Reply #72: I served from 87-91.

[Scoody Boo]

Made 77 parachute jumps (one into enemy fire in Panama), got chased by SCUDs falling out of the sky during Desert Storm. Not a scratch on me from any of that.

Two years ago I am climbing up the porch stairs with a bag of groceries and I trip over my damned dog. Broke my ankle, shattered it actually. Now it is held together with plates and screws. I limp a little when I walk, it becomes a pronounced limp when I run.

I would love to go back into the Rangers, but with this leg, I would not even be allowed to be a cook.

I do not want to serve because I support Bush, but I still see those young kids over there with a Sergeant's eye and as my troops. Too many of them are coming back in caskets or maimed. Maybe, when the chips are down, I could take the place of one of them.