You gotta love this!!!>
This is a story told by GEN Tommy R. Franks, who commands Central
> Command:
>
> "I ended a recent operations briefing for a lot of our folks over there
> (in Afghanistan) by discussing some of their morale issues. I related
> to them about a recent meeting and tour I had with the American
> ambassador when we went around inspecting all of our Marines deployed
> into their fighting positions. "I reminded all of the assembled
> officers that Marines live in holes and don't have a house to live in
> like 'heavy forces.' No tank or lots of tents to sleep in. They carry
> their 'house' on their back and they live in fighting holes. Although
> the Marines had just lost a buddy (in a Humvee accident), their spirit
> was 'uplifting'. "A question posed by the ambassador to a Marine drove
> this point home. The ambassador asked a young Marine private sitting in
> his hole, 'how is it here in the hole?' The private answered, 'Kind of
> like the beach without water.' The ambassador then asked, 'If you could
> get something, what would you like to have?' "I related to all of our
> folks assembled there in front of me that most of us would have
> answered, 'a hot meal', 'a cot', 'a shower,' but this Marine private
> said, 'I could use some more ammunition.'
>
>
This is a story told by GEN Tommy R. Franks, who commands Central
> Command:
>
> "I ended a recent operations briefing for a lot of our folks over there
> (in Afghanistan) by discussing some of their morale issues. I related
> to them about a recent meeting and tour I had with the American
> ambassador when we went around inspecting all of our Marines deployed
> into their fighting positions. "I reminded all of the assembled
> officers that Marines live in holes and don't have a house to live in
> like 'heavy forces.' No tank or lots of tents to sleep in. They carry
> their 'house' on their back and they live in fighting holes. Although
> the Marines had just lost a buddy (in a Humvee accident), their spirit
> was 'uplifting'. "A question posed by the ambassador to a Marine drove
> this point home. The ambassador asked a young Marine private sitting in
> his hole, 'how is it here in the hole?' The private answered, 'Kind of
> like the beach without water.' The ambassador then asked, 'If you could
> get something, what would you like to have?' "I related to all of our
> folks assembled there in front of me that most of us would have
> answered, 'a hot meal', 'a cot', 'a shower,' but this Marine private
> said, 'I could use some more ammunition.'
>
>
