Sgt. Brian Sheridan w/ Moe Lauzier

" Boston native sergeant Brian Sheridan sergeant Sheridan good morning welcome to WRKO and happy birthday marine Europe -- from East Boston I take -- that -- the written originally is your family still here most of my affiliates there most my uncles and my grandmother you're one of these guys who went in for four years got out. Found that he really wanted to be -- reserve your reserve view Mexico about the the wound open and by province -- have been in Anbar. -- target certain not a comfortable place to vote getting a little better is that correct yes -- It's getting a lot better at least do you have a rather unique job and in and when I say unique I don't mean mean necessarily pleasant by any means but -- say it tremendously necessary job let me preface this by saying my dad -- wasn't the undertaking business when I was a boy growing up during the Korean war and we had eight 23 military funerals as I recall fellows who had been who have been killed in Korea. And and I recall the the emotions that were involved. And you have the job of identification and recovery retrieval. Is that correct yes sir yes sir what what what does but does that job entail"

" it entails that we receive remains from all around -- area and we process them and give them respect in the and transfer them back to the states so that they can make it on to their family."

" Do you deal just with Marines or that does this something that's multi service market sort of how do you go about identification isn't. I understand the dog tags but if there are no dog -- present how would you go about identifying someone"

" we don't actually do that here we process what we. Receive and and when we process and that the United States they do the DNA testing and -- the final position of identifying the remains there."

" So there that -- there there's no mistakes where they shipped back to from from Dover, Delaware. So there there there it's a central is -- that was the of the way that we've that went. What caught what prosecuted joining the marine Carmen -- sleek the birthday of the united states Marine Corps. And I think one of the one of the things it was like to what did you do"

" it was honestly eight lifelong dream of mine to be -- Went out I used to visit my uncle who has a 16 year marine and I was I was really taken back by the prize that he had in his job so has very young it's something that I wanted to do when I got older."

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" Thank you for 2 yen the we all have families and you labeled Q for a fool you Mary do you have children I -- I do not. Okay not matter -- I -- my by doing though this in the as I said that the women's -- lining up over here trying to get a phone number. I -- when he coming home by the way. B I believe around march timeframe of away it's now do you have any other duties clog -- in. While you're in these in Iraq are no idea not a the PRP job is it pretty much it. That's a full time in the to full time occupations of the speak do you get a chance to travel around very much not too much -- Not not not very much at all -- do you have any contacted -- with a plea with the indigenous people with the local Iraqis"

" me personally I haven't had the opportunity -- it do that. But some of the other members of my unit they do things where programs that bring them outside. And interact with the Iraqi people."

" Now what is the what is the attitude of our our soldiers we keep getting mixed reports back home. About how the of the morale is down in Nome and the people would -- you guys are just tired in the can't wait to get the hell out of there and and so on what do you feel is the is the truth out there."

" From what I've seen since -- country is that. The attitudes are pretty upbeat and I note just from my experience with people that I'm here with in my unit are that they -- volunteer combat outfit."

" So a lot of the guys aren't so that it is perfect not -- finished them I didn't mean to interrupt you"

" so it it. Just from my perspective I feel that the the morale is is really not that well it's actually pretty."

" So a lot of the guys who aren't where there asked to come back yet thumb my my holder Michael unit is strictly voluntary -- my -- is that so Yasser. So in this case I take my had a few -- but it takes a -- occurred if you were talking to some young people right now it's a young people union and people coming out of high school may be coming out of college and they were wondering what to do bubble will be a recommendation to them."

" If they have plans to join the military I would give them. All the thumbs up that they needed that I would I would not steer them away from from the military like at all."

" Do you intend to stay in the Marine Corps now or yet in the full time Jarvis or do you plan to go back as a reservists"

" very between me and my girlfriend there have been talks of transition back into the active duty side of the military. But it that doesn't take shape -- most likely stay within the reserves."

" Now we when -- in the reserve how much time does that. You require from you."

" It's pretty much work as advertised one weekend a month. Two weeks out of summer or whenever you need to do an annual training."

" Now we're gonna get this something that's going to get in trouble right and I promise -- that have got a good friend whose the sergeant numbering them. That it is -- career thing with him. And he said the Marine Corps operates on sergeants. Without side and the Marine Corps comes to a standing -- screeching call is that true yes sir that's totally true had to get that -- in their kids he'll be after you I'm part of that question to him as well have a feeling he's listening on his computer the present time probably -- to remember when he gets from the get on the air. But the the Marie goodness. Function Tuesday it looked everytime you -- you see anything concerning the Marine Corps who has threatened a sergeant are. Yeah I mean I don't care what it is recruiting posters you're in tough situations -- the guys that are right there amendments. But that the fact that the -- fact of life that's the reality of life. Tell you recommend only marine life two young person. Who's considering a military option whose blow even if he's not considering military option would you recommend that he do consider yes -- absolutely. Did you I notice you're going to school in Florida when to a call yet but the what we -- there when you were called up"

" no sir I. I was in Georgia at the time."

" On Georgia and forgive me might well affect my geography isn't that anytime you get south of 128 I'm lost anyway. You remember what it's like to -- from bought them yeah there -- very listen I wouldn't you know tip of the hat to you and to but the guys are doing out there I have a funny feeling year if sweetheart is listening at the present time I also. I anything elect to say they're right now aren't master and you be home soon Dublin -- articulates it when you get back if you do come back to Boston let me know -- and -- the them find bubbles Sam -- to order sergeant Brian Sheridan originally from East Boston who is currently serving in Anbar province and just to -- mistaking about what he does. But his job is is collecting the remains and for pre preparing the remains soldiers for shipment home it's tough job to job obviously absolutely has to be done. I'm our military Nancy as a model of no men left behind. And that includes of those who didn't make it and that they be treated with dignity I know from personal experience that the treatment of the remains of American soldiers I'd done with the utmost care because the guys who do it or all volunteers as aside and Sheridan and the -- very very important function"