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Thought this would be of interest today.

Hat tip to http://www.blackfive.net

1 posted on 07/05/2004 8:01:45 AM PDT by alfa6
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To: Cannoneer No. 4; SAMWolf; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Ping for your perusal

I don't post very often hope this works

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


2 posted on 07/05/2004 8:04:47 AM PDT by alfa6 (Mrs. Murphy's Postulate on Murphy's Law: Murphy Was an Optimist)
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To: alfa6
A perfect score was 18 minutes, 20 pull-ups and 100 crunches

Whoa, I could have passed with a perfect score..........................when I was 18 years old :)

3 posted on 07/05/2004 8:06:12 AM PDT by JZoback ("There's a pony in here somewhere")
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To: alfa6
Apparently the Marine Corps wasn't dying to sign up a 34-year-old reporter from Washington, D.C.

Since "reporters" tend to side with America's enemies, a reporter of any age sounds like a liability rather than an asset.

5 posted on 07/05/2004 8:10:56 AM PDT by JimRed (Fight election fraud! Volunteer as a local poll watcher, challenger or district official.)
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To: alfa6
The DI grabbed my M16A2 service rifle, pushed the plastic hand guard against my forehead and bent me backwards until I was pinned against my bunk, also known as a rack.

"Ca-heer, I've been waiting for you to show one ounce of intensity in your f---ing body, and you can't do it, can you, you motherf---ing communist p---y!"

I made a mental note of the insult. The epithet was the most creative I'd heard to date.

LOL!

6 posted on 07/05/2004 8:14:36 AM PDT by Auntie Mame ("Whether you think you can or think you can't -- you are right." Henry Ford)
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Editor's note: After reading this first-person account of boot camp by reporter Bill Cahir, the Marine Corps has opened an investigation into possible violations of policy by drill instructors. Cahir is Washington correspondent for The Evening Sun.

Very interesting, especially since the reporter himself said he didn't believe that he was verbally or physically abused.

9 posted on 07/05/2004 8:24:43 AM PDT by mcg1969
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To: alfa6

good post


10 posted on 07/05/2004 8:26:43 AM PDT by Mr. K (ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,this is like liberal logic,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø))
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To: alfa6

A reporter with integrity? I'm amazed.


12 posted on 07/05/2004 8:30:09 AM PDT by GVnana
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To: alfa6

"Ca-heer, I've been waiting for you to show one ounce of intensity in your f---ing body, and you can't do it, can you, you motherf---ing communist p---y!"

13 posted on 07/05/2004 8:30:35 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (John Kerry: An old creep, with gray hair, trying to look like he's 30 years old.)
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To: alfa6

BTTT


14 posted on 07/05/2004 8:32:41 AM PDT by spodefly (This post meets the minimum daily requirements for cynicism and irony.)
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self bump for later


20 posted on 07/05/2004 8:49:23 AM PDT by jmc813 (Help save a life - www.marrow.org)
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To: alfa6; JeffreyH; The Sailor; kjfine; Old Sarge; USAF_TSgt; darkwing104; txradioguy; Long Cut; ...

GREAT READ PING!

alfa6; : Thanks!


26 posted on 07/05/2004 9:03:39 AM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Have you said Thank You to a service man or woman today?)
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To: alfa6

bump


27 posted on 07/05/2004 9:07:58 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: alfa6
You made it Ca-heer


Surprise, Surprise, Surprise


29 posted on 07/05/2004 9:10:35 AM PDT by beckett
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Editor's note: After reading this first-person account of boot camp by reporter Bill Cahir, the Marine Corps has opened an investigation into possible violations of policy by drill instructors.

What, the rifle butt against his head or the cursing? They didn't harm him. Far from it, they turned him into a Marine.


36 posted on 07/05/2004 9:44:20 AM PDT by kenth
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To: alfa6

They wouldn't take me after 9/11 and I was only 32.


59 posted on 07/05/2004 3:21:33 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (06/07/04 - 1000 days since 09/11/01)
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Just Wow........


64 posted on 07/05/2004 4:05:13 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (After 30+ years dealing with idiots, I still haven't earned the right to just shoot them.....)
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To: alfa6

Nice article


68 posted on 07/05/2004 6:24:43 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (How about some Root Beer Snippy?)
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