Is it me, or do he and Olivia have like the opposite of chemistry? I can’t figure out what the hell they see in each other. (It may not help that Jake makes me weak in the knees, and has since I saw him in The Unit.)

I got over it when I was 21 and got commissioned into the Army. When you have people your father’s age calling you “ma’am” unironically, it loses the weirdness fast.

...is caused by the constriction of the pants.

Maybe not old, but clearly not understanding what it is to be a professional athlete in a team sport and a key player on that team. Yes, it’s just one game, but it’s a continental championship that presumably she had an integral role in helping her team get to. I bet if he was the pro, he’d go and miss his son’s first…

I didn’t think you were. :-) I’m aghast that someone could come out of a place like that with such a sense of self-importance. While there are assholes in every group, I really do feel like the men and women in my class did understand at some level that it isn’t always all about them.

Well, that one, anyway. I’m one of “those people”, as well as a military school graduate, and I guarantee you that I didn’t turn out like him (aside from the whole being a woman part). Of course, I wanted to go to military school. I wasn’t sent there because I was incorrigible.

Was just watching their live feed; he’s reportedly still alive as of 12:08 pm EST, 8/26/2015.

Yeah, but turn it into a fashion victim version of it, like the SLA reimagined by 1985 Vogue. You get stark, dramatic “Patty Smyth in ‘The Warrior’ video” makeup, high heeled combat boots, silk cargo pants, a destroyed tee turned into a tank top, and a beret.

Aren’t skinny BN commanders the most terrifying things? They’re usually marathoners, and those of us who’d rather go lift are like... well, fuck. Battalion PT is going to suuuuuuuuck.

I dunno... I ran the land nav range at Ft Dix during the surge in 2007, though. That was a good job, even though we worked a truly ridiculous number of hours.

I’m out ow, anyway. But as for attention to detail... you should see my hand sewing. I often have to remind myself that while I might prefer small stitches, I…

*grin* I agree with everything but the last one. #notallofficers ;-) I was an officer and I freaking rocked at land nav. I got a first time go at land nav in OBC (I was also the only female in my class to qualify on the range as a first-time go). I did an entire course in ROTC in Vermont by terrain association — I…

All that, and that’s a winter shot. Ain’t no snow at Ranger School this summer! (I was APPALLED at the loose chin strap!)

I had it opposite — I maxed pushups easily, even surpassed max and just stopped pushing at 1:30 because it wasn’t gaining me any points, but I always struggled with situps. Running just *sucks*.

Nobody is being drafted, male or female.

I went to military college. The student body was almost entirely 20-something men and women; no non-traditional students. There were never any children on campus... until some moms came along and brought their kids into the snack bar/student union (no idea what they were doing on campus), and let them run around while…

Their “happy”, you’re happy, everyone’s happy.

OMG yes. I teach kids karate and they argue with me over teensy details ALL THE TIME.

There was a Jinjur in the Oz books. An antagonist, even:

You said caffeine. You didn’t say ridiculous amounts of caffeine.

Anywhere you get a coffee shake?