Lawyer Gives Up Practice to Join Army

[Bossy Monkey]

Nov 3, 5:29 AM EST

Lawyer Gives Up Practice to Join Army

By JAMIE STENGLE
Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) -- Running into an Army recruiter at a restaurant changed the life of lawyer Michael Brown - really.

Brown, 26, leaves Dallas on Thursday for Fort Benning, Ga., cutting his annual income from $120,000 to $18,000.

His impetus was a conversation this summer with Staff Sgt. Jerome Huntley.

"I had been thinking about doing it," Brown said. "It's on your heart and your thinking about doing it and there he is."

They talked in the Subway shop and the next day Huntley came to Brown's apartment to describe life in an Army special operations unit, such as the Rangers or Green Berets.

Huntley said Brown's enthusiasm eliminated any doubts about someone giving up a career as a lawyer.

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On the one hand, I'm inclined to ridicule the guy. On the other, we're always saying, "You want Bush? Where's your enlistment papers?" On the other other hand, joining the military in time of war 'cause you're a little bored makes him sound like a noodleloaf, so ridicule away.

[RummyTheDummy]

1. I'll give him about 2 days on the ground in Iraq

Before the "insurgents" chew him up and spit him out and into a pine box.

[BJ]

2. Being a lawyer he'll probably go right into the JAG office.

He won't see any fighting. Pimp.

[Nihil]

4. Especially as ...

... he gave the "loyal, altruistic, patriot" recruiting advertisement
to mug all of the less critical thinkers into "following" him ...

"Hey Jimbob, lookee here .. one of those rich lawya types has just
signed up ... must be good ... what sez you we do the same eh?"

[RivetJoint]

6. He enlisted, he is not seeking a commission

[mr blur]

3. Dickhead

Let him go, see how much he enjoys a tour of Iraq or wherever else your moronic President decides is the next threat to freedom and the American Way Of Life.

[JSJ]

5. from shyster to child-slayer - just like that!