For a Marine that was a close friend

I am going to wear my Memorial Bracelet for a very close friend of mine that enlisted me into the marine corps. He was my recruiter and we became close friends over the year I was waiting to go in. He was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq doing his job protecting our country. I was hoping to get back intouch with him after the war but when I heard the news that he was taken from us I knew my friend was gone.