The resiliency and sense of humor of deployed soldiers never ceases to amaze me. OK, Marines are funny, too…they’re just different. A soldier can be faced with an uncomfortable, maybe even miserable, situation and respond with a cursed complaint issued through a wry smile, immediately followed by an attempt to make a buddy laugh. It may take the form of a resurrected form of ancient combat, inspired by an all-night viewing of A Knight’s Tale and adapted to available equipment, or the feigned assurance that this plague of biblical proportions really will impart the ability to fly.
I didn’t take these pictures and I’m not even sure where they’re from- they were forwarded to me by a friend- but I’ve seen an incredible spectrum of these forms of amusement. And they work.
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