Comments on: Inspiring http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/ This We'll Defend Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: AFSister http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-664603 AFSister Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:07:58 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-664603 Wow....that's exactly the kind of thing I've come to respect and admire about our soldiers. You're all patriots, sun up to sun down, and all throughout your sleep. Wow….that’s exactly the kind of thing I’ve come to respect and admire about our soldiers. You’re all patriots, sun up to sun down, and all throughout your sleep.

]]> By: Flag Gazer http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-658418 Flag Gazer Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:10:33 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-658418 it is true - here is his blog http://letters-from-the-desert.blogspot.com/ - Jim wrote the entry on May 14, 2007. His blog has ended with his return home, but he was a great blogger from Iraq. I am proud to call him friend. Have you seen the tape of Robin Williams dealing with Retreat? Priceless. http://gazingattheflag.blogspot.com/2008/01/robin-williams-and-uso-tour-to-middle.html An example of how clueless Americans tend to be... it is true - here is his blog http://letters-from-the-desert.blogspot.com/ - Jim wrote the entry on May 14, 2007.

His blog has ended with his return home, but he was a great blogger from Iraq. I am proud to call him friend.

Have you seen the tape of Robin Williams dealing with Retreat? Priceless. http://gazingattheflag.blogspot.com/2008/01/robin-williams-and-uso-tour-to-middle.html An example of how clueless Americans tend to be…

]]> By: Tennessee Budd http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-656806 Tennessee Budd Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:11:56 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-656806 God bless 'em. God bless ‘em.

]]> By: Eric Chen http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-656602 Eric Chen Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:25:59 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2008/01/17/inspiring/#comment-656602 As a former soldier, this sounds perfectly reasonable and ordinary to me. Movies on post begin with a display of the flag on-screen and the national anthem. The American flag and national anthem are treated with actual reverence and ritualized codes of behavior in the military. As well, soldiers are take-charge, field-expedient problem-solvers. I would have found it more unreasonable for the soldiers either to act like unruly teenagers at the disruption of the movie or stand at attention the rest of the night, waiting passively for the taped national anthem to finish. As a former soldier, this sounds perfectly reasonable and ordinary to me. Movies on post begin with a display of the flag on-screen and the national anthem. The American flag and national anthem are treated with actual reverence and ritualized codes of behavior in the military. As well, soldiers are take-charge, field-expedient problem-solvers. I would have found it more unreasonable for the soldiers either to act like unruly teenagers at the disruption of the movie or stand at attention the rest of the night, waiting passively for the taped national anthem to finish.

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