Exhausted Marines Stand Absolutely Still when She Tells them to Look Left…
All videos about soldier reunions are usually the soldiers who come home to surprise their loved ones with their early arrivals. This video, however, flips the tradition military surprise on its head.
Oprah brought marines a little unexpected joy. In the following clip, 31 marines have literally just returned to the states from a seven-month tour of duty in Iraq. Many of them hadn’t even been home yet before making a stop at The Oprah Winfrey Show. But these Marines from the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Alpha Company, and Naval Corpsmen were in for a huge surprise. The heroes take their places on stage and are met with roaring cheers from the audience.
“And now, the moment I’ve been waiting for…” Oprah says. Watch the video below to see what happens next.