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По просмотру Generation Kill возникло желание почитать книгу
одного из прототипов, точнее 1-го лейтенанта Натаниэля Фика, которого в сериале отлично сыграл Старк Сэндс.
Книга называется One Bullet Away, и вышла у нас в совершенно идиотском переводе под названием "Морпехи".
Там действительно есть такое:
By the time we had finished outfitting the Humvees for combat, we had invested hundreds of manhours and thousands of dollars from our own pockets. The vehicles were concrete examples of the lessons learned on patrols in Afghanistan. The day the teams declared them ready to go, the battalion sergeant major, its senior enlisted Marine, came down to the motor pool to take a look. Sergeant major is a position of great influence when held by the right man. Our sergeant major, though, was distrusted by the Marines because of his fixation, on the eve of war, with trivialities such as proper haircuts and polished boots.
Looking at the Humvees, he sneered, "Y'all are nothing but a bunch of cowboys who don't trust the Marine Corps to provide you with everything you need to win."
Except for the cowboy part, he was right.