Originally Posted by Alpha

A click is a kilometer. US hasn't gone metric, but the military has.

I learn all of this stuff from everywhere. I'm an Air Force Cadet. I play an online Navy SEALs video game (very realistic) with a bunch of Rangers. My neighbor was in the coast guard. My brothers girlfriend was in the navy. I learn a lot of stuff from my SASI (SEnior Aerospace Science Instructor), who is a retired Lt.Colonel. I got double promoted to Cadet Senior Airman from Airman, and recieved the 2003 outstanding Cadet of the year award, along with 11 ribbons (soon to be 14 or 15 when I get my recruiting and physical fittness which I never got at the end of school). I was the only Freshman to be on the Armed Exhibition Drill Team. I went to the Nationals in WAshington DC, and we got skunked, but we still did good (We got 7th out of like 40 schools). I spend my nights reading books and websites your grandfather might read. I watch the history channel a lot.

But its amazing, I can define a click and tell you that there are 3 guys trying to kill me outside that door and I want you to follow me by moving my right arm a few times, but I still can't do simple Alegbra nor can I get on honor roll for more then two terms at school. I can strip and assemble an M1 Garand in about 50 seconds blindfolded but I can't take an hour out of my day to do my homework.

At the Age of 4 I knew what I was going to do. "I want to be an army man" , but soon I found out I was going to be a Marine. My bones were made to serve this country. I don't care if I end up peeling potatoes, I'm going to put my entire life into the protection of this coutnry. And I'll be willing to die for each and every one of you. Know why? Why do I know all this? Becuase I'm preparing. I'm preparing to pay back all the veterans who die in DDay and who searched tunnels in Vietnam so that the people of this world might experience freedom, even if its just a baskin robbins sample of it. I want to pay back the men and women who make it so that I can be freezing my ass off in my boxers typing this message listening to the white stripes. Everythign you do you wouldn't be able if those men and women in uniform wern't there to keep the war 1000's of miles across water from you. Thats how I know that.