| In the Movie "A Few Good Men" with Tom Cruise, | | | | they have to dig in they make a fighting hole. And they |
| Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore, wow I didn't realize | | | | don't live there for very long. Marines are trained to be |
| the movie was that old, makes me kinda old, it was | | | | on the offensive and that's why the Germans at |
| released in 1992. Some of you were probably born | | | | Belleau Wood called them Dogs From Hell. Because |
| around 1992. Anyway, one of the most famous lines in | | | | those Marines got up out of their holes and started |
| that movie was where Colonel Nathan Jessep, Jack | | | | yelling and terrorizing and ruining some health records |
| Nicholson, says to Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, "you can't | | | | and driving those Germans back home. That is what |
| handle the truth". But the truth is that you can handle | | | | you have to do be an offensive player. If you want to |
| the truth. And the truth is that if you want to be really | | | | win you must be an offensive player. |
| good at paintball you might want to get in shape. | | | | Part of being an offensive player is being in shape. Get |
| There I said it, and it might be true. If you get winded | | | | moving down field towards the enemy and with your |
| while playing a game of paintball then you may | | | | bayonet attached making one hole going in and |
| consider getting into better shape. You will never be a | | | | another coming out. Wow, sorry I got carried away |
| winner if you can't keep the pressure on with the | | | | there for a minute. You're not Marine Recruits are |
| enemy. If they turn it on and you find your self in a | | | | you? Uhhh, where was I, oh ya getting in shape. You |
| defensive position, well, I guess you can sit on your | | | | know there are lots of reasons for getting in shape. |
| laurels and wait till you can see the whites of their | | | | I've been playing guitar and singing since I was about 8 |
| eyes before you shoot. Or you could become more | | | | years old and I'm a lot older than that now but even |
| aggressive and meet them half way down the field | | | | singing takes being in shape. If you just want to take |
| and show them what you're made of. | | | | your dog for a walk, not your Devil dog, if you are |
| During World War I at the battle of Belleau Wood in | | | | going any distance at all you should be in shape. Well, |
| 1918 the German soldiers gave the name of "Teufel | | | | were not talking about all of the many things that you |
| Hunden" to the Marines who fought in that arena. The | | | | can do because you are in shape but to be the best |
| Marines fought with such ferocity that they were given | | | | paintball player you can be you need to be in shape. |
| that title which is translated to "Devil Dogs". That's | | | | As always, be safe keep your weapon pointed in a |
| because Marines don't dig in and make fox holes, if | | | | safe direction and get some paint on someone today. |