It's the story of two brothers from Guyana, who enlisted in the Army, and are in Kuwait (82nd Airborne). It'll make you feel good. For me, it also made me ponder the question...how could our least democratic institution, the Armed Forces, be the best for providing equal opportunity for all? Strikes me as ironic, but there you have it. http://www.newsobserver.com/iraq/latest_front/story/2317115p-2174709c.html
Great story Dave. It's always nice to hear some good things reported in the sea of all the negativity today. Thread-jacking at it's finest.
He was actually Mohammed Farrah Aidid's (the guy we were going in after) son, and participated in the action in Somalia. Alex
To these two brothers..... I want to say Thank You. What a telling quote. "I tell them that they need to travel and see other places," he said. "I tell them, 'You better understand how lucky you are.' They don't know." No....some of us don't.
I'm surprised that their wives aren't stateside already. I wonder if they were married prior to joining the service. That should accelerate the wives' approval for citizenship. I have to say, though, that in just my four short years in the Air Force, I encountered a lot of serviceman that had joined just to become citizens. I can't think of a more honorable way to do it.