Comments on: Army Staff Sergent Kyu Hyuk Chay: American Hero

By: random guy

random guy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:13:04 +0000

I don’t think Master_P had any intent on being ‘less diplomatic’ he was merely clarifying a point.

Also a cryptologic linguist, does not ‘break codes on the fly.’ They are voice interceptors.

Neither of these points take away from the service and life SSG Chay gave to his country.

By: WangKon936

WangKon936 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:03:27 +0000

Well, us ignorate civies don’t always know the intricacies of Army organization structures. I made an innocent, but wrong, assumption.

However, could you be any less diplomatic in pointing it out?

By: Master_P

Master_P — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:43:37 +0000

“Hospital corpsmen in the Fleet Marine Force aren’t Marines, either.”

Nobody is saying that they are. The post and the blog that it links to identify SSG Chay as a green beret which is completely incorrect. Just pointing out an error.

http://news.soc.mil/advisories.....31-03.html

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:00:19 +0000

SSG Chay wasn’t a Green Beret, he was a Crytologic Linguist(98G) attached to a team of Green Berets to provide intelligence support.

Hospital corpsmen in the Fleet Marine Force aren’t Marines, either.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:25:23 +0000

Andru, major news outlets in the U.S. nowadays are largely corporate mouthpieces and the corporations have political connections, thus we have fewer sources of unbiased information and shows like the aforementioned.

Perhaps the American public needs a political “American Idol” show to engage their ~~intellect~~appetites.

By: Master_P

Master_P — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:06:45 +0000

SSG Chay wasn’t a Green Beret, he was a Crytologic Linguist(98G) attached to a team of Green Berets to provide intelligence support.

By: andru

andru — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:20:58 +0000

I agree with Brendon. I randomly saw this one night and decided to watch it. Probably the only real documentary on soldiers in the current war. It said they were allowed unprecedented access for ten days. It’s not political at all; it merely shows what they do and how they feel. I wish major US news outlets would show stuff like that.

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:40:37 +0000

The documentary is broadcast from time to time here on your satellite television service, or the torrent is easily found on-line. It’s a very good production.