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The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero; A modern Renaissance man
Topic Started: May 4 2016, 01:39 AM (401 Views)
Mr. Tik
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I asked if he ever talked about it. Jason shook his head no. Did they find out anyway? “Always.”

The first time was at Fort Benning in 1994, in the middle of the hell of basic training. The ex-cop recruits in boot camp with him said that prisoners had more freedom than they did. There were guys who faked suicide attempts to get out of basic. But Everman never had any doubts. “I was 100 percent,” he told me. “If I wasn’t, there was no way I’d get through it.”

He had three drill sergeants, two of whom were sadists. Thank God it was the easygoing one who saw it. He was reading a magazine, when he slowly looked up and stared at Everman. Then the sergeant walked over, pointing to a page in the magazine. “Is this you?” It was a photo of the biggest band in the world, Nirvana. Kurt Cobain had just killed himself, and this was a story about his suicide. Next to Cobain was the band’s onetime second guitarist. A guy with long, strawberry blond curls. “Is this you?”

Everman exhaled. “Yes, Drill Sergeant.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/magazine/evermans-war.html?_r=0

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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up
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In Nirvana

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In Soundgarden

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In Special Forces..He was a Green Beret

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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up
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Robert Stout
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Your dad had to limit his pride that you served in the Boy Scouts ???................. :dunno:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Robert Stout
May 4 2016, 02:30 AM
Your dad had to limit his pride that you served in the Boy Scouts ???................. :dunno:
What are you babbling about?
You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up
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BuckFan

Thanks for posting this. A good read. Reminds me of an Ernie Pyle type story. I have nothing but admiration for Green Berets.
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