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ok now don't forget the dance at the youth center next week well hi there you've come to the right place to find out what leisure time activities are available to you come this way this way that's why these new information tour and travel offices have been established at maine recreation centers on army installations yes ma'am our new army recreation and travel guide this travel camps many of them located in outdoor recreation areas it also lists on post lodging and other information tour and travel centers like this one if you're a winter sports enthusiast we have a world of skiing within your region budget from ski trails in Garmisch germany to ski holiday trips offered by army recreation centers and the outdoor recreation program at posts like Fort Carson if you have the interest will provide the action well I don't really ski and cold weather well it kind of bothers my sinus oh well then let's consider our summer outdoor recreation programs and activities we can put you in almost any kind of boat to suit your tastes we can offer a quiet beach along the Atlantic coast or surfing scene on Hawaii's walk at Key Beach and that's only part of the Army's outdoor recreation program well that really sounds nice but I'm not supposed to get water in my ears and like I really burn in the Sun I get chapped lips chapped lips oh I understand perhaps one of our other popular outdoor recreation programs will be more to your liking you can find psycho or bike racing horseback riding hiking camping and even par sites which accommodate mobile campers and trailers we can leave you two screams where trout fishing is a real adventure or two deep water which can yield some exciting catches well it's all very impressive but I'm not the outdoor type I guess all that walking and climbing would tire me out and fish make me nervous I see well how about one of our low-cost travel vacations if you're in Europe you can travel through some of the most beautiful settings in the world where history and culture surround you in the Pacific and Asia regions another kind of beauty and culture can be discovered and enjoyed we have the facilities whenever or wherever we have a lot going on in our seven core programs music theatre for watchers are participants from free Broadway shows to on post productions and dramatic art shops and touring artists or groups who bring their entertainment special did you write on post do any of these travel or other activities appeal to you not really there must be something in one of our programs you'd like arts and crafts maybe our library program unit-level sports recreation center activities yes ma'am wonderful which one is it well I really came by to find out it if you ever have chess tournaments here on you see I was captain of our chess team and for further information contact your information tour and travel office or the recreation services office or darling a letter came today something about a job from a mr. Weatherspoon yes we do have the job of things we hope you'll like it here we've saved this office for you this will be your desk oh by the way you do have a high school education don't you oh I'm sorry most good jobs require a high school education orbitz equivalent if this is your problem see your post education officer he'll help you to obtain further education while you are still in service either at evening classes or by correspondence then you'll be able to answer yes to the big question I am the infantry queen of battle for two centuries I have kept our nation safe purchasing freedom with my blood to tyrants I am the day of reckoning to the suppress the hope for the future whether fighting is thick there am I I am the infantry follow me i was there from the beginning meeting the enemy face to face will too will my bleeding feet stained the snow at Valley Forge my frozen hands pulled Washington across the Delaware at your town the sunlight glennon from the sword and I begrimed and battered saw a nation born hardship and glory I have known at New Orleans I fought beyond the hostel our showed the fury of my long rifle and came of age I am the infantry westward I pushed with wagon trains moved an empire across the plains extended freedoms borders and tame the wild frontier I and the infantry follow me I was with Scott at Veracruz how did the gorillas in the mountain passes and scaled a high plateau the fighting was done when I ended my march many miles from the old Alamo from Bull Run to Appomattox I fought both blue and grey my colors then true masters I served and United them strong prove that this nation could write a wrong and long endure I am the infantry follow me I led the charge up San Juan Hill scaled the walls of old Tinson and stopped the Moro in the steaming jungle still always the Vanguard high and the infantry at chateau-thierry first over the top then I stood like a rock on the morrow it was I who cracked the hindenburg line in the Argonne I broke the Kaiser spine and didn't come back till it was over over there I am the infantry follow me a generation older at b'tan I briefly bowed but then I vowed to return assault of the African Shore learned my lesson the hard way in the desert sands pressed my buttons into the beach at Anzio and bounced into Rome with determination and resolve I and the infantry the English Channel stout Beach defenses of the hedgerows could not hold me I broke out at San lo unbent the Bulge vaulted the Rhine and swarmed the Heartland Hitler's dream and the Third Reich were dead in the Pacific from island to island I hopped hit the beaches and chopped through swamp and jungle I set the Rising Sun i am the infantry in korea I gathered my strength around for side swept across the frozen high outflank the Reds at him Sean and marched to the olive follow me around the world I stand ever forward over Lebanon sands my rifles steady aim and called return at berlin's gate i scorn the wall of shame i am the country my bayonet on the wings of power keeps the peace worldwide and despots falsely garbed in freedom's mantle fault hi my Ally and the patty is in the forest I teach I aid I lead follow me we're brave men fight their fight I in freedom's cause I live I die from Concord bridged a heartbreak reg from the Arctic to the make on the Queen back always ready then now and forever I am the infantry follow me so the old man approved your leave and you've got a place in mind where you can't wait to make the scene far out but what about getting there and back to a soldier going on lead transportation was often a worry of sorts there were times when the going was slow one way only short of seats base bumpy and dry cold and uncertain dusty and dangerous and more daring than accommodated but you've come a long way soldier and today getting there and back need not be a hassle by knowing a few simple facts about travel while on leave status or when departing from service you can make travelling pay off within the continental United States first be sure you have your approved leave for a low pass or separation orders be in possession of your military ID card let your carrier know that you are on leave status or within seven days of receiving your honorable discharge most commercial airlines no longer require DD Form 1580 but may require that you sign a statement that you are on leave travel status yes you can wear civvies and still receive reduced military rates on military standby there are no travel time restrictions but on military reserved rates you may find that reduced rates do not apply between certain hours on specific days check your Airlines to make sure reduced rates are available when you want to fly whether you travel by plane or train your military status can work to your advantage if you'll just take the time to know what you have to do and what you're entitled to oh one more thing have a nicely without regard for police time or the destructive impact on human life natural disasters strike suddenly leaving in their wake lasting imprints of the havoc so quickly wrong you have to really drive through the city to to realize how much damage an earthquake can really do well from what I saw all the people you're leaving leaving County trucks and buses were just jam-packed full of people and in their belongings you just by have to start from the ground to rebuild the city completely the United States Army has long known what it means to extend a helping hand to people suddenly homeless injured hungry and bewildered in the aftermath of disaster to meet if people were in a state of shock and it took them back to three days after we got here we like that we're here to help him and give him food and wine while we cook the places and names change San Francisco to Alaska to East Pakistan to Managua Nicaragua Jason look like the drop bomb in here buildings all over the place he just terrible but there was a common thread to the Army's response when disaster strikes to react quickly in providing assistance once the nature and scope of the disaster is known and the need for assistance is established we got here on Christmas Day about four o'clock they seem in pretty bad shape and where your sectioning I was really warm like people who were glad that we came to help them the army working with other military services and civilian organizations must be ready to move out fast with a supplies and people i think the morale of the country is very high due to the mainly to the US aid and support not only us but worldwide support that they got that burst the people were very very dejected as well they may have been but now they seem to be working together and all pulling together get everything back disaster relief and assistance means getting to the victims trading and company the injured restoring order stemming the spread of disease assisting civil authorities and doing whatever may be needed to get people back on their feet well the people call happy was here glad to get out of help and I'll seem to be willing to work first it was confusion but now the people are getting back in and getting settled down into doing a lot better and I figured they would wherever disaster strikes in our own country or at some distant port in the world United States Army has the capability in compassion to respond to lend a helping hand to people who need one has always been and remains an important role of the United States Army you