It's an odd world after all

One of Sudan's "lost boys" is now a sergeant
with the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan. Peter Kuch remembered about
his early life in Sudan that after his village was attacked, he hid by day and
walked by night and over the course of many months, made it to Kenya. I bet
Fort Benning seemed easy after that.

It reminds me of a Marine I met who was had been an illegal
immigrant from Belize. When he joined the Marines he was amazed that not only
did he get good food and a clean bed, he also got paid. On the downside, he had
thought they worked at Sea World.