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http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1469327.html
Currently without a girlfriend, Boyd acknowledged bashfully that some e-mails from women complimented his "nice butt."
But not everyone was impressed with his attire. Several anonymous critics e-mailed the Star-Telegram to say Boyd’s brightly colored boxers and red T-shirt could have made an easy target of himself and fellow troops.
Boyd was unapologetic about his choice of sleepwear. "The most important thing is to respond," he said with a quiet, even voice. "Every second counts. And any support you can give those guys means a lot. I was in a fixed position, so [the Taliban] already knew where I was. But if I could draw less fire [to] the guys who were pinned down . . . fine with me. They’ve done the same for me."
Everyone from the patrol made it back to base, Boyd said. But were his commanders so forgiving?
"Um, well, they were poised to give me some," Boyd said, grinning. But then the attention over the photo "got so big, so quick, that I really didn’t experience any negative repercussions."
Gates told a New York audience that Boyd displayed a "special kind of courage."
He added that the young Texan’s military career was "very safe indeed," even though the president might have seen the soldier "out of uniform" on the front page of The New York Times.
Commanders from the 1st Infantry Division, Viper Company’s parent unit, confiscated the boxers — but not to discipline Boyd.
They are expected to be displayed soon in the division’s museum at Fort Riley, Kan., he said. "I didn’t get a chance to wash them."
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Thanks. Looks like the publicity almost did him in but then saved him.
'"Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage," Gates said, adding that Boyd may have hit on a new kind of psychological warfare. "I can only wonder about the impact on the Taliban. Just imagine seeing that - a guy in pink boxers and flip-flops has you in his crosshairs."'
LOL! Then they are full of back bone. ;-)