And we were in the gym, not a class room.

Enemy? Y/N.

If Y, then shoot at it until it dies.

If N, don’t.

End of symposium.

I’ve heard folks snoring while standing at attention in formation, while marching, and seen ‘em immediately snap to when their surroundings changed.

Son, if you don’t get a hold of yourself and learn a little detachment, you are going to wash out. Life has its absurd moments and you will be part of them; if you clench your arsehole this tight for all of them, you’re going to die of bowel obstruction.

Learn to laugh at yourself a little and you’ll realize that not everyone is laughing at you after all.

These kids are being judged before being known.

Many people who don’t understand what exhaustion and pushing themselves to the limit is like automatically assume that the act of sleeping anywhere but a bed is lazy and unacceptable. I wonder if those people visualize combat stopping for 8 hours a day while soldiers sleep.

“What time are you waking up for the battle tomorrow Fred” asks Private Ryan as he sets his alarm clock.

Let’s ignore the fact that these people put themselves in a position where they will help ensure that other Americans can continue to comfortably sleep in their beds.

Too bad its not practical and ethical to require people to walk in each other’s shoes before judging each other. Sure would clear up a lot of things in this world.