For many Americans, 9/11 is now simply a date to mark, much like December 7th and the Pearl Harbor attacks. Even the military war colleges are moving on.
Marine recruits wait for their drill instructor as they cross the base at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island on August 22 in Beaufort County, S.C.
"I was in second grade," said Ross,"and I remember I was in my math class and my teacher got a phone call from some family member stating that her uncle, she lost her uncle to that incident. So I just remember her like rushing out like highly emotional and sending us back home to our loved ones."Staff Sgt. Mark Ross, a drill instructor with Support Battalion, stands outside an auditorium at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island.
My sense is for my entering students – and thus for those entering military service too – 9/11 feels as historical and remote as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, or Pearl Harbor. For recruits like Kendall Miller, an 18-year-old recruit from Ohio, it's more about service to the nation.
"I called my recruiter and I said I want my date bumped up," she recalled."Can I leave sooner? The recruiter was like, 'Are you sure you want to do this?' And I said, 'Yes I want to do this. Did you not see what happened on the news? I want to do this.' So he asked me how soon did I want to leave. And I was like, 'I'll leave tomorrow if you tell me.'"A few years later, 1st Sgt. Brian Dear joined up to fight too, eager to avenge 9/11.
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