{"id":2392,"date":"2012-04-04T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2012-03-16T06:14:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T06:14:41","slug":"strawberry-bars-and-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/04\/strawberry-bars-and-bullets.html","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Bars and Bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/1-6-marines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2553\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/1-6-marines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"57\" \/><\/a>\u201cThis is a great video that was shared with me by a Soldiers\u2019 Angel. It gives the American public great insight into what our Soldiers and Marines have to carry \u201cdownrange\u201d. It has some vulgar language in it, because well that is the way many Soldiers and Marines talk when not near civilization, so don\u2019t take it personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bouhammer.com\/2010\/02\/video-of-the-day-strawberry-bars-and-bullets\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AfghanistanBlog+%28Afghan%26Military+Blog%29\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for the video.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bouhammer.com\/\"><strong>Bouhammer\u2019s Military Blog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Loyal Subscribers!\u00a0 We need some help.\u00a0 The purpose of our &#8220;Heart&#8221; section is to publish stories of the experiences, contributions and sacrifices of our military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) and public service personnel (police officers, fire fighters, EMS, merchant marines and others in the public sector) as well as stories of their families.\u00a0 Please search your memory and computer for a few and\u00a0send them to Bill\u00a0(CPT Otis) O&#8217;Quin at <strong><a href=\"mailto:boquin@ix.netcom.com\">boquin@ix.netcom.com<\/a><\/strong> for possible publication. 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