Somalia in US, see Ilhan Omar 😪
@@abdulfatahiidle1881 America? Plzzzz we can wipe that shit hole off the face of the earth if we wanted too. Foh
@@abdulfatahiidle1881 I can tell your young by your grammar but if america didn’t care about civilians exe, we would make that city burn
@@Knowledge0311. low IQ comment
7:36 that hit me hard. As a veteran, this hits home very close. Our unit had the same mentality. We all knew we were going to die. When we had cleared that up, it was surprisingly easy, even peaceful to think about what to do. When you are fighting but had nothing to lose (because you know you are already dead), it brings about an immense sense of invincibility and courage to one's psyche that ultimately helped get our unit to succeed in our missions.
Band of brothers type of comment. Lt Speirs said to Blythe …
Once you accept your destiny and you know you are going to die, nothing matters anymore and you become a super human, the best soldier. I think that's the same mentality the Spartans had, they knew they were born to die as warriors, and that is why they were the best!
@@huntermcclovio4517 Great tie into history comment. Appreciate that. Gosh, I don't even read books but now I want to after seeing all these service men sharing their stories.
For many years I struggled with that and had the attitude that I was already dead and just waiting for my body to catch up. Sam Cahill said it best in the movie Brothers- "I don't know who said 'only the dead have seen the end of war'. I have seen the end of war. The question is: can I live again?"
I deployed to war zones three times and I felt that a part of me had been left behind on every one of those deployments. I thank my Creator, my Father in Heaven, that I no longer feel that way!
Being a soldier myself, there is absolute honesty in his narration. I can relate to it
Amen
Thank you for your service.
"There's no real explanation why I'm standing here right now". I know the feeling.
There is a real explanation, God is real. Unless you dont believe which still means He is real but you dont get to know him until you get to the other side.
The world says you gotta see to believe, God says you gotta believe to see.
@@contactohn7982 He said it himself he asked God to give him strength and put his life in God's hands that's the only explanation.
The explanation to me is simply their training. Not Luck not God (in my opinion). But the fact that they have received some of the best military training in the world! Rangers, Seal's, Delta ect...ect... Not that what i did matters comparatively.... as i am not special forces, but we did see some combat while in Iraq 03-04. and that s**t kicks in for sure, so I could only imagine being trained as these men have.
Somalia is a difficult country, not only for white color people, even other Africans don't just venture in Somalia. They don't like strangers...
Eric Tucker You got the point now I remember when african troops came was same opposition rebels come togather to fight against strangers
Lmao you’re mad you can’t rule over us like you have over the other Africans and Arabs. Stop talking and come over and get some led.
we hate every foreigner who wants to come our country as a millitry but we welcome visitors tours every country not alowe me to inter their country with gun. we too
Who over throw the Somali government at that time ? Who armed the rebels ? Every Somali clan was armed they turned brother against brother so they can gain access to are country and use are maritime routes.
i've never being to somalia we fled from there during the civilwar but i would like to go there
‘I know I’m going to die to just have to make sure my men don’t’
Damn true leadership- mindset and hero
sad yout presidents and bureaucrats wont do the same to you Americans
Leader:
Being one doesnt require a title
Having a title doesnt make you one
@@Captain_Yami_Sukehiro YES! That’s awesomely put! 👍
Proud to be Malaysian!!! 🇲🇾 and sending love to all fighters Black Hawk
Fake you, you're bad
@@ruqiyakooshin120 english?
The Malaysians were true heroes that day. Major respect.
"No, we stay". The Malaysian and Pakistani soldiers and armor made it possible to recover the casualties and bring our soldiers home.
@@itsmissmarigold true heros that are helpers of kufr . Can't wait to tell this to Allah when I pray .
Wow. I had a very similar experience in Ramadi. Not like what happened in Mogadishu, but as far as accepting that I was going to die during a massive engagement. I remember praying to God to take care of my family, and help them heal, and to help me be strong, and brave, and do my best for my brothers until I died. When I talked to the chaplain a few days later he introduced me to Psalm 91, and I prayed that before every mission after. I still can't believe I lived, or that any of us did, but by the grace of God we did.
HerroHerrar stfu
Your going killing ancients people go to fighting with your government and banker's who's sent to war short live for all the US troops at any time any where
Whether it be true or some way to get our minds through the cognitive dissonance so we can survive, thank goodness that some individuals are strong enough to persevere and keep moving forward. Brotherhood is indeed a big component, either way you look at it.
There is no god you dumbass
XeLab III IX III Hold up really?? This changes everything!
Rangers Lead The Way!
Amen
Yeah seems like it. Lots of gonners being mentioned here actually... keep leading the damn way
all the way
HOO-AH!!
@Dra O dont disrespect the seals, Rangers, Green Berets, Force Recon. We are all on the same team keep that weak shit to yourself
6:30
You can hear it in his voice... For just a brief moment that fear came back and Jeff Struecker was back in 1993.
These men saw hell.
A moment of fear and then you hear "Keep going keep going, You're good" Still has the same mentality. Keep going. push.
Yes he went back in time
Why doesn't this have over a million views. Wow this was an incredible documentary
@JH1596 we were there as the UN dumbass…
it has
Mogadishu,what a great vacation spot.
Apparently before the war lords came in it was a phenomenal place. Some of the nicest beaches in the world with great seafood.
It was a very beautiful place, you could tell when you look around has a lot of potential. I would also like to go back and see it again
Wouldn't trust the diving or swimming. Europe dumped toxic and nuclear waste off their shores ruining the fishing. Piracy and warlord games work for now. Funny thing is big ships still sold those fish to our countries. I should start a fish farm there.
Shark infested waters! Never seen black hawk down?
Stuart Davies I went swimming at the airport did not see any. I did hear there are lots though
I feel the same about Baghdad, It probably wont be over for me ever. Only the dead see the end of war
i like this line'Only the dead see the end of war" that i see in movie " black hawk down", me and my whole family likes this movie,,, i am from india
I was in Baghdad in 2007. Lotta bad shit there...
@Lord Fairplay You sound like you could use a hit from my rig or a kiss from my knuckle dusters.
@DerEntscheider its legal in the USA in a good few states. Get with the program
@DerEntscheider what are you asking about? PTSD treatment with marijuana? That's pretty much a medical card. Not prescribed by the VA.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences in the past, present, and future and returning to Mogadishu. This video is just as reinforcing as the movie Black Hawk Down for future recruits.
20 years ago and now 28 years ago as I watch this video. Pretty crazy - I bet you all were getting super stressed as you made that trek. I hear of similar stories of WW2 soldiers going back to Europe to Omaha Beach, Bastogne, and other places - the memories that they reincarnated were intense - I hope you were able to cope with them as well. Today is Memorial Day in the USA. A special thanks to all of our service members that answered the call, did their duty, and unfortunately paid the ultimate sacrifice. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your service.
Someone once said to me: " that moment when you surrender your life and swallow that your gonna die based upon a fierce force you never seen before is what changes you to the new you."
At that point, in a way, you have nothing to lose. You have clarity to focus on the job and hopefully it is enough to get you through to the other side, if not further as it did for the gentleman in this video.
Will C God I feel so much pain and fear , I am in your hands now and I am ready to die.
What an amazing story, both going back there and also listening to him talk about his faith that helped keep him calm and alive.
Thank you for your service, your dedication, and for your insight into our mortality.
2020. Again thank you for your service. I’m sure that day and the days leading up to that mission were intense. Thank you!
This was a good view. Thank you.
Thanks for making this.
The last part of this video is one of the most powerful things I've ever heard . The passion of what he says moves me.
This experience is carved so deep into his mind that to this day, my man still remembers the buildings, names and turns of every place he went down with his eyes closed even after 20 years. Wild.
Most amazing video I have seen this year. Thank you!
Great little video. Thank you for your service
WOW, as a civilian, I may not even have the words or the imagination to visualize what you and the brave soldiers went through. Black hawk down is hands down my fave war movie ever and you have made clear that it captures only a fraction of what happened . RESPECT
They are a bunch of cowards
Task Force Ranger's story led me to want to serve my country as an infantryman. You all give me the strength to overcome any adversity I may face. Thank you all for being the men I could look up to when times are hard. I love all of you.
Respect. This video was powerful. Never forgotten. RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!
Sir, you spoke at my airman’s memorial service at Kandahar back in 2003 (A1C Ray Losano) and I just wanted to say thank you. This April 25th will be 16 yrs since he was killed along with Army Specialist Dennis. At the time I had no idea who you were but wanted to say that I truly appreciate the man that you are and hope you are doing well.
Going back to a place of tragedy is hard as hell I'm glad u could make your peace with everything. God bless America and all of our heroes! Thank you!
Thank you for doing this...... may your brothers rest in peace..
This guy's Faith speaks volumes. Salute.
Such a powerful story and such a great pastor! This story still gives me the chills on how powerful the spiritual awakening is!
Everyone on that served on that mission are incredible warriors. This is a story of brave men truly living the warrior ethos of placing the mission first, never accepting defeat, never quitting, and never leaving a fallen comrade. Truly an inspiration to be brave.
Bollocks!
@@flymakenago on somewhere
Great video, I followed all of the mission when I was in high school. I was in JROTC and we followed every detail available to us. You guys fought incredibly brave against the entire city. Honor to you all especially the ones that didn’t make it home.
God bless you sir, thank you brother for all you have done.
For me these guys are the biggest example of what courage, determination and complete love for your brothers in arms is. None of us knows the day and time of our death so the only way to truly live is to surrender that fear to God, for whatever happens He is the protector of our soul and He will never let us down, never.
Takes a LOT to blow me away, mentally and knowing this battle, this mission inside and out, all the way back to 93 did just that..I'm blown away by this experience and this man's returning full circle to put it all together in his thoughts. God Bless him, the men who survived and most importantly the Brave who fought hard yet died heroically..Take Care
I am from there and we have lots of respect for the Americans. It was a battle between two men, one from here in Mogadisho and one from the other end of the world. It is history now. We have forgiven them and moved on.
Soldier big respect that you came back to recollect what had happened that day .
forgiven? do u think u people have right to forgive them ,the americans ? lol
To all those who went down range, and those who were there, God bless you guys. Thanks for representing us so well. You make the USA look its best.
You serious?
@@flymakena Okay, I will bite. Why do you ask?
After watching this for the first time a few years ago and while going through a hard time I turned my life over to God to do with as he pleased and things got easier to deal with and I never looked back. Thank you Lord.
Thank you for your service and sacrifices.
This time of year I am drawn to these videos, we landed in December of 92 and left in March 93. I can still smell that place today.
When Kenny said “irene” ... that kinda made me feel that these guys would never get over it... such a heavy burden to live with.
Noticed the exact same thing.
What irene means??
@@vincentpaulvalmoria2297 it was the code word for starting the operation , once the major said Irene then the soldiers were to start the op
lucky jeff is such a calm guy man, i know a few servicemen freak out when you do shit like that... not in a PTSD/flashback kinda way, more in a "that's a bad omen" kinda way.
After seeing Riddley Scott’s “Blackhawk Down” I red all of the firsthand experience accounts that I could get my hands on, I remember those brave guys every year on the 3rd of October especially Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart. For an inspiration for life, I salute you.
Much respect, thanks for sharing your story. Black Hawk Down is my all time fav War movie.
Wow Going back through Mogadishu must have been an intense experience . Bringing back memories so vivid. I watch the movie which is intense but being there while it’s happening is whole different story. Thank you for your outstanding service. God Bless.
I remember I was a young boy, the only English I spoke was give me 'water' and I used to ask the American soldiers every time I see them near our house and I used to come back with tons of small bottles of water home. When they engaged fighting with the militia this soldier ran into our house from an ambush saying water and I gave her. She said thank u, I remember! She took shelter inside our fence and my mom gave her hijab to disgust her as one of us covering her head and body. She kept defending as we came under heavy gun fire. Sign language and body gestures only was our mode of communication. She was later found by her colleagues. She carried on the arms of my mom later that day she said a lot of things wish one of us new English. Hope she is still a live!
He or She? Not sure if there were woman soldiers in somalia
It's Ders Mane may be..... But even if they tend to catch they will not harm her ...but may be rape...
Kaphiano DELE Somalis think white people are infested with foreign diseases. Most self-respecting Somali man will come near one unless it's a homeless who just wants to have sex.
Salmo Ali And yet the white think Africans are full of diseases because of the squalor .And poverty they live in with open sewer's that breed diseases and there uncleanness nature.
It's Ders Mane the us army had women soldiers maybe one or two was in this squadron
Thanks for your service. God bless you all.
Incredible acts of bravery, true heroes. (Melbourne)
Don't forget 1RAR served there aswell a bunch of us aussies were shot at aswell in biadoa
This was incredible. I really appreciated this video. Jeff is a very brave man of God.
Well told, well done. And THANK YOU for your sacrifices
Surviving Mogadishu looks awesome on the CV of a soldier!
I knew Kenny Thomas for a while and heard some of this directly from him. I gotta say that these guys that serve are all super heroes to me. I just can’t even imagine what goes through a soldiers mind in these kinds of situations. Your service is greatly appreciated.
Thank you Jeff for this one. Love from Taiwan
Thanks brother.
A good friend of mine was part of the Marine corps division who is stationed there in Somali in all the stories that I heard pictures as such just can't do it justice, what these men went through in the hell that they saw is beyond anything a normal human being can imagine, thank you to all the men who did what they did and came home I made the fellow fallen soldiers may they all rest in peace
The guys says Irene...
Ok Irene
R.I.P
mas.staf sergent garry gordon
mas.staf sergent shugart
pilot walcott
sergent dominic pilla
prattu tood blackburn
and other friends
ramasitaia sitania Blackburn didn't die, did he?
Siddharth Chauhan I believe he still alive. In a wheelchair too. He can't walk because of his fall..
Probably a word that sends chills down their spines when they hear it. Like WW2 Marine vets hearing BONZAI!
They associated the word with death.
The boys in the Mog only heard Irene once.
Thank you for your service
I was a cremember on AC-130s for a number of years. Even though what became known as the Battle of Mogadishu was about a decade before I had the honor of joining the gunship community, we all had the history, and the memory of Jockey 14 - an AC-130 that crashed off the coast of Kenya while supporting operations in Somalia - solemnly ingrained into our mindset. I've spent probably 2 1/2 years in Iraq. And even though this is Mogadishu, I can't explain how the imagery in this video makes me feel connected to my combat experiences. I can almost smell Iraq. The dirt roads, the trash everywhere, the base camp, and for some reason, the string of plastic hung up in the razor wire. The scene at the end that shows the fenceline at dusk. It just brings me back. The music is haunting. And finally, the message is extremely powerful. This video is my favorite video on all of TH-cam. It does something very weird to me that's difficult to describe.
I was there as part of the surge just after this happened. I wish we could all go back and see a nice peaceful place, but it does not seem like that will ever happen. Pretty sad for the innocent people stuck in the middle. It is a beautiful place without the war and poor.
43RD ENGINEER BATTALION
10TH MOUNTAIN
SWORD BASE aka MORTOR CITY and VICTORY BASE
Thanks for your service. Be proud, stay proud, can't turn every region into a utopia. It'll get there eventually, again, if the people decide that is what they want.
Climb to Glory
Lier
@@user-zj1nj7tc3d your mom is a LIAR, cause she said she knows who your dad is. By the way that's how you spell liar.
I love how he turned to God in his moment of trouble❤❤
Thank you for your service.
Thank you brother for your service an your belief in God your words hit me. God bless you brother and Semper fi
4:58 what an intense moment, climbing in vehicles to go back to the same place but with a different purpose and hearing Kenny call off the execute word...unimaginable.
Not sure I would let anyone know who I really am while I'm over there.
RLTW brother. Take care and thank you for all you've done.
Fella said Irene... How real. Thanks for your service!
John 15:13
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
King James Version (KJV)
I screenshot this to write later, thanks
Sisco Brasi Do u have a Bible?
And that man is Jesus Christ. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. We can have peace with God just like he did, by changing our minds towards sin, saying sorry to God sincerely for breaking his laws, and put our trust in Jesus alone for our salvation. Just like when we trust the parachute. Don’t trust in your good works, saying I’m a good man and I did good things a lot more than bad things and now I can go to heaven. No, that’s not God’s standards of goodness. God’s standard of goodness is perfection. We deserve to be punished for our rebellion against God, we deserve his wrath, but instead he showed his great mercy. And he wants you to get saved. He wants you to live. He wants everyone to live in peace with him. And he provided a way for these things to happen through his Son Jesus. Repent and trust in God and he will forgive your sins and grant you everlasting life. God has been good to me, just like how God has been good to him.
Amen ☝️🙏
Amen brother God bless
I remember the exact story about The Black Hawk Down. The Somalian, in their radio station even warned, “Don’t You Touch Malaysian Tiger”. It was Malaysian soldiers that saved them. They are the one who helped 70 US soldiers who has been trapped there, not Malaysians. Sadly, the movie doesn’t gave credits to them. They even twisted the story as if the Malaysians who were trapped there.
Dah xpayah nk cerita kt dia org.. Jwb buat sakit hati je. Kita tahu apa askar kita buat.
We respect the Malayu people, not the western, Terima kasi laaaa 😀
put down the crack pipe...
Same story in Vietnam war they claim that they won but in reality it's not like that.
@@changeishardatfirst1273 literally no one claims that
That was absolutely amazing,!!!
A number of years ago I got the honor to meet Keni Thomas and his story was wild. He was there and it’s insane.
These men are hero’s absolutely incredible
Somalia is eerily gorgeous, the sky looks so inviting, listening to the screams of those being shot and killed.
I salute to all the heroes. You men were are and always be precious.
What an unbelievable story, experience and journey. Amazing filming and editing for this piece. Great work.
thank you for your service 🙏 🙏
I saluted the whole vid
True that. This guy reeks of heroism.
Also hats off for Pakistani soldiers who came to rescue them who were working under the UN mission.
@FocusFanatic both of them.
Paks and Malaysian drove us in since they had armored vehicles. It was us in 10th Mountain who got our troops out.
Wild Guy99 pakistanis were pretty cowardly and didnt do much. They were forced to go help out at gunpoint by a US commander. And even when they went to pick guys up, they drove away without carrying all the soldiers and left them to run out of the city on foot without cover. Known as the “mogadishu mile”.
r i They definitely did not save us 😂 fuckin dimwit.
@@aidansouthall1 no they weren't forced at gun point and they didn't leave us on purpose. All the vehicles were full. You do not know what you're talking about.
Amazing, thank you sir
Total respect for these guys for going back. You have got balls of steel sir!!!!!
Amazing when you can let go and let God work the details out! Thank you for your story about this!!!
4:20 lots of memories holding that flag I hold mine on occasion and think back to everything, genuinely out of all things it’s the guys I miss the most, my brothers.
Thank you.
It must've been pretty intense to return to Mogadishu after what went down there in Black Hawk Down. What an eerie place. Thank you for sharing.
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You Are Welcome.... From Malaysia Army.
Praise the Lord God Almighty for you and yours...brave soldiers...and thank you
"I'll see you on the other side man"...
"Irene"...
Wow.....😔
“Irene” will forever be etched in their minds. I’m so glad you guys made it and I’m forever grateful for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. RLTW!!!, NSDQ!!! and 1st SFOD Delta
That's heavy man 🌠
Such a good movie.
Indeed. Eric Bana's best role.
God Bless this brave warrior and all the legends on that operation.
Gee, capturing Faddid was worth it, first minutes in still seeing roving bands in technicals, one power vacuum after another.
God bless you brother, and as always "Lead the Way!", From me, Semper Fi
Acceptance of and losing the fear of death is the most liberating feeling you can ever have. You dont realize how dominated by fear of death your life is until you lose that fear.