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ex Army marksman...

Arrrggghh! That really aggravates me. It is either ignorance of our military and the way it works or willfull "massaging" of the facts. Every soldier by definition is a marksman because that is the lowest markmanship rating you can get. Every soldier will have qualified with the M16 at least once in his/her career- therefore he/she will always be an exArmy marksman. That's whether you're a cook, a truck driver or a ground pounder.

If it's ignorance of the military- I'm sick of it. Sick of the lefties and media not having a clue about the military because they've never been in it nor have they ever considered being in it. If it's massaging the facts- I'm sick of that too. At some point these assholes have got to stop and look in the mirror and ask themselves where they're really trying to take us.

I want to reiterate something here too (in case any news people are trolling). There is an MOS (military occupation specialty) for journalism. Like 11B is an infantryman, 18D is SpecForces Medic, there is a number designation for one who sits before the camera and reads the news. Their faces are the ones you see when you watch the Armed Forces Network. Even these soldiers have to go out at least once a year and qualify as a marksman (at the minimum). If Dan Rather's crusty ass was in the Army right now- he'd be a marksman.

So if any of you news trolls are here- you can put that in your pipe and smoke it. Stop insulting us, learn a little bit more about the military. Maybe hire some of those Soldiers and Airmen whose specialty it was to prepare the news for the AFN- you'd be getting a person with military knowledge and a pretrained television journalist at the same time.