Thursday, March 16, 2006

'It's the best job I can imagine'

At 29, Army Capt. Chris Nunn commands hundreds of men, millions in equipment — and a piece of America's foreign policy objective in Afghanistan.

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Eastern Afghanistan - Capt. Chris Nunn was bitten by a rattlesnake while enrolled in one of the U.S. military's toughest training programs: the Army's elite Ranger School.

Yet instead of washing out, he sucked it up, and was back within 48 hours, limping through the perilous "mountains" phase of the training. He eventually passed the course to earn the coveted Ranger tab.

Adopted as an infant, Nunn grew up on a cattle ranch in Panhandle, Texas, located, of course, in the Texas panhandle. He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in history and entered the army as an officer through the university's ROTC program. He served in Korea as a member of the 2nd Infantry Division and during the invasion of Iraq as a member of the 101st Airborne Division...

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This is a must-read. Make sure to check out the comments. The usual assortment of moonbats, but a heartening number of those who support our troops as well.

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