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(Denver Post) Interesting For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat   (blogs.denverpost.com) divider line 151
More: Interesting, Denver Military Entrance Processing Station, U.S. Army, Ian, basic training, Gavino Barron, machine gun, half-hour, sleep deprivation  

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Harriet Vane [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:26:50 PM  
This was a very interesting article. Thanks for posting it.

 
dj_bigbird [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:30:12 PM  
This makes the Fark subscription worth it. I'd have never seen this otherwise.

 
ninthkeys 2009-11-03 11:43:00 PM  
dj_bigbird: This makes the Fark subscription worth it. I'd have never seen this otherwise.

Seen w/o subscript.

/still missing out, tho.

 
Knucklepopper 2009-11-03 11:43:11 PM  
dj_bigbird: This makes the Fark subscription worth it. I'd have never seen this otherwise.

Yeah, us liters had to wait, what ten more minutes?

 
Fano 2009-11-03 11:43:13 PM  
dj_bigbird: This makes the Fark subscription worth it. I'd have never seen this otherwise.

Unless it got greenlit.


/where's your five dollars NOW?

 
simpsonfan 2009-11-03 11:44:08 PM  
This article probably would never have seen the light of day if he had gotten killed over there.

 
Gwendolyn [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:45:38 PM  
WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HE DOING GETTING MARRIED?!?!?1

The rest of the story was awesome I just wanted to smack the hell out of the kid for the marriage. Jesus it was just two years and that was girl #3. At least girl #3.

 
I Said [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:46:05 PM  
That was amazing.

simpsonfan: This article probably would never have seen the light of day if he had gotten killed over there.

Ummmm . . .awesome point?

 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:46:46 PM  
That is probably the best photo essay I've ever seen.

 
Harriet Vane [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:49:13 PM  
I was shocked at how young he and the other guys at basic looked. They're practically babies.

Gwendolyn: WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HE DOING GETTING MARRIED?!?!?1

The rest of the story was awesome I just wanted to smack the hell out of the kid for the marriage. Jesus it was just two years and that was girl #3. At least girl #3.


And that. I hope he got the ring back from the first girl, too, seeing as he had to finance it.

 
vudukungfu 2009-11-03 11:49:21 PM  
Gwendolyn: that was girl #3. At least girl #3.

the answer is always girl #3

 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:51:25 PM  
That guy went through more women than Dan Fielding.

/great link

 
whammer 2009-11-03 11:52:11 PM  
An amazing lack of BS. Pity there is no possible way for them to get a Pulitzer Prize for this.

 
RoyBatty 2009-11-03 11:52:30 PM  
Don't tell me how it ended, but is there room left for a sequel?

 
Gwendolyn [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:53:54 PM  
whammer: An amazing lack of BS. Pity there is no possible way for them to get a Pulitzer Prize for this.

Yeah when i started reading it I expected them to have chosen someone who would be perfect. I'm glad they showed everything, warts and all.

 
Knucklepopper 2009-11-03 11:54:18 PM  
whammer: An amazing lack of BS. Pity there is no possible way for them to get a Pulitzer Prize for this.

Really, dude? "Liberal media" rant time? Really?

 
slidillon 2009-11-03 11:55:35 PM  
Maybe I can get a photo journalist to follow me through Officer Candidate School next June........I'll be 41 years old.

 
M0nkeyp0x 2009-11-03 11:56:03 PM  
simpsonfan: This article probably would never have seen the light of day if he had gotten killed over there.

Or it would have turned from a documentary into a fear mongering pile of shiat.

 
keytronic 2009-11-03 11:56:14 PM  
Gwendolyn: whammer: An amazing lack of BS. Pity there is no possible way for them to get a Pulitzer Prize for this.

Yeah when i started reading it I expected them to have chosen someone who would be perfect. I'm glad they showed everything, warts and all.



Agreed....bet he's still paying for that ring for the first girl though.

 
Knucklepopper 2009-11-03 11:56:51 PM  
slidillon: Maybe I can get a photo journalist to follow me through Officer Candidate School next June........I'll be 41 years old.

Yes, but the photog will also shoot you while you're on Fark and you don't want that shiat out there, believe me.

 
Deveyn [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:57:10 PM  
Gwendolyn: WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HE DOING GETTING MARRIED?!?!?1

1. He's young and stupid.
2. You get a pay raise.

 
beowulf980 2009-11-03 11:57:28 PM  
Gwendolyn: WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HE DOING GETTING MARRIED?!?!?1

The rest of the story was awesome I just wanted to smack the hell out of the kid for the marriage. Jesus it was just two years and that was girl #3. At least girl #3.


this but military troops are crazy about marriage.

cool article kinda nice to see somebody from my brother service getting this kinda coverage especialy when they dont cover up his problems

 
atomic-age [TotalFark] 2009-11-03 11:57:53 PM  
Of course the dog is a pit bull.

/who edited that hot mess? A "vile" of medication?

 
Gladstell 2009-11-03 11:58:33 PM  
Those were some pretty crappy tattoos.

 
M0nkeyp0x 2009-11-03 11:58:43 PM  
dj_bigbird: This makes the Fark subscription worth it. I'd have never seen this otherwise.

at least you can still bask in the glory of all the litters doing a +1 when they have no idea what it actually means in TF.

 
Knucklepopper 2009-11-03 11:58:55 PM  
M0nkeyp0x: Or it would have turned from a documentary into a fear mongering pile of shiat.

Yes, because that's exactly what newspapers do.

 
Trustafarian 2009-11-03 11:58:58 PM  
Gwendolyn: WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HE DOING GETTING MARRIED?!?!?1

The rest of the story was awesome I just wanted to smack the hell out of the kid for the marriage. Jesus it was just two years and that was girl #3. At least girl #3.


Grunts aren't known for their brains.

 
ski9600 2009-11-04 12:00:08 AM  
You mean this guy right?

Link (new window)

 
SpeelChuck [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:00:52 AM  
Thank the various gods he returned safe and sound.

I don't know him from Adam, of course, but am grateful to every soldier for their service, and thank the gods for all who come through it safe and sound.

Now I just want Gilad Shalit (a soldier from another country, currently a POW, always on my mind for personal reasons) to come home safe and sound, and all will be well.

Oh, and cool story, bro. Amazing how alike all the stories are, even if they're very different. A mom's worry is universal, I guess, it cuts across languages and cultures.

 
M0nkeyp0x 2009-11-04 12:01:10 AM  
Knucklepopper: M0nkeyp0x: Or it would have turned from a documentary into a fear mongering pile of shiat.

Yes, because that's exactly what newspapers do.


That's what newspapers try to do. It's what society does.

 
atomic-age [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:01:40 AM  
keytronic: Gwendolyn: whammer: An amazing lack of BS. Pity there is no possible way for them to get a Pulitzer Prize for this.

Yeah when i started reading it I expected them to have chosen someone who would be perfect. I'm glad they showed everything, warts and all.


Agreed....bet he's still paying for that ring for the first girl though.


My husband let his first fiancee keep her ring because he's classy like that. She kept it, because she wasn't. I guess that happens a lot with young Army guys.

/married 12 years
//NOT an Army wife, either.

 
Knucklepopper 2009-11-04 12:02:27 AM  
M0nkeyp0x: That's what newspapers try to do. It's what society does.

Work on your arguments a bit more. Newspapers engage in fear-mongering? Yet in this 27-month project they didn't? Society does? Does what? What are you trying to say?

 
Sgt Otter [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:02:28 AM  
That's quite possibly the first time I've seen someone actually use the back-hatch on a Bradley, and not just drop the ramp.

Seriously though, that was cool. Brought back lots of memories. I'm jealous that they're getting somewhat modern gear in boot camp now. We had Vietnam-era ALICE pack shiat.

 
Christian Bale 2009-11-04 12:03:22 AM  
Dec. 15, 2007. 2:12 p.m. Kayla is excited as she talks about her engagement ring

March 31, 2008. 9:20 p.m. Ian is laying on his bed with friend Ashley Gillen of Denver.

July 24, 2008. 3:54 p.m. "I just want to go home‚ talk to my dad and be with Kirsten."

March 7, 2009. 8:57 p.m. Ian flirts with Devin Ervin of Highlands Ranch as they wait to go to a party.

Aug. 24, 2009. 10:14 a.m. Three days after his return from Iraq, it's a big day for Ian and Devin.

 
ProdigalSigh 2009-11-04 12:03:50 AM  
JerseyTim: That guy went through more women than Dan Fielding.

A Night Court reference? How old are you?

And I got the reference? How old am I?

Cool story though, kid reminds me of many of those I went to high school with.

 
atomic-age [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:03:51 AM  
Sgt Otter: That's quite possibly the first time I've seen someone actually use the back-hatch on a Bradley, and not just drop the ramp.

Seriously though, that was cool. Brought back lots of memories. I'm jealous that they're getting somewhat modern gear in boot camp now. We had Vietnam-era ALICE pack shiat.


And they only had to have two simultaneous wars going on for over 7 years to get it!

 
Catsmeow 2009-11-04 12:04:34 AM  
My kid wants to be a Marine.

*headdesk*

Maybe this would make the Army look more than challenging enough.

/my BABY

 
TacoBender 2009-11-04 12:06:02 AM  
guy is getting a lot of poon.
and he works fast too.

 
Lando Lincoln [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:06:32 AM  
Please don't end up in a coffin...

Whew. That was a cool photo essay.

 
M0nkeyp0x 2009-11-04 12:07:17 AM  
Knucklepopper: M0nkeyp0x: That's what newspapers try to do. It's what society does.

Work on your arguments a bit more. Newspapers engage in fear-mongering? Yet in this 27-month project they didn't? Society does? Does what? What are you trying to say?


Oh, you're a writer. Who is arguing? I was simply doing what you do on a daily basis, stating my under-edumakated oppinion. I mean you guys never, ever, engauge in writing from a controversial side of things in order to persuade readers something is actually worse than it is.

My bad dude, rock on.

 
Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:09:37 AM  
Sometimes, I forget what real journalism looks like. Thank you subby.

 
bigblue02005 2009-11-04 12:09:54 AM  
+1 for this best thing ive read all day

 
Sgt Otter [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:10:18 AM  
Gladstell: Those were some pretty crappy tattoos.

For the Army, those are works of art compared to the crap I see guys around post sporting, like this winner:

img.photobucket.com


It's hard to see, but it says: DAMBED IF I DO, DAMBED IF I DON'T

 
beowulf980 2009-11-04 12:13:06 AM  
Sgt Otter: That's quite possibly the first time I've seen someone actually use the back-hatch on a Bradley, and not just drop the ramp.

Seriously though, that was cool. Brought back lots of memories. I'm jealous that they're getting somewhat modern gear in boot camp now. We had Vietnam-era ALICE pack shiat.


everyone does that we used eightys era hand me down gear from the army in basic and tech school

 
Fano 2009-11-04 12:15:22 AM  
Sgt Otter: Gladstell: Those were some pretty crappy tattoos.

For the Army, those are works of art compared to the crap I see guys around post sporting, like this winner:

It's hard to see, but it says: DAMBED IF I DO, DAMBED IF I DON'T


That's turrible. I think if you are allowed to use a SAW, you probably are allowed to have swears in your tattoos.

/that guy is the Dean Venture of army guys

 
supek [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:15:56 AM  
dj_bigbird: This makes the Fark subscription worth it. I'd have never seen this otherwise.

And when Drew adds an option other than PayPal, I'll get my TF badge back.

 
Phoenix_M 2009-11-04 12:16:11 AM  
simpsonfan: This article probably would never have seen the light of day if he had gotten killed over there.

Thats what the newspaper wanted! & yes if he had been killed they would have published it with great joy.

 
dwalder 2009-11-04 12:20:24 AM  
Inspiring.

 
MasterThief [TotalFark] 2009-11-04 12:23:19 AM  
That is some of the best photojournalism I've ever seen, and on a wonderful and very human story, too. A Pulitzer would be well deserved.

 
Knucklepopper 2009-11-04 12:28:08 AM  
M0nkeyp0x: Oh, you're a writer. Who is arguing? I was simply doing what you do on a daily basis, stating my under-edumakated oppinion. I mean you guys never, ever, engauge in writing from a controversial side of things in order to persuade readers something is actually worse than it is.

No, consumer; most of the media doesn't do that. But you keep on clicking and opinionating. It's important.

 
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