Originally Posted by eurotrash666

gung ho is a funny thing. i didn't think about what the implications of my mission were while i was over there, i would not have been able to function. i could easily deal with the immediate dangers, such as firefights, but it took over a year to sort out the complexities of some of the things less immediate- like the rocket that missed my group by a yard or so and impacted in a crowd of children walking home from school. when it happened, i was angry because it was so fu(ked up, then i put it away. now, every time i hear babykiller comments (yes, people say it), i think about the insurgent that murdered children in his own neighborhood just for a chance at getting an american. things that i don't think about often come to the surface at the damnedest times. it could be a phrase or expression that was said while something was going on. strange. anyway, about gung ho, one thing i saw was the most hardass rambo wannabees freeze in combat or try to get out of the deployment. funny, it was the goofy fellas that really hold it together. gung ho is an act, and performance on the ground has nothing to do with how well you can shine your boots and do push-ups. everybody, whether they admit it or not, who has been to hell and back has a little bit of hell follow them home.

nothing represents freedom to me like flying on a bike.