Comments on: Army of Dude, Back Home http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2007/09/13/army-of-dude-back-home/ At home drawing pictures of mountaintops Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: caveat bettor http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2007/09/13/army-of-dude-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-22102 caveat bettor Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:59:24 +0000 http://deadissue.com/archives/2007/09/13/army-of-dude-back-home/#comment-22102 Thanks, I'd never been there before your post. But the kid sounds a little misdirected--maybe it was his public education (I went to public school until college, but my private college was looking for government grants, so they weren't completely private): I graduated from high school in May of 2003 and had already decided that the Army was what I wanted to experience. I grew up reading books about Audie Murphy and Patton and devouring volumes of war history. I felt it was a needed shot to the arm to my fading motivation and direction in life. I enlisted for three years on August 5, 2004 as an infantryman. Thanks, I’d never been there before your post. But the kid sounds a little misdirected–maybe it was his public education (I went to public school until college, but my private college was looking for government grants, so they weren’t completely private):

I graduated from high school in May of 2003 and had already decided that the Army was what I wanted to experience. I grew up reading books about Audie Murphy and Patton and devouring volumes of war history. I felt it was a needed shot to the arm to my fading motivation and direction in life. I enlisted for three years on August 5, 2004 as an infantryman.

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