Recently, a US Army Drill Sergeant shared this beauty written by a new recruit when queried on his motives for joining Big Green.
Some have said this is the worst reason ever to join the Army but they are just out of touch. These detractors have obviously never spent any time around Group back in the ’80s. There were loads of Tolkien reading, DnD playing, sword forging dudes in SF back then.
What’s your story? Tell us why you chose your career/job. We’ll choose our 9 favorites and award them with their very own Limited Edition ‘Keep Calm Return Fire’ patch made famous during SHOT Show 2013. Why award 9 patches, you might ask? Well that’s easy. In honor of the raw recruit’s LOTR reference we will give away 9 KCRF patches, one for each member of the Fellowship of the Ring.
From now until 2359Z 10 Feb 2013 post your entry here, on THIS post on SSD and nowhere else. Only entries here are eligible to win.
Use any alias you want to post but be sure to use a valid email address since that’s how we’ll contact the winners.
One entry per email address. We will delete entries that violate this policy.
Must be 18 to enter. Void where prohibited.
Hot Shots has just added a limited edition run of T-shirts to their Webstore. These come from UK fashion brand ‘Pretty Green®’, these limited edition crew neck, 100% jersey cotton T-shirts incorporate the 2013 logo on the chest. 
