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  • Do we want another Jessica Lynch?

    11/26/2003 6:27:25 PM PST · by Tailgunner Joe · 108 replies · 619+ views
    ESR ^ | November 24, 2003 | Kimberley Jane Wilson
    After forcing myself to read Jessica Lynch's book I've come to the conclusion that this country needs to have a talk -- an honest, no holds barred, to-heck-with-brain-numbing-political correctness, talk with itself. Do women belong in combat situations or not? Are we going to engage in an emotional orgy every time a woman soldier gets captured or not? Is a female soldier's life more precious than a man's or not? Jessica Lynch seems like a nice enough girl and she has suffered horribly but she's not a heroine as she herself has stated. She was thrown into a hideous situation...
  • Navy removes Supply Corps School commander in Athens

    07/11/2002 10:10:36 PM PDT · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 12 replies · 332+ views
    AP via Navy Times ^ | July 11, 2002 | AP staff
    <p>ATHENS, Ga.— The Navy has removed Capt. David C. Ruff as commander of the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, saying Navy officials have lost confidence in his ability to command.</p> <p>The announcement Tuesday by Vice Adm. Alfred G. Harms Jr. comes a little more than a week before Ruff’s scheduled retirement and the regular passing of command at the school.</p>