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Show MORGAN HALL 1 T B R2009 MH: It was mostly a progression. But I can think of quite a :6 w experienc s wher I was well beyond inebriated. Back home, my friends would have just laughed and l ft m there, and we'd laugh about it the next day. But even though my [military] friends were probably just as inebriated, they made sure that I made it home because we had to get up at 5 :30 in the morning, and if I wasn't there I was in real trouble. I think I did the same thing for them. We could just sense which member of the group was going to need help. It seemed like we worked as a team to get through intoxication. It sounds trite, but ... JCW: Well, can you think of a time, obviously that's a friendship trait that spans further than drunkenness. MH: Yes, oh, yes. There were times that we were out of our element, out in town, because I think most of us grew up in Utah. Other than probably the five days they give you in MOS school to go to San Diego, haven't seen that side of humanity, where people try to hustle you for money and stuff like that. So there's plenty of situations that alone I would have been in trouble, whereas when we were together, it seemed more comfortable to go out. But specific incidences, I can't really remember. JCW: You started to feel safe with this group of people? MH: Right. I think they met my needs at the time. I needed friends that cared for me, because we were all in a situation that wasn't very comfortable. I guess through misery it brought us closer together. I think, like I said previously, it gave me time to explore who I was and what I wanted out of life. JCW: You said earlier, retrospectively, that your deployment to California was probably pretty helpful for you for what would happen next. You talked to me about as far as relationships go and learning to trust people and having their trust. Talk to me about, 18 |
