As much as I'd like to find some reason to make fun of the kid in that story, I can't.
Quite the opposite. I'm proud to know that, regardless of how cynical I get about the Air Force sometimes, there are young GIs like him who will do the right thing when the time comes.
Going out to fight on the line in PT gear with your M9?? Fuck yeah! Git Some!
Helluva lot better than the guys in IBA and K-pots cowering under desks during the IDF attacks.