While I certainly appreciate the courage of anyone in the military, this is wildly off-topic for this mailing list. Please only post information related, either directly or indirectly, to Linux, UNIX, or technology issues in general to this list.
Thank you. Dustin Puryear LUG Coordinator At 11:58 PM 4/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: >(cut headers from my email) >Subject: The average age of the military man is 19 years. > > > >He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal >circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not >yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough >to die for his country. > >He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own >car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either. > >He's a recent High School graduate; he was probab! ly an average >student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten >year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with >him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world >away. > >He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and >155mm Howitzers. > >He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he >is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk. > >He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he >can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the >dark. > >He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun! or grenade >launcher and use either one effectively if he must. > > >He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a >professional. > >He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to >march. > >He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not >without spirit or individual dignity. > >He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and >wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. > >He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle. > >He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own >hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are >hungry, his food. > >He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when >you run low. > >He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they >were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job. > >He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and >still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death > >then he should have in his short lifetime. > >He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them. > >He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in >combat and is unashamed. > >He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body >while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to >'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove >their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far >from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful. > >Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is >paying the price for our freedom. > >Beardless or not, he is not a boy. > >He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this c! ountry free for >over 200 years. > >He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and >understanding. > >Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration >with his blood. > >For our Military > > >Prayer wheel for our military...please don't break it Please send this >on after a short prayer. > >Prayer Wheel > >"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they >protect us. > >Bless them and their families! for the selfless acts they perform for >us in our time of need. Amen." > >Prayer Wheel: When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say >a prayer for our ground troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, sailors on ships, and >airmen >in the air, This can be very powerful.... Just send this to all the people in >your address book. Do not stop the wheel, >please.... Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Sailor, Marine or >Airman, prayer is the very best one. > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
