What Kind...

[Merlin Orr]

Differing views.

An Army grunt stands in the rain with a 35-pound pack on his back, 15

lb. weapon in hand, after having marched 12 miles, and says, "This is

shit!"

An Army Airborne Ranger stands in the rain with a 45 lb. pack on his

back, weapon in hand, after having jumped from an airplane and marched

18 miles, and says with a smile, "This is good shit!"

A Navy SEAL lies in the mud, 55 LB pack on his back, weapon in hand,

after swimming 10 miles to shore, crawling through a swamp and marching

25 miles at night past the enemy positions, says with a grin, "This

really is great shit."

A Marine, up to his nose in the stinking, bug infested

mud of a swamp with a 65 LB pack on his back and a weapon in both hands

after jumping from an aircraft at high altitude, into the ocean,

swimming 12 miles to the shore, killing several alligators to enter the

swamp, then crawling 30 miles through the brush to assault an enemy

camp, says, "I love this shit."

The Air Force NCO sits in an easy chair in an air-conditioned office,

and says, "My e-mail's out? What kind of shit is this?"

[tightloop]

The Army does the work

The Marines get the credit

The Navy gets the pay

Noone said anything about fly boys getting anything, even working email

[Loves2Shoot]

Hmmm. After watching the Discovery Channel's show about the handful of "air traffic controlers" the Airfarce put in country to invade Afganastan, I would say give me 2 teams of those guys and THEIR "guns" any day over ANY other 2 teams out there