No Life Cheese Dicks or "I've Never Seen Such a Big Bottle of Haterade."

"I usually don't respond to hate mail or comments but the last few days have been funny. I have received several e-mails and comments from "soldiers" claiming to be on active duty.

For those of you who can't live with the fact that someone is going to get a little well known from something they do well you may just have to deal with it and go back home to get a job at the same factory your old man did. Maybe all of you had to join the military because you could do nothing else.

I served from 1986 to 1991 then got out as an NCO and decided to come back in leaving my life in Miami behind in 2001. I wasn't rich but I was far from poor. I watched the towers go down and decided that was the time to do it all over again. my friend Joe did it with me as well but he stayed an 11B and now walks with a cane thanks to an Iraqi mortar.

I am an NCO, I have had responsibility over dozens of soldiers, was a team leader as an 11B, I am a squad leader again, and earned the right to:"
Candle in the Dark