AndúniëAndúnië :: confessions of a failed polymathafter action review- May 3, 2006 (I wrote most of this prior to graduating from AIT on 6 April.) IT SEEMS STRANGE, but I was better informed about current events in general, and the war in particular, before I joined the military. At BCT (Basic Combat Training, aka boot camp) this was understandable, as the prevailing wisdom still maintains that isolating recruits from the outside world aids the soldierization process. Even newspapers were considered contraband; any questions that I raised about happenings in Iraq were...http://www.andunie.net/mt-archives/000854.php |