Somethings are only understood from one Military member to another.
Like leaving in the darkest hour of the morning like a thief, saying goodbye to your loved ones and promising that you’ll be okey.

A Marine wrote a song about it called My Watch

To hear it is moving, so a local radio station is trying to get it played nationally and they have started a letter campaign to Ryan Seacrest of American Idol fame and he has been less then…..well reachable.

So please If you have kissed your children goodbye, your wife/husband/significant other and gone to go do what few others would willingly do, then you know this feeling and how it is the hardest thing to do. This song tells it all, so now the ones we leave behind can know how we feel.

I come from an Island
In the Carolina sand
Where I was broke down,
Built up and reborn a fighting man
My blood runs red,
white and blue
I’ll brave the cold,
the rain, the pain
and the bullets
so you don’t have to

Don’t worry about me;
I’ll be all right
Just care for your children and sleep tight
I’ll keep you safe
on my watch tonight

It’s a long, long way from that island
And a long way from home
With the thought of you standing behind me
I could never be alone

There’s a promise
I need you to make
While I’m gone you take care of the love
And I’ll deal with the hate

Don’t worry about me;
I’ll be all right
Just care for your children and sleep tight
I’ll keep you safe
on my watch tonight

Don’t worry about me;
I’ll be all right
Just care for your children and sleep tight
I’ll keep you safe
on my watch tonight