[looscannon]

You post the best stuff, JH2! In a Thanksgiving day phone conversation with my favorite Drill Instructor at Parris Island, I learned that the latest group of Marine recruits are "great kids. Very motivated. More than half of my new recruits are from New York City. I asked every one of them, 'Why are you here?' and every one of them said they were here for Revenge! These are high quality kids. The harder we push 'em, the more determined they get." God, I love the Marines.

[LadyX]

"'Why are you here?' and every one of them said they were here for Revenge! These are high quality kids. The harder we push 'em, the more determined they get." God, I love the Marines."

WHOA!!! What a way to start the day!!!
Many thanks, friend, for hailing me to this one. Hack is one of my favorite guys, so articulate when it comes to describing how things are and how they ought to be.

It's wonderful to know the Marines never lowered their standards and remain the VERY BEST in the world, understanding their purpose and what it takes to achieve and maintain readiness.

The Chain goes on intact, thanks to ones like your favorite Marine.
May God bless this so special group of Warriors...and we know CHIEF is watching over them, shouting encouragement from heaven!

[Irma]

In a Thanksgiving day phone conversation with my favorite Drill Instructor at Parris Island, I learned that the latest group of Marine recruits are "great kids. Very motivated.

This is terrific news, thanks for sharing, but ya know, it takes the special skills of very special people like that favorite Drill Instructor of yours to train and keep those "great kids" motivated to face the challenges they must face once deployed.

From my past teaching experiences I know that some children are naturally gifted and would make terrific doctors, educators, athletes, or businessmen. But there are some careers which take skills from each of these fields and combine them with the leadership talents required to instill pride, motivation, and the tremendous physical fitness demands required of young marines to go out and risk their lives for the rest of us. Thank God for people like your favorite Drill Instructor!