From the Denver Post:
For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted below.
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6 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Reading the article and watching the photos one thought immediately strikes me – How can it be possible to put a machine gun in his hands, send him to a forgein country with a totally different culture than his own and at the same time expect him to do anything useful whatsoever. Just looking at these pictures is a living story of the sickness of American society today.
I want a follow-up piece on how long that marriage lasts.
When did I get old enough for soldiers to look this young?
Per: I also had that uneasy feeling. He’s the kid next door who watches reality TV and plays drinking games and compares his tattoos with his pals, and in a matter of months he’s on the other side of the planet in a country he couldn’t have located on a map that speaks a language he didn’t know existed. And he has a M249 machine gun.
i love the one with the picture of his pills and the caption saying “o well its not weed”
I impressed that he made it to the end. He had a rough patch there in the first third of the story. If I join the Army, can I have a hot wife when I get out too?