Word: soldierly
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...found on the walls of many military offices that read, "The reason the American Army does so well in war is because war is chaos and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis." Planning of course is supposed to eliminate the chaos of the battlefield, but every soldier knows that's impossible. According to Lehr, "Planning is a point of departure. It is all about flexibility...
...into town. But the national celebration was tempered on Saturday when the Pentagon identified the remains of nine of her compatriots from the 507th who were found in shallow graves near the hospital where Lynch was rescued. "Of course there is a feeling of satisfaction when you get one soldier back," Centcom spokesman Brigadier General Vincent Brooks told TIME in an interview last week, "but it is a temporary satisfaction." Even at its most fleeting, the feeling was hard to let go. --Reported by Brian Bennett/Tallil, Sally B. Donnelly/Doha and Marc Hequet/Palestine, with other bureaus
...then who would have thought that the war's great hero thus far would be a teenager assigned to the rear supply lines? Jessica Lynch, the person and the story, defies so many wartime stereotypes that she has forced us to create a new one: the scrappy, indomitable, steely soldier chick. Liberal feminists I know who reflexively opposed this war woke up changed women the morning that Lynch's exploits were described in the Washington Post. "I hope she blew them all away," one told me, her surging sense of pride and solidarity trumping her lifelong abhorrence of firearms...
...soldier, pilot, mother and woman, Laura Richardson is an incredible role model. Her example transcends all cultural barriers." PATRICIA B. SOLECKI Moorestown...
...also retired). We loved our time in the service. I am proud to be an American, to be a veteran and to have served when I was married with three daughters. It takes a strong individual to make a career in the military, and being married to a career soldier when you are one is a wonderful combination. You learn that there is nothing you can't do. The rewards outweigh the sacrifice--and there is plenty of sacrifice. LINDA LUNA-KRESS Apex...