Earl Horan:  

g about the paper pushers in Raleigh looking over your shoulder. We could be a lot more hooah but mostly we are glorified (if you think of us as glorified at all) bill collectors for the state. "Did you pay your monies this month? Okay, come on lets go pee in the cup." It really is almost as bad as that scene from Goodfellas where they are doing money,gun and drug deals in the lobby! But once again I've been blessed with a great inner circle of friends who do not make me dread going to work in the morning. Don't let your kids go in to Criminal Justice unless it's federal and that is a lock - not a maybe! My boss told me last week (Oct '07) "you've got a self-destructive streak . . . you always run off at the mouth then apologize" to which I told him I would stop apologizing in the future! Military Ah what fun in the land of heated floors - sliding doors and slant eyed whores. Korea the land of the morning calm. And that's just because the 2nd Infantry Division soldiers all had hangovers. Worked hard & played hard. I really believed we were there to do good and had a mission - felt pretty rewarding and good. What a beautiful great place where the locals were sometimes nice, but your buddies are great so you didn't really notice. Pat Horrigan, Hal Boschler, Eric Fellhauer, Chris Kilcommons. Thunder Runs, all the different Villes. It's been over 10 years and I think about overthere, y'all and our time every day. 2 great years then got out and sat around for five. Then they called me back and said find a unit or we'll find one for you - hello Army Boat Transportation Company (I was so afraid I'd be stuck in Wilson, NC in a Motor Pool or something like that) I couldn't wait for the drills and the annual training- I did one at Atlantic Beach, NC the other in Panama City Panama - enough said. God bless the green machine and I ya know I never needed any damn yellow ribbon! Or love the troops e-mail chains!!