"But you can have a kid and still be in the Corps, why do you have to leave," Torres asked, his mood changing from a playful one to a sad one."What about us? We're your family too. We got your back. You trust us don't you?"

"Torres, you have been with our unit now for what, six months?"

"Yea."

"There has never been a question of my trusting you guys. Until I got married the Corps was the only family I had. I know I have a home here but we both know I'm not going to get an office job in the Corps."

"As long as I'm in the Corps they are going to keep assigning me missions like this one. I'm always going to be put into combat situations. That means I could die out here."

"But you can easily die in the streets too," Johnson said.

"I know, I know. Look, nothing is set in stone yet. Just I promised Joni after this mission is over we'll talk about our options when I get home."

"Damn Johnny, you sure know how to kill a mood," Torres said.