When the alarm sounds - how to get into position quick enough

[headquarters]

here is link to a Norwegian newspaper story about a 19 year old grunt who had to turn out during an attack on a US position in Afghanistan.

http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/05/22/n...nriks/6348264/

It says the guy was asleep when he had to rush out to man positions against talibob attack .

Apparently the pic was taken by a journalist who then had it printed on the front page of the times.

dedicated young man .showing his pink boxers to the world takes courage .

had to smile at the pic -but the guy did good and the high ups say that he preformed with guts .

[kato13]

It got a fair amount of press here. One thing that most of the stories I saw always mentioned was that the boxers said "I Love New York" and that the soldier decided to join just after 9/11.

Couple of english links.

http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSN21294974

http://cbs11tv.com/watercooler/Zacha...2.1011461.html

[pmulcahy11b]

They showed that same picture in our local newspaper about two days ago...my mom and I had a laugh.

[JimmyRay73]

Charging into battle in uniform shows patriotism. Charging into battle in your PJs shows the world that you're a bad-ass.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by JimmyRay73

Charging into battle in uniform shows patriotism. Charging into battle in your PJs shows the world that you're a bad-ass.

At least he was wearing something

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

At least he was wearing something

But charging into battle butt-naked would show you really have balls...