Tuesday, March 02, 2004

THIS HEADLINE SOUNDS SURPRISED

But I'm not.
Women distinguish themselves as officers in Iraq...

No one could blame the young soldier for taking off his Kevlar helmet - only for a moment - in the midday heat.

No one, of course, except his company commander. The West Point graduate began a profanity- filled tirade that had three effects: One, it showed the scope of physiological and literary allusions taught at the U.S. Military Academy. Second, it got the soldier to put his helmet back on right now. And finally, it delivered the lesson that neither he nor anyone who heard the lecture would ever cross Capt. Jennifer Knight. She can make you wish your parents had never been born.
Read it all and find out they can do more than curse.

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