. . . if you want to compare a message of submission versus a message of freedom, I know which one I prefer. So does this soldier in Afghanistan, apparently, as he plays "The Star Spangled Banner" to drown out the call to prayer:
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Monday, April 15, 2013
You gotta like this. Update!
Sure, they;re Army so they have more facial hair and longer hair than you'll see on Marines, but you have to respect the effort and balls it took to do this. Apparently, I am late to the party, but the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders did a video to "Call Me Maybe" last fall, and some soldiers in Afghanistan did a reply video juxtaposed on the cheerleaders' video. All in all, pretty good. Hats off to the Army folks -- wish I could credit them by the unit involved, but I have no clue.
Anyway, hat tip to Hot Air.
UPDATE: The Military Times explains the facial hair and long hair on these guys, and probably also the shirtlessness: They are Special Forces, either Green Berets or Delta Force, both of whom tend to be far shaggier than regular Army, as the rules are suspended for them. (Looking like American military often is a good way for these guys to get killed.) So there you have it.
UPDATE: The Military Times explains the facial hair and long hair on these guys, and probably also the shirtlessness: They are Special Forces, either Green Berets or Delta Force, both of whom tend to be far shaggier than regular Army, as the rules are suspended for them. (Looking like American military often is a good way for these guys to get killed.) So there you have it.
Friday, January 18, 2013
What a difference a year makes
I wanted to post this earlier, but had technical difficulties. Having surmounted those problems, I now present two dramatically different scenarios. First, Christmas in 2011 looked like this for my family:
This is my son's unit last Christmas posing around an old Soviet tank in Now Zad, Afghanistan. Probably a T-62, but that's neither here nor there. In any event, that was then. This was what Christmas 2012 looked like:
No longer under fire, he got engaged. I refuse to draw any parallels between combat and marriage.
This is my son's unit last Christmas posing around an old Soviet tank in Now Zad, Afghanistan. Probably a T-62, but that's neither here nor there. In any event, that was then. This was what Christmas 2012 looked like:
No longer under fire, he got engaged. I refuse to draw any parallels between combat and marriage.
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