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re: Offseason Thread - What is the Deal With The Junction Boys?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 9:19 am to cardboardboxer
Posted on 1/14/15 at 9:19 am to cardboardboxer
I've always seen it as something that most of us who went through the corps could relate to. We experienced something similar, but not to that magnitude.
Fish year was hell with an endless list of requirements that have no real purpose. They were physically grueling, deprived us of sleep, took away all the things that make life comfortable, and bored us to tears.
Why go through all of that? It doesn't end in any kind of tangible accomplishment. What it does is build fortitude the same way lifting weights builds muscle and show you that your limits are way beyond where you thought they were.
The Junction Boys story appeals to me and, I assume, ags like me because it's like watching the super bowl of what we went through. It doesn't matter that they didn't accomplish much on the field after that. The result worth celebrating is the quality of men that came through it.
Fish year was hell with an endless list of requirements that have no real purpose. They were physically grueling, deprived us of sleep, took away all the things that make life comfortable, and bored us to tears.
Why go through all of that? It doesn't end in any kind of tangible accomplishment. What it does is build fortitude the same way lifting weights builds muscle and show you that your limits are way beyond where you thought they were.
The Junction Boys story appeals to me and, I assume, ags like me because it's like watching the super bowl of what we went through. It doesn't matter that they didn't accomplish much on the field after that. The result worth celebrating is the quality of men that came through it.
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Posted on 1/14/15 at 10:50 am to Pilgrim Shadow
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I've always seen it as something that most of us who went through the corps could relate to. We experienced something similar, but not to that magnitude.
Fish year was hell with an endless list of requirements that have no real purpose. They were physically grueling, deprived us of sleep, took away all the things that make life comfortable, and bored us to tears.
Why go through all of that? It doesn't end in any kind of tangible accomplishment. What it does is build fortitude the same way lifting weights builds muscle and show you that your limits are way beyond where you thought they were.
The Junction Boys story appeals to me and, I assume, ags like me because it's like watching the super bowl of what we went through. It doesn't matter that they didn't accomplish much on the field after that. The result worth celebrating is the quality of men that came through it.
This is kind of how I feel.
Except being bored during fish year. We were in class, running, or on our face most of the time. Guess the Corps has gotten soft. Needs more Junction.
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