An Army grunt stands in the rain with a 35 lb. pack on his back,
15 lb. weapon in hand, after having marched 12 miles, and says, "This is sht."
An Army Airborne Ranger stands in the rain with a 45 lb. pack on his back,
weapon in hand, after having jumped from an airplane
and marched 18 miles, and says with a smile, "This is good sht!"
A Navy Seal lies in the mud, 55 lb pack on his back, weapon in hand,
after swimming 10 miles to shore,
crawling through a swamp and marching 25 miles at night past the enemy positions,
says with a grin, "This really is great shit."
A Marine, up to his nose in the stinking, bug-infested mud of a swamp with a 65 lb pack on his back and a weapon in both hands after jumping from an aircraft at high altitude,
into the ocean, swimming 12 miles to the shore,
killing several alligators to enter the swamp, then crawling 30 miles through the brush to assault an enemy camp, says, "I love this sh*t!"
An Air Force NCO sits in an easy chair in an air-conditioned,
carpeted office in front of his computer and says, "My e-mail is out? What kind of shit is this?"