[RhinofromWA]

I will leave off the email chain part for you guys: (PS- there will be about 4 posts to attach all the pictures)

The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.

 

[RhinofromWA]

He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away. He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howizzitor. He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.

He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must. He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional. He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.

(sorry had to shink the pic to fit....kinda squished it horizantally)

 

[RhinofromWA]

He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one andwears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle. He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.

He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job. He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.

 

[RhinofromWA]

He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them. He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed. He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.

Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.

He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship andunderstanding. Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood. And now we even have woman over there in danger, doing their part in this tradition of going to War when our nation calls us to do so. As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot.. A short lull, a little shade and a picture of loved ones in their helmets.

 

[RhinofromWA]

Is it wrong that I am attracted to the ladies in that last picture?

Is this what the single ladies on the docks as the Navy ships come in to port feel?

Anyway, I left off the prayer wheel part just to show you guys picture you probably seen already.

Take care soldiers.

Rhino

 

[ummbikes]

Rhino, they are attractive because they are honorable warriors and can get dirty and still be feminine.

I have read similar things, one of my best friends is in the Air Force and I'm told thats kind of like the military.

Anyways, he sends me all kinds of stuff.

 

[BurlyShirley]

heh!

I like that last picture too.

 

[valve bouncer]

Yeeehhaw, lesso army porn....a new category, I'll file it next to priest porn. While I get another beer I'd just like to personally thank all those wonderful defenders of freedom for saving my sorry hoop.

 

[Sideways]

Lesbians are hot, for sure. Wanting what you can't have.
If there were any jobs here back home, they would be doing society a favor by working them rather than wasting tax dollars on a presently unnoble cause. However, domestic policy isn't exactly Bush's specialty.

National security is one thing, global tyrany is entirely another.
I wish the best to those enlisted, but I am fully against their present role.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by Sideways
Lesbians are hot, for sure. Wanting what you can't have.
If there were any jobs here back home, they would be doing society a favor by working them rather than wasting tax dollars on a presently unnoble cause. However, domestic policy isn't exactly Bush's specialty.

National security is one thing, global tyrany is entirely another.
I wish the best to those enlisted, but I am fully against their present role.

Yes, perhaps they should be at home promoting marijuana endorsing bicycle races. That would be noble.

 

[Sideways]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
Yes, perhaps they should be at home promoting marijuana endorsing bicycle races. That would be noble.

That would be nice.