After enlisting in the 82nd Airborne Division, I eagerly asked my recruiter what I could expect from jump school. “It's three weeks long,” he said. “What else?” I asked. “The first week they separate the men from the boys,” he said. “The second week, they separate the fools from the men.” “And the third week?” I asked. “The third week, the fools jump.”
被第八十二空降師招募以后,我迫不及待地問(wèn)招募人,我在空降學(xué)校里能學(xué)到什么。他說(shuō):“一共是三個(gè)星期?!蔽覇?wèn):“還有什么?”他說(shuō):“第一個(gè)星期是把男人從男孩當(dāng)中分出來(lái)。第二個(gè)星期是把蠢人從男人當(dāng)中分出來(lái)?!蔽覇?wèn):“那第三個(gè)星期呢?”“第三個(gè)星期,蠢人跳傘。”