<human>: I'm not posting this to discuss the politics of this tragedy or whether the subsquent wars were right or wrong. My question is posed to the Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen that made the decision to serve after 9/11 and what kind of impact did it have on you?

I was in the 6th grade when 9/11 happened. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was getting ready for school, at this point it had only been about a week since it started for fall. I had just sat down on the couch while my little brother and older sister were yelling to each other for something or another. My father was paying very close attention to CNN and just as he was yelling at them to pipe down I watched the second plane hit the WTC. At this point I knew something was very wrong. 

When I eventually got to school everyone was talking about what was happening and some of the kids were telling me a tower had fallen. This was before the time of smart phones and all the fancy gadgets so I didn't have anyway to confirm this. My teachers to my dismay brushed off what was happening and wouldn't show us what was happening on the TV. 

When I finally got home I saw what had happend and it had cemented my decision to join the military. I knew at that point I had to do something, anything to get back at the people who had the audacity to attack my country.

I joined the Marines after graduating high school in 2008. I was stationed in Okinawa for 2 years and then I was stationed in Southern California. I than deployed to Afghanistan. It was while I was in the middle of the deployment the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed. When I heard the news it felt almost like I had come full cirlce, I was exhilirated, and I was sad. Sad for all the people that had lost there lives just because of this one man. 

I served until 2012 and was Honorably Discharged.

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: 9/11 Happend in 6th grade, decided to join the military, joined Marines in 2008. Was in Afghanistan when Osama was killed. Left Marines in 2012.