Bookworm on Apr 23 2009 at 8:57 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
I love this photograph. That is just amazing. Go, Army!
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My family works a water station for the Atlanta marathon on Thanksgiving day every year – a tradition that started when my husband and I were dating. Anyway, there has always been a group of soldiers who run in formation, in full gear, calling cadence the entire way. They get bigger cheers than the leaders do. (They’re probably from Ft. McPherson, which means we may not see them again since it’s closing next year.)
Oops – now that I think about it, the unit we see runs the half-marathon, so 13 miles instead of the full 26.
The coming police state…
http://216.221.102.26/blogger/post/Combat-Support-Battalion-Deployed-to-e2809cMaintain-Public-Ordere2809d-at-Boston-Marathon.aspx
Michael, with all due respect that article is, well, crap. The National Guard works for the state–unless nationalized–and routinely and legally functions in instances of disaster and so forth.
Those folks were not there to “keep order”. They were there to assist in crowd control and administrative functions. I certainly see nothing sinister in that.
I will bet you $100 they were not armed.
I too worry about where this administration is headed, but I do not think that apocryphal exaggeration of innocent activity is helpful.
Regarding the soldiers running the marathon. I would be curious whether they were run-of-the-mill grunts, or whether they were elite troops, e.g., Rangers or Green Berets. Amazing feat.
I’ve seen the police manage crowd control at marathons… NEVER National Guard. Seems quite odd, to me. Somehow it just doesn’t seem American.
Heck, even at fireworks events with tens of thousands milling about – in a party atmostphere, and thus a MUCH more volatile crowd – I’ve never seen the National Guard out and about.
I don’t like it either.