I have something I need to admit. I feel pretty guilty about posting a picture of Full Metal Jacket on top of the Sgt. Brown article. As much as I like Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann, he's a bloated parody. Sgt. Brown was not like that. I know that it's a seducing thought for leftist and non-Americans to think that the troops are bloodthirsty savages, but that's not the reality. Good and evil, except in a very few cases are in the eye of the beholder.
Today, I wanted to share with you another fascinating element of the U.S Army. Cadence songs. I know they serve their purpose, to hold the cadence and keep the privates' minds occupied during physical efforts, but I can help finding them beautiful. There has been a lot parodies (and a lot of original funny cadence songs too) but listen to the ones I posted, particularly "If I die". There is a sincerity to them, in the lyrics and in the delivery, that makes them somehow heartwarming. Expect to see some of these songs appear in my stories somewhere down the line....
