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2008-06-27 Home Front: WoT

Elite U.S. Army academy lures kids with mud and duty

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Posted by lotp 2008-06-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 'I didn't quite realize there were this many kids like me,'

Actually, there are quite a lot. It's just that kid, your viewpoint is not allowed to be publicized. It's very carefully kept off the movies, TV, and every other form of mass media.

Posted by gromky 2008-06-27 02:25|| ]">[ ] 2008-06-27 02:25|| Front Page Top

#2 "said he was attracted by the prospect of moving around the world and seeing new places, and although he would be nervous about deploying to a combat zone, 'it's just another adventure.'"

Just like the movie sez:

"I wanted to see exotic Vietnam... the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture... and kill them."

Posted by Steve 2008-06-27 08:20|| 2008-06-27 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 'I wanted to see exotic Vietnam... the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture... and kill them.'

Gustav Hasford was quite a character. He also wrote the following amusing passage:

The South is a big Indian reservation populated by ex-Confederates who are bred like cattle to die in Yankee wars. In Alabama there is no circus to run off to, so we join the Marines.

I don't agree with it, but it's good writing, and funny as heck.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2008-06-27 12:35|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-06-27 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 I've been supporting concepts like this one for the Service Academies + College ROTC for a long time now - back in my day [1970's Guam], for a Jr. High + Senior High student = young person, besides SCOUTS + JROTC + VILLAGE DRILL-MARCHING TEAMS, there were the USAF's CIVIL AIR PATROL + NAVY SEA CADETS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-06-27 20:55|| 2008-06-27 20:55|| Front Page Top

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