I call BS on you, Kid...  Too easy to say "It's a disability."

If I were you - I'd start composing messages in Word, spell check them, write down the correct way to spell the words in a book you can refer to from now on, and DO SOME FREAKIN' PUSH-UPS!

USPMA #11, CVMA #1271 NH 5-1

Do you listen to yourself when you talk; or do you just fade in and out?

What is with the bullshit excuses?  That crap will NOT fly in an Airborne unit.  He should sign up for "striker" duty...

Do you listen to yourself when you talk; or do you just fade in and out?

If nothing else, your providing an excellent demonstration to our young friend of how little tolerance the airborne community has for grammatical and spelling errors.

 

"The degenerative and loony should never be denigrated but, rather, thanked. In their absence, the rest of you would be obliged to fill congressional seats... positions naturally unsavory to the sane and honorable."

Thorax

khyros (1/10/2006)

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Get on back down into the leaning rest BF... the vehicle is a Stryker, not a striker...

If nothing else, your providing an excellent demonstration to our young friend of how little tolerance the airborne community has for grammatical and spelling errors.

And it's an IMPORTANT distinction, because:

"The vehicle is named for two soldiers separated by a generation awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.

Pfc. Stuart S. Stryker, Co. E , 513th parachute Infantry, 17th Airborne had just jumped with his unit east of the Rhine on March 24, 1945 near Wesel, Germany. His unit was advancing up a railroad 250 yards from a large building, after advancing only 50 yards they became pinned down by rifles, machine guns and four field pieces.

Carrying his carbine, he jumped up from cover and ran to the front of his unit and under severe fire urged his comrades to jump up and follow him.

The men responded and followed him through a curtain of lead.

The private was shot dead 25 yards short of the building, but his headlong charge diverted the enemy and allowed his fellow paratroopers to surround the objective and capture 200 Germans and to free three members of an Air Force bomber crew. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.

Spc. Robert F. Stryker, no relation to his WWII predecessor, served with 1st Infantry Division over two decades later and half a world away in Vietnam. The grenadier and his unit were patrolling through dense tropical undergrowth, when they came under fire.

Small arms, automatic weapons and rockets erupted from concealed bunkers. The specialist hit the bunkers with grenades as an enemy force attempted to surround his company. His accurate grenade fire prevented encirclement by the enemy.

The grenadier threw himself on an enemy Claymore mine to save six wounded comrades. The wounded troops survived, but Robert Stryker died from his wounds on Nov. 7, 1967 near Loc Minh, Vietnam. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously."

Do you listen to yourself when you talk; or do you just fade in and out?