Military personnel have a funny way of what makes a good soldier or "Vet". Like for example soldiers who do not complete and retire after 20 years, or that did not actually serve in a conflict shouldn't be classified as a vet. But then again this is just "semantics" I suppose. No reason to argue about it, this is just how a good majority of soldiers in the military feel about this. They understand that a few pieces of paper don't make a soldier necessarily. And the hype put behind this claim of (bogus) "specialize sniper training" is just the icing on the cake.
To receive marksman, or even expert qualifications, (the award) Army soldiers are not taken out and given any "special sniper training", you practice, you learn to zero your weapon, along with common safety procedures and maintenance on the weapon (and that usually is learned while cleaning the weapon for the rest of the day because the armor wants it back a hell of a lot cleaner than when he issued it to you! lol) and the like, but what is this sniper training everyone is talking about on the news???
"If political correctness is censoring and editorializing the truth to fit your political agenda, then it seems your wanting to highlight one aspect of the truth (his Islamic faith"
Then the same most certainly applies to the media at this point. But I would have to say they aren't highlighting the truth, they are not reporting it correctly for some reason, and at the least, stretching it to fit their "report". I could be wrong I suppose, since after hearing the media's version of events I stop watching them after the first 10 reports on John Mohammed's bio. If only the facts were reported then I have nothing to worry about, but seeing how the "facts" usually change with the media whores, maybe I am out of the loop on the latest?