Posted on 06/03/2007 9:14:28 AM PDT by World_Events
The program provides a rare, up-close look at the sacrifices, challenges and deadly risks that American soldiers face on the front lines every day. The film is narrated by producer and director Steven Hoggard, who offers an intimate firsthand account of life on the base and under attack, including his own injuries from the deadly blast. The film also documents daily life for these soldiers, including the mundane passing of time inside the base; the danger-filled missions to surrounding villages; and even a historic gathering of tribal leaders seeking assistance against the Taliban who invaded their homes.
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If you want to see the view from the left, it's here:
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Thanks!!! Hubby was Green Beret in Vietnam. Will mark it on the tv for him. ;)
As they used to say when pissed off because people called them called “Green Berets:”
“Sir or Ma’am:
A Green Beret is a U.S. Army authorized headcover worm by specially trained parachutist, foreign language, exotic weapons and other highly developed military skills-qualified special operations soldier.
In the U.S. Army those soldiers are proud to be collectively called “Special Forces.”
I am such a Soldier. I am not a hat.
worm=worn
Damn Spill Chucker
All ready set in the TIVO.
I have my Tivo set
Toot toot bump.
Ballad Of The Green Beret Lyrics
Fighting soldiers from the sky,
Fearless men, Who jump and die.
Men who mean, Just what they say.
The brave men, Of the Green Beret
Silver wings upon their chest,
These are men, America’s best.
One Hundred men Will test today,
But only three, Win the Green Beret.
Trained to live off nature’s land,
Trained in combat, hand to hand.
Men who fight by night and day,
Courage pique, From the Green Beret.
Silver wings Upon their chest,
These are men, America’s best.
One hundred men will test today,
But only three win the green beret
Back at home a young wife waits,
Her Green Beret has met his fate.
he has died for those oppressed,
Leaving her his last request
Put silver wings On my son’s chest,
Make him one of America’s best.
He’ll be a man they’ll test one day.
Have him win, the Green Beret.
I'm pretty fed up with MSM/PC ideas about war, especially liberal's ideas about USSF, and don't much trust NG.
Until otherwise convinced, I've determined that there must be something else on TV at that hour, or maybe I'll finish that book I've been reading in three page bursts.
He only uses that term when people ask him what he did in the army and they have blank looks on their face when he says special forces.
You are right, he equates it with what they wore on their head.
“Ma’am, I am a Special Forces Soldier. I know and have practiced 11 ways to kill enemies of the Citizens and/or Constitution of the United States with just my thumb.....
I-AM-NOT-A-HAT.
:~)
He has plenty of practice with that ‘command’ voice. He went straight from the army to the fire dept and retired as a Captain from the fire dept here 2 years ago.
Forever my line to him has been.....what did you say? remember, I don’t work for you. ;)
As to: 'We are turning out some great young men and women.'
They've always been there but today they are a full fledged part of military strategy rather than the red haired step child that scared college students so much in the sixties and seventies.
"I am such a Soldier. I am not a hat."
At least three or four people asked what instrument I played when I said "Special Forces".
"Green Beret" they understood (somewhat).
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