one of the reporterettes going through media boot camp at Quantico finally learns why the military does what it does:
"I friggin' love these guys," says one sergeant. "I don't care what anyone says, when we are out here we aren't fighting for our country, we are fighting for each other."
Here's what they don't friggin' like: the movie "Windtalkers," and the movie "A Few Good Men."
"They friggin' make us look like friggin' psychopaths," explains the Marine.
Let the record show these are not friggin' psychopaths. These are committed, underpaid, brave and physically fit young people who endure privation and follow any order issued to them under terrible conditions by their superiors, no matter how hare-brained, as long as it is lawful. It is not a job I would want myself, nor am I capable of it.
But out here under a cold moon next to a warm fire being addressed as "ma'am," I can't help but be impressed with their willingness to do it.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021122-085414-2271rThanks for the link. Amazing to see a reporterette write
a positive story like that.