I love you, I won't kill you

"Good afternoon, sir!" Lucas immediately became serious and wanted to stand up from his seat.

"Sit down, Marine." Amanda smiled, stood up and took a thin blanket from the overhead bin.

"Here, take it." Amanda handed him the blanket.

"Thanks, sir. Uh, Lieutenant, why are you here?"

"Well, I've completed my service in Iraq."

Lucas glanced at the young female second lieutenant, "Second lieutenant, I haven't had time to thank you since I was injured."

Amanda shook her head and leaned on the seat easily, "It's okay, we are marines. Uh, this time you go to Frankfurt, will you go directly back to the United States for treatment?"

"Uh, no."

"Oh, rest well, the Marines won't forget you."

"Thank you, sir." Lucas slowly closed his eyes.

After about 6 hours of flight, the flight landed at Frankfurt Airport in Germany in the early hours of the morning.Lying in the ambulance at the German air force base hospital, Lucas saluted Amanda one last time, "Good luck, sir!"

Amanda solemnly replied, "Private Class, I wish you a speedy recovery!"

On November 2008, 11, Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate and Senator from Illinois, was elected as the 4th President of the United States and became the first African-American president in American history.

On January 2009, 1, the newly-elected President Obama publicly announced that he would send 24 more troops to Afghanistan while withdrawing troops from Iraq.Afterwards, the Associated Press reported accordingly that the Marine Corps, one of the four major branches of the U.S. military, will become the main force of the [-] troops.

At that time, at least [-] Marines will be sent to Afghanistan to perform combat missions. Their main opponents will be the Taliban and the remnants of the "Al Qaeda" organization in Afghanistan.

These news from China have already been known to Amanda when she was still playing a guest role in JTAC.Not only that, she also heard that some of the US troops withdrawn from Iraq will become personnel in the Afghan troop surge plan.

Half a month has passed since the US President's public speech.After completing 7 service periods, Amanda was also rotated back to China.As for whether she will get a vacation or become a member of the Marines going to Afghanistan after returning home, she does not know.

Now, she only knows that in 20 minutes she will transfer to a flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles.After traveling day and night from the Middle East to Europe, and from Europe back to North America, she is finally going home.

At 2:7 a.m. on February 8, Amanda stood on the cement runway of Los Angeles International Airport in a happy mood, wearing sunglasses and carrying a bag with other Marines returning home.

Amanda is not used to the cool temperature, clear sky, and civilians of various skin colors around her, "God, how can these people..."

Like everyone else, all the people she saw in the past seven months were "battlefield machines" wearing helmets, combat uniforms and bulletproof vests, and holding various combat weapons.How could the world have changed in less than a day?

As the team walked out of the airport, Amanda looked around with joy and couldn't stop.Just then, an American woman with a camera in her hand walked towards her excitedly.

Before she could see what the woman was holding in her hand, she subconsciously wanted to take out a gun.But he touched the outside of his left thigh with his left hand, and secretly called out, "Damn it, where is my gun?"

"Marines, hello! Welcome back to the United States!" A strange woman with a smile on her face said to her.

"What? Oh, uh, thank you!" Amanda realized that she was now standing on the territory of the United States.

"Thank you for your contribution to the country!" The strange woman stepped forward and hugged Amanda tightly.

"Thank you. Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

"It's nothing, it's just...I want to take a picture with you."

The bus full of Marine Corps officers and soldiers had to leave Los Angeles Airport soon, and headed south along the coastline along Highway 405 towards their final destination, Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California.

The Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station to the north, and the Marine Corps Western Recruiting Station constitute the most important garrison units in the San Diego area except for the US Navy.

占地约506平方公里的土地上，驻扎有包括地面部队主力“王牌师”--陆战队第1师的海军陆战队第1远征军、陆战队第1后勤大队、海军医院、陆战队第39航空大队的9个轻型攻击直升机中队及1个后勤中队，还有海军第5突击艇队等3万余人。

At 10:35 in the morning, the bus drove into Camp Pendel.Amanda walked briskly towards the office building of the aviation brigade.More than an hour later, she came out of the office with three orders.

The first order, immediately, she was transferred to the 367th Light Attack Helicopter Squadron, officially becoming a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps Air Corps establishment.

The second order, from now on, she can get two weeks of vacation time.

The third order is to report to the Marine Corps Development Command at Quantico Base immediately after completing the leave.

Amanda felt indifferent to the first order.Anyway, all squadrons are under the jurisdiction of the 39th Aviation Group, whichever squadron you want to go to.The second order came so timely, she was just about to play like crazy for a few days.However, she didn't think clearly about what the third order meant.

Since it is a vacation, I must go home to visit my long-lost relatives and friends.However, Victoria sold her two-door Wrangler to a local used car dealer before serving in Iraq.

"Never mind it! It's not bad to take a long-distance bus." Amanda was in a very good mood and comforted herself.

After getting a ride, arriving in San Diego, finding a motel to soak herself in the bathtub, and having a few delicious meals, when she finished these things, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening on the 12th.

2月9号下午5点28分，在坐了35个小时的长途大巴后，阿曼达戴着橄榄绿船型帽、身穿橄榄绿秋冬季军常服，提着行囊出现在了通往茉莉花镇的176号公路旁。

Looking at the familiar town in her memory, as well as some ordinary town residents passing by, she couldn't help but sigh, "The last time I came back, it should have been three years ago when the recruit training ended."

"Hey, soldier, are you lost?" A thick baritone voice rang in her ear.

"Sheriff? Well, Matt, it seems that you are not old at all." Amanda looked at Matt Nevins, who was wearing the uniform of the town sheriff, and joked.

"Hahaha. Amanda, did the Marine Corps just teach you how to compliment others?" Matt grinned, opening his arms to hug her.

After the two embraced, Matt reached out and picked up Amanda's luggage, "Come on, little girl, I'll drive you to the colonel's house."

Amanda walked aside happily, "Master Sergeant, when did you become a sheriff?"

"Three years ago. Well, the colonel was still a deputy."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the colonel is very old. I think he should enjoy his old age."

Matt put his bags in the trunk of the police car, and when he got into the police car with Amanda, he said, "Little girl, how have you been in the Marine Corps for a few years?"

Amanda smiled and did not refute what he called her. She knew that this ex-marine sergeant major had always regarded herself as a niece.Looking at the scenery outside the car window comfortably, "Well, it's not bad."

"Um, Marine Corps pilot badge, second lieutenant officer? Whoa, little girl finally grown up."

"However, sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing."

"Really? Well, been to Iraq?"

The police car came to Shadow Pine Road, and Matt pulled the car aside, "Okay. If you want to talk, I'll come to you."

Amanda nodded. "Thank you, Master Chief."

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