A FRIEND OF MINE FOUND THE FOLLOWING IN THE 12/05 ISSUE OF THE
>LEATHERNECK
> MAGAZINE. THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH PASSING ON TO THOSE THAT MIGHT
> APPRECIATE THE WISDOM OF A "GOOD OL' COUNTRY BOY", WHICH I'M SURE MANY
> OF YOU KNEW AT LEAST ONE WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES.
>
> A MARINE PATROL SAW A SMALL GROUP OF MEN SETTING UP EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
> ALONG A ROADWAY. THE INSURGENTS WERE TRANSPORTING THE EXPLOSIVES VIA
> A CART PULLED BY A DONKEY. WHEN THE MARINES MOVED TO INTERCEPT THEM,
> THE INSURGENTS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO FLEE THE AREA. HOWEVER, THEY LEFT
> THE CART AND DONKEY
>
> THE MARINES SEARCHED THE CART, TALLYING THE SIZE OF THE WEAPONS AND
> AMMUNITION CACHE AND LOOKING FOR CLUES AS TO WHERE THE INSURGENTS MAY
> HAVE COME FROM OR FLED TO.
>
> THE STAFF SERGANT, A COUNTRY BOY FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, WALKED UP TO THE
> DONKEY, UNHITCHED HIM FROM HIS HARNESS AND RELEASED HIM. AS THE
> DONKEY WALKED OFF INTO THE DISTANCE, THE MARINES FOLLOWED. SURE
> ENOUGH, THE DONKEY WENT HOME WITH THE MARINES IN TRACE, AND THERE
> SITTING AT THE HOUSE WERE SOME VERY SURPRISED AND QUICKLY SUBDUED
>INSURGENTS.
>
> OOOOOHRAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
>LEATHERNECK
> MAGAZINE. THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH PASSING ON TO THOSE THAT MIGHT
> APPRECIATE THE WISDOM OF A "GOOD OL' COUNTRY BOY", WHICH I'M SURE MANY
> OF YOU KNEW AT LEAST ONE WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES.
>
> A MARINE PATROL SAW A SMALL GROUP OF MEN SETTING UP EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
> ALONG A ROADWAY. THE INSURGENTS WERE TRANSPORTING THE EXPLOSIVES VIA
> A CART PULLED BY A DONKEY. WHEN THE MARINES MOVED TO INTERCEPT THEM,
> THE INSURGENTS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO FLEE THE AREA. HOWEVER, THEY LEFT
> THE CART AND DONKEY
>
> THE MARINES SEARCHED THE CART, TALLYING THE SIZE OF THE WEAPONS AND
> AMMUNITION CACHE AND LOOKING FOR CLUES AS TO WHERE THE INSURGENTS MAY
> HAVE COME FROM OR FLED TO.
>
> THE STAFF SERGANT, A COUNTRY BOY FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, WALKED UP TO THE
> DONKEY, UNHITCHED HIM FROM HIS HARNESS AND RELEASED HIM. AS THE
> DONKEY WALKED OFF INTO THE DISTANCE, THE MARINES FOLLOWED. SURE
> ENOUGH, THE DONKEY WENT HOME WITH THE MARINES IN TRACE, AND THERE
> SITTING AT THE HOUSE WERE SOME VERY SURPRISED AND QUICKLY SUBDUED
>INSURGENTS.
>
> OOOOOHRAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!