Posted on 05/02/2006 9:13:19 AM PDT by Loud Mime
He's wearing body armour ... so are the rest of them. Just one of the many technological advantages our men have over the bad guys. I'm totally thrilled to see them putting those advantages to good use. This is the payoff to some engineers' time and effort. A good man got into a rotten situation, lived to tell about it and fight another day. This in turn will pay dividends in training the next generation of Soldiers and Marines.
oh, barf!!! Kerry doesn't deserve to be anywhere near those men; not even by proxy.
You ask, what you would do under fire, how you would perform? Being an X Navy man, who fought in Vietnam, who came under fire, and was wounded? I can tell you this much. A large part of your training is to make you react to what is going on around you, sometimes, without even thinking about it. I know I was wounded in a mortar attract, and made it to the bunker with my friend, who was also wounded from the same mortar round. When a Chief came into the bunker and pointed at me and two marines, and told us to follow him, as we had men down. He did not know that I had been wounded. I ran out with him and the two marines and the chief and I got one guy, and took him back to the bunker, and then went out to pick up the last guy that was down. All this time, still being shelled. Now if I had stopped to think about it, any normal person would not want to go out while still taking fire, but we were trained to follow orders, and my chief and given me an order. I saw this time and time again. You just do what is expected of you. You also have a bond with the men around you, which you cannot explain to anyone that has not been in combat. You do not do these things, because you are looking for a medal, or award, you just do them, because it is the right thing to do.
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