Comments on: The Making of a Sojer http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/04/the-making-of-a-sojer/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Spencer http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/04/the-making-of-a-sojer/comment-page-1/#comment-522817 Spencer Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:09:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12271#comment-522817 Ooops. Here is the linky. http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14868562 Ooops. Here is the linky. http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14868562

]]> By: Spencer http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/04/the-making-of-a-sojer/comment-page-1/#comment-522816 Spencer Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:09:36 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12271#comment-522816 The photographer from the DP, Craig Walker, won the Pulitzer for this story. The photographer from the DP, Craig Walker, won the Pulitzer for this story.

]]> By: AW1 Tim http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/04/the-making-of-a-sojer/comment-page-1/#comment-459319 AW1 Tim Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:04:32 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12271#comment-459319 Blackeagle, You betcha! I understand exactly what you are saying. My son remarked that I was quite accurate in what he was going to experience at Fort Benning. :) But yeah, the uniforms and names change, but the faces and experiences never do. Blackeagle,

You betcha! I understand exactly what you are saying. My son remarked that I was quite accurate in what he was going to experience at Fort Benning. :)

But yeah, the uniforms and names change, but the faces and experiences never do.

]]> By: blackeagle603 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/04/the-making-of-a-sojer/comment-page-1/#comment-458965 blackeagle603 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:07 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12271#comment-458965 Whoo-boy, the personal life choice stuff in that young's man's life... Major flash back to all that counseling I got to do of airmen and 3rd Classes. Looking back it was some sort of prep for life now with teenage and young adult children. The kids wonder how it is I seem to read their minds and anticipate their next excuse. The clairvoyant father I am. /heh. Yes indeed. Little do they know, it's just a rerun of a past life as a 2nd and 1st Class PO sorting through the tales of woe of Airman So-and-So from Brainerd, MN and how he was mistreated and misunderstood by the Virginia Beach Police. Whoo-boy, the personal life choice stuff in that young’s man’s life…

Major flash back to all that counseling I got to do of airmen and 3rd Classes. Looking back it was some sort of prep for life now with teenage and young adult children.

The kids wonder how it is I seem to read their minds and anticipate their next excuse. The clairvoyant father I am. /heh. Yes indeed. Little do they know, it’s just a rerun of a past life as a 2nd and 1st Class PO sorting through the tales of woe of Airman So-and-So from Brainerd, MN and how he was mistreated and misunderstood by the Virginia Beach Police.

]]> By: ChrisP http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/04/the-making-of-a-sojer/comment-page-1/#comment-458880 ChrisP Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:39:46 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12271#comment-458880 Looks like the young man had a struggle with the "tear down the individual and build up the member of a team" aspect of Army Basic. It's pretty disorienting. I went through it at Ft. Campbell, Ky. in 1968 at the age of 18. Having your 'self-image' shattered at the point in your young life where you have all the answers(Hah!)can be a real eye-opener. Looks like he made it, albeit with a stumble or two. Great photo-essay! Cheers! ChrisP Looks like the young man had a struggle with the “tear down the individual and build up the member of a team” aspect of Army Basic. It’s pretty disorienting. I went through it at Ft. Campbell, Ky. in 1968 at the age of 18. Having your ‘self-image’ shattered at the point in your young life where you have all the answers(Hah!)can be a real eye-opener. Looks like he made it, albeit with a stumble or two.

Great photo-essay!

Cheers!
ChrisP

]]> By: mark http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/04/the-making-of-a-sojer/comment-page-1/#comment-458837 mark Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:43:17 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12271#comment-458837 What a great photo essay. His experiences are very typical of many young soldiers and sailors. Some of it you hate to see, even though you really hope he'll learn from it all. Does the life ever really change? What a great photo essay. His experiences are very typical of many young soldiers and sailors. Some of it you hate to see, even though you really hope he’ll learn from it all. Does the life ever really change?

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