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12-14-2009, 02:19 AM
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#1 | | :inoutugh:
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| How an American soldier is made.
Semi long read, mostly pictures though. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rican-soldier/ Quote: |
Originally Posted by Preview Ian Fisher : American Soldier
September 10th, 2009
This is how an American soldier is made.
For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted below.
The story was written by Kevin Simpson with Michael Riley, Bruce Finley and Craig F. Walker. It was reported by Riley in Colorado and at Fort Benning, Ga., Finley at Fort Carson and in Iraq, and photographer Craig F. Walker throughout.
The multimedia project, including all the photos, video and special features, can be viewed at www.denverpost.com/americansoldier. 
June 1, 2007. 2:03 p.m. Ian returns a phone call to Sgt. 1st Class Gavino Barron, the commander at Ian’s Army recruiting office. Barron was making sure Ian was on track for enlistment. When he was 17, Ian had joined the Army’s Future Soldier Training Program, which prepares recruits for the enlistment process. Barron recalls his initial impression of Ian: “He wasn’t in it for the money. He was only in it for God and country. That’s the reason most infantrymen join. 
May 31, 2007. 11:26 a.m. Ian studies his transcript and diploma as he departs the Bear Creek High School commencement at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. He dismisses the importance of the ceremony but not of the diploma. “If I didn’t get my diploma, I couldn’t join the Army, I couldn’t do anything like that – and where would I be?” Looking back, he said, “I wish it went by a lot slower and I did a lot of things differently … grades.” Ian’s grade-point average was 2.0346. | | 
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12-14-2009, 03:06 AM
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#2 | | Cool beans bro
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Crazy read. I actually read through all of it and it was amazing.
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12-14-2009, 04:15 AM
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#3 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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wow... really amazing!
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12-14-2009, 06:10 AM
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#4 | | ESKETIT
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well worth the read
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12-14-2009, 06:27 AM
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#5 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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Coles notes: Don't enroll do drugs. If you want to do anything more interesting than a chauffeur, enlist after college so you won't be a grunt.
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12-14-2009, 07:25 AM
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#6 | | Official Texas Ambassador
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Originally Posted by godwin  Coles notes: Don't enroll do drugs. If you want to do anything more interesting than a chauffeur, become a commissioned officer after college so you won't be a grunt. |
Fixed that for you
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12-14-2009, 01:53 PM
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#7 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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reminds me my days in the reserves. too bad pay was crap in those days. anybody know whats the scale now?
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12-14-2009, 02:06 PM
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#8 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Wow what an interesting read. I wonder how different (or shittier) the experience is for the Canadian forces?
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12-14-2009, 02:22 PM
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#9 | | misfortune cookie (V)
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12-14-2009, 02:34 PM
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#10 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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whoah he went through 4 girls
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12-14-2009, 02:37 PM
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#11 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Originally Posted by raygunpk whoah he went through 4 girls | while in basic AND iraq
and he married that last one pretty fast lol
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12-14-2009, 03:02 PM
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#12 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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12-14-2009, 03:24 PM
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#13 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Good read
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12-14-2009, 11:16 PM
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#14 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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very interesting
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12-15-2009, 01:11 AM
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#15 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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good read
he sure got married fast though
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12-15-2009, 01:41 AM
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#16 | | I STILL don't get it
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is there a video for this?
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12-15-2009, 10:39 AM
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#17 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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^^ a video would be nice lol
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12-15-2009, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Jsunu and he married that last one pretty fast lol |
Deployed soldiers get more money if they're married
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12-15-2009, 11:49 AM
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#19 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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I give that marriage a year.
In some of those pictures that kid still has a total baby face. It's hard to think of him as a soldier. He can't even legally drink in the U.S...
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