Reply #61: I found this link on Digby as well

[Canuckistanian]

This Sparling seems to be everywhere! Here, he's training new Marines in a USMA propaganda piece:

http://www.usma.edu/publicaffairs/directorscorner/fayettevilleobsaug05.htm

Last week, as a machine gun fired blanks in the distance, Byrnes and her partner, Chin Lin, dodged from cover-to-cover as they ran the assault course, which teaches the cadets how to use grenades in combat.

82nd Pvt. Joshua Sparling was right behind them, offering advice the whole way.

"Always have two hands on your weapon. That way if you see anybody - boom, boom," he yelled at Byrnes as she ran for cover, her M-16 flailing at her side.

Lin dove behind a stump as Byrnes covered him. He rolled over on his back to fish a grenade out of a pouch on his belt, exposing his head to the machine gun fire.

"You have to keep down below that cover so you don't get popped in the head," Sparling yelled. Lin quickly tucked his head back behind the stump.