tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post5474640273590179630..comments2024-03-07T05:17:49.252-05:00Comments on Boiled Sports: Tuesday Twitter Tsunami - Real World InteractionsJ Moneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925161304409415806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-59209607709278861042011-11-08T10:19:49.294-05:002011-11-08T10:19:49.294-05:00This post was emailed to us because the sender cou...This post was emailed to us because the sender could only view the post while taking a 'Bio Break'.<br /><br />Comments and well wishers can contact him on Twitter @brown11b<br /><br />"Sept. 11, 2001 was a few weeks into my first semester at Purdue. I watched the first cruise missiles being shot into Iraq from a bar in Canada on Spring Break of my sophomore year. I skipped A LOT of class to watch CNN and ground invasion of Iraq. I became very fearful that I was going to miss out on my generation’s opportunity to go off and experience war. (Looking back now with conflict in Afghanistan raging ever strong 10+ years later I was obviously was a little short-sighted and greatly miscalculated the length it would continue.) Due to my mistaken fear I was going to miss out on the war I enlisted in the Army after the end of my sophomore year. I left for basic training in November of 2003.<br />One of my Drill Sergeants looked exactly like Damon Wayans in Major Payne. After about a week the Drill Instructors started calling us in the office one by one to interview us individually and to asses if anyone was going to snap.<br />During the interview, the D.I. had my personal file in front of him. After a minute or so he came to my college transcript. “So we have an Ivy Leaguer in our ranks.” “No Drill Sgt., Purdue is a great school, but it isn’t in the Ivy League, but it is a member of the Big 10(11).” “DO I LOOK STUPID PRIVATE? DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SLIDE THAT ONE BY ME PRIVATE? I KNOW PURDUE IS IN THE IVY LEAGUE.” “Yes Drill Sgt.” “Since you a probably a genius for getting into an Ivy League school you are a squad leader now Private.” <br />I think many people in all the Armed Services may know that being given any level of leadership at basic training is less than desirable. It is added responsibility for a bunch of screw-ups around you with no add benefits.<br />I had heard Purdue alumni say that people from the west coast would often consider Purdue as Ivy League, but it was a rough way for me to gain some personal experience in that matter.<br /> <br />Boiler Up (& for the Purdue marketing staff MAKERS ALL!"THuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082759195376944363noreply@blogger.com