Square One (definition: the starting point)
October 1st, 2007 by Jaclyn Sharratt
Justin’s four-year term with the United States Marine Corp officially ended on September 27, 2007. He is currently en route home to Pennsylvania with a U-Haul full of military uniforms, personal belongings, the Jeep, scooter, and his newly purchased motorcycle. I hope he left behind the pain and misery he had to experience from the past 20 months, but we cannot be sure just yet. Justin will be staying home for a few months, decompressing, working on his Jeep and bike, visiting friends, and enjoying time with our family for the holidays. We will also be meeting with news stations and talk shows, obligingly going through the motions of follow-up interviews.
Before we know it Christmas will be here and this year we have a lot to be grateful for, especially considering a year ago on December 21st we were at a press conference, listening to the USMC charge Justin with three counts of murder. I believe right now life is definitely on the upswing!
My brother is planning on returning to California after the New Year. We are going to spend some time looking into trade schools and colleges over the next few months and slowly begin piecing back together his future and realigning goals. It is a very exciting time for all of us! To celebrate in a way that only my brother can pull off, LCpl Sharratt took it upon himself to utilize the inexpensive haircuts issued at Camp Pendleton the day before his departure; he got a tri-hawk haircut (a three strip Mohawk)… I guess he wanted to make it count!
Bruce Obermeyer Says
Justin, Theresa, Darryl, and Jaclyn,
I write to offer my congratulations to you for your recent vindication and my deep gratitude to your family for standing with you through your undeserved ordeal. Like you, my conduct and the conduct of my peers was and continues to this day to be slandered by politicians and the media. Sadly, they have again been joined by both the ignorant and the unpatriotic and encouraged by enemies and traitors to undermine your efforts and those of your peers. As veterans of the military, you and I were, and are, a brotherhood of unique individuals, melded together in the crucible of wars past and present, and bonded by duty, honor, sacrifice, blood, and love of country. More so than through any other fraternity, the associations and friendships formed through the military are lifelong, and we mourn the loss of our comrades until we rejoin them again someday in formation in Heaven. Sadly, politicians and historians do not understand, let alone share, our code of conduct and ethics.
I hope you will accept my salute and my gratitude for staying the course and for representing yourself, your family, your peers, the Marine Corps, and the United States of America with dignity and honor. We will continue to pray for similar outcomes for all of your comrades as well as for God’s protection for the thousands serving in harm’s way to defend our freedom.
May God Bless America.
Best Regards,
Bruce Obermeyer
Former Captain, USAF
361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
DaNang, NKP, Ubon
Proud Vietnam veteran who did not leave until I had completed my 100 missions… plus a few…
…my concept of loyalty:
http://www.opaobie.com/promisekept.html
Oct 13th, 2007 at 4:55 am
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Oct 31st, 2007 at 9:41 pm
"Optimus Prime" Says
I’m just glad the charges were dropped and justin can go back to having a normal life without all the courts and press all the time. I really wish that all this never would of happened, although i’m pretty sure everybody has wished that at some point in time.
Just glad its all over,
-Optimus Prime
Dec 23rd, 2007 at 7:20 pm