While my Beloved is on his deployment, training in NC and then leaving for Iraq, he has been in charge of several people.  When he left he was in charge of 9 other people for our Station.  He is still in charge of those people as far as our XO is concerned, but he is also in charge of some others that he is deploying with.  Until recently he was in charge of over 100 Marines.  But thankfully some more Sr NCOs were recalled and they have split the numbers up again, but still he must keep tabs on everyone in his Company.  Directly under him he had 9 other Marines.

This past Friday was the unit he is presently with's Marine Corps Birthday Ball.  The Station he is at while training is very big and they split their Balls up and they also have them away from Base.  They had their's about an hour away.  Because of some ticket issues we were not able to attend with Our Marine this year and he didn't go for fun, but was pulling duty as he wasn't able to get tickets, so anyone without tickets had to pull a duty.  So he was not with his Marines during the Ball.  After Our Marine was already in bed some of his Marines were still in this town an hour away "partying".  One of his Marines, a female who was a wife and mother, was crossing a street and was hit and killed by an SUV.  We don't know exactly how all this took place, but we know that the driver was not at fault and that the Marine was wearing a black ball gown and was not easily seen.  We send our love and prayers to her husband, also in the military, and her son!  Her funeral is this week in AZ, which is where my Beloved and a few others are headed for Burial Detail.  Because of this their unit was "secured" and not able to leave the area for Thanksgiving, on top of the fact that he is on the other side of the country right now also henders us from being together.  But their flight is to bring them back in Friday and we will be going to see him for the weekend! =)

If this weren't enough for him to handle one of his 8 other Marines got a DUI on base on Saturday.  Then another one in his company got one in town Sunday.  So because he is the next person in their Chain of Comand this falls on him and he had to talk to the Sgt Major about all this.  Though the Sgt Major knows that he had know direct doings in these things he still has to have "someone" take responsiblity for these Marines actions and that person just so happens to be my Beloved.  So right now he is not having the best of times and is really struggling in likeing the Marine Corps.

Please keep my Beloved in your prayers as this is a really hard time for him!  Please also pray that when he is face-to-face with this Marine's family at her burial that they do not blame him for any part of her death!  Also pray for this Marine's family and that their grief be taken away and that my Beloved may be a witness to them!  Thank you all so much for remembering him!