An Army Airborne Ranger stands in the
rain with a 45 lb pack on his back, weapon in hand, after having jumped
from an airplane and marched 18 miles, and says with a smile, "This is
good s##t!"
A Navy Seal lies in the mud, 55 lb pack
on his back, weapon in hand, after swimming 10 miles to shore, crawling
through a swamp and marching 25 miles at night past the enemy positions,
says with a grin, "This really is great s##t."
A Marine, up to his nose in the stinking,
bug-infested mud of a swamp with a 65 lb pack on his back and a weapon
in both hands after jumping from an aircraft at high altitude, into the
ocean, swimming 12 miles to the shore, killing several alligators to enter
the swamp, then crawling 30 miles through the brush to assault an enemy
camp, says, "I love this s##t!"
An Air Force officer sits in an easy chair in his air conditioned, carpeted BOQ room and says, "The cable's out? What kind of s##t is this?"