Story by Lance Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 10.23.2012
On a cold, dimly lit night with crickets chirping and cicadas singing in the background, Marines sit around in the dark talking about family, wives, girlfriends, anything to keep them awake and their minds off the cooling chill that has set in. Then all of a sudden a bursting noise pierced the night. The gun chief cries out, “Fire mission” and other voices respond with, “Fire mission.”...
