April 5, 2026
A song that represents where you live
My high school girlfriend lived in the same neighborhood where Barry Sadler did when he recorded The Ballad of the Green Berets - about a mile from the gate of Ft. Bragg. I've been a soldier or lived among them my entire life. The guys in Special Forces tend to be pretty smart and usually interesting. The training is rigorous, mentally and physically. It's kind of funny how many of them become teachers when they retire - at all grade levels. One of the most decorated men I ever knew (five Purple Hearts, four Bronze Stars, a Silver star) taught third grade.