An Army grunt stands in the rain with a 35 lb. pack on his back, 15 lb.
weapon in hand, after having marched 12 miles, and says,
"This is the 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 Marine lies in the mud, 55 lb. pack on his back, weapon in hand,
after slogging up the beach, crawling through a swamp and marching 25 miles at night past the enemy positions, says with a grin,
"This really is great shit."
A NAVY SEAL, 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!"
An Air Force officer sits in an easy chair in his air-conditioned,
carpeted BOQ room and says,
"The cable's out? What kind of shit is this?"
...Loved by Some...
...Hated by Many...
...Envied by Most...
...Yet Wanted by Plenty...
