Highest Temperature — I don't know exactly, but it was in the porta-johns. Needed to re-hydrate after each trip to the loo.
Do many Americans go to the loo? Sounds a little British to me.
I'd be willing to bet that most Americans (except those into crossword puzzles) wouldn't know what a loo was.
The "dig" at O'Reilly could just as easily have been aimed at fellow chicken hawks Hannity, Boortz and Limbaugh who have never been closer to a military action than a Veterans Day Parades.
Talk and bravado ARE cheap when you're 3,000 miles from the action in a comfortable air-conditioned studio. BIG talk is even cheaper.
And, yes, I served in the USAF during the early days of Nam so I ALSO have the right to an opinion in the matter.
Be curious to know the military records of those who took gratuituous shots at the author of the letter.
Yes indeed. Even among officers, I have not met too many Marines who use British expressions in everyday coms. That is quite suspicious. Note that a major effort to undermine the war has risen up over the past month, from certain elements in the UK. Over the past month, a number of them have also joined FR.