Second LAR Has One Marine Twin---First Force Has the Other

Beacon Journal | 05/07/2005 | Twins' brief reunion makes mother's day: "At the time Scott left for the Marines, Kevin had no plans to join.

But by the time Scott was nearing the end of boot camp in Parris Island, S.C., Kevin had joined and was getting started.

They saw each other at Parris Island and again in early 2004 when they were both stationed near Camp Lejeune, N.C.

But Scott left for Iraq in August 2004 and the two didn't see each other again until the middle of the night on March 7.

Both knew there was a chance their paths might cross but figured it was highly unlikely.

Scott had arrived in Kuwait a few hours earlier and had gone to a dining hall early in the morning.

He saw some other Marines and asked one if he knew of a Marine named Siska.

``You're Siska,'' the other Marine said to him.

Then, another Marine looked at Scott Siska with a confused look on his face and then asked him to stay put.

The Marine left and returned about 15 minutes later.

Scott was eating and when he turned around, there was his brother.

``How are you doing?'' Kevin asked his brother.

``Good. How are you?'' Scott said.

For the next four hours, the brothers ate, talked and strolled around the base.

They discussed their family but not Iraq.

``It wasn't anything serious,'' Scott said.

But he said he could tell that his brother was tense.

``He seemed like he was really uptight,'' Scott said.

Kevin Siska is attached to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Weapons Platoon and Scott was with 1st Force Service Group and provided force security in the Fallujah area during his time in Iraq.

At the end of their short visit, Scott said he could tell the visit was good for his brother.

``There was a big sigh of relief,'' he said.

Scott said he figured that when his brother saw him, he could see that his brother came out of Iraq fine and that he knew he could, too.

The young men, who will turn 21 on May 24, then said their goodbyes.

In a matter of hours, Scott was headed back to Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Kevin was on his way to Iraq.

A few weeks ago, Carol Siska received a photograph of her sons on that night in Kuwait, taken by a friend on Kevin's disposable camera."