Stripes: Arrrrmy training, sir!

"We're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're 10 and one!"

I had a good friend many years ago who served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He liked to joke that NAVY stands for Never Again Volunteer Yourself. He joined up by choice, of course. We were the generation that didn’t have to worry about the military draft. It had been scrapped in 1973 as the Vietnam War was winding down. The idea of entering the armed …