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Old 08-31-2005, 22:06   #1
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Yon Blog

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/

You guys seen this?
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.

Still want to quit?
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Old 08-31-2005, 23:30   #2
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I have now.

Good read.

Thanks for posting it NDD.

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Old 08-31-2005, 23:41   #3
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Wow, some incredible pictures there.
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Old 09-01-2005, 00:59   #4
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Read it last week.

Good stuff.
Great LTC and CSM.
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Old 09-01-2005, 07:44   #5
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WTF? Has Michael Yon not been informed to do his reporting from the Green Zone like all of the more experienced and credentialed reporters from CNN, Reuters,Time, Newsweek, etc? What a showboat. He actually embeds himself with a combat unit just to report accurately about those damn brave soldiers. What is the blogosphere coming to. Before you know it people will start using blogs to obtain their information on what is going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Three heroes that Day.......And Mr. Yon was one of them.
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Old 09-01-2005, 13:04   #6
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It's difficult to find the right adjectives to describe Michael Yon's reporting and his writing on his blog. Thank god we have him.

But if he does not win a Pulitzer Prize for some of his photography, then a grave misjustice will have been done.

The rules of the Pulitzer state that one must be part of an 'organization'.

Only published reports and photographs by United States-based newspapers or daily news organizations are eligible for the journalism prize.

Michael is an independent journalist, and the man deserves to be properly recognized for doing what most other journalists are failing at so miserably.
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Old 09-01-2005, 13:15   #7
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Put him in the running for the first ProfessionalSoldiers.com award for best Journalism.
It could be called the CPB (Camera, Pen and Boots)
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