{"id":38057,"date":"2021-08-19T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/19\/was-it-all-worth-it-heres-what-the-top-marines-say-about-your-service-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:21:38","slug":"was-it-all-worth-it-heres-what-the-top-marines-say-about-your-service-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/08\/19\/was-it-all-worth-it-heres-what-the-top-marines-say-about-your-service-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Was it all worth it?\u2019: Here\u2019s what the top Marines say about your Afghanistan service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Corps\u2019 top leadership is encouraging Marines, past and present, to reach out to one another as scenes of the Taliban walking through a conquered Kabul, Afghanistan, and thousands who helped the U.S. now seek to the flee the country mark the end of the nearly 20-year war.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Taliban quickly captured nearly all of Afghanistan while the U.S. focused on troop withdrawal, some Afghanistan war veterans have been questioning their service and the sacrifices of their friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a time to come together and give further meaning to our motto, Semper Fidelis,\u201d reads a Wednesday letter signed by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Troy Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\t