Not much...

Not much happened last night. I worked a side job then played Halo 2 for a few hours. I stayed up late last night reading I Am A Soldier, Too. The book is about Jessica Lynch and her trials as a supply clerk and POW. Anyone in the Army who reads this will see a very clear picture of what happened despite the author's best efforts to paint the story. In some ways it angered me to see the fact that the company broke and ran leaving several members behind, and that there were several soldiers who managed to engage the enemy despite the claims that dust had rendered everyone's weapon inoperative. The soldiers whose weapons did work were from the Patriot battery they, the 407th Maint., were supporting. Some 407th soldiers also had working weapons. Somehow a whole Army had working weapons and they fought and traveled in the same desert. The bottom line is PFC Lynch wasn't disciplined enough, or focused enough to maintain her weapon properly and her leadership didn't ensure she was prepared. I was in northern Kuwait when Lynch was taken captive. Maintaining weapons was very difficult, but you can bet your ass every convoy I went on I ensured that my rifle would chamber a round before I stepped foot in a HUMVEE.

To her credit she does admit that she did not go out in a blaze of glory and gunfire, and I admire her for her service, her sacrifice, and her honesty. As for the media and the military they, as they always have, should be ashamed for stretching the truth in the most self-serving way possible. In result many fellow soldiers were angry at the story because of the press it received while so many were sacrificing so much more. Congratulations, PFC Lynch, good luck, and next time make sure the truth is told first, and the book is sold second.