This is my life is a video journal blog of Marines in Afghanistan documenting their daily life. This episode follows Lance Cpl. Geoffrey West, a Machine-gunner with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.
Lance Cpl. Geoffery West describes the intense conditions his unit has experienced during their deployment to Afghanistan.
Cpl. Charles Kristel is blunt and authoritative but also respected. Kristel, a Schenectady, N.Y., native was wounded during his previous deployment to Afghanistan.
This is Cpl. Dennis Cox's third deployment and his second to Afghanistan.
At 25 years of age, this is Sgt. Brian Early's third deployment. He uses his past experiences to lead his Marines today.
Lance Cpl. Patrick Tomassi, a 20 year old from Odessa, N.Y., can't seem to ever stop smiling. He's been in the Marine Corps for about two years, and this is his first deployment to Afghanistan.
Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a Generator Mechanic with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, wakes up early every morning with two things in mind: to build morale and to get as much done as possible for the day.
Leave it to the doc to boost morale.