The Mets put the game so far out of the Cubs' reach with a seven-run explosion in the fourth inning and a five-run flurry in the fifth that Valentine sent in his second platoon in the sixth inning.
As a former platoon leader in the Third Brigade of the storied First Cavalry Division, I consider all those we lost over our 15-month deployment to Iraq: the 110 killed, and the 400 injured — a number that includes me.
As a former platoon leader in the Third Brigade of the storied First Cavalry Division, I consider all those we lost over our 15 month deployment to Iraq: the 110 killed, and the 400 injured -- a number that includes me.
In the spring of 2007, American soldiers in the Second Platoon of Battle Company, part of a regiment in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, began a 15-month deployment in the Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan.
Suffice to say that both men, who each did assignments for Vanity Fair magazine while working on the film, still bear marks from their time alongside the soldiers in the Second Platoon.
"Happy Valentine's Day," said Sgt. Philip A. Hinde, a squad leader in Second Platoon, as the first big fight entered a brief lull.
An Oliver Stone hero is often torn between two paternal figures (Charlie Sheen in both "Platoon" and the first "Wall Street," for instance), and so Jake is long on mentors, turning to Gekko after the death of the benevolent old-school broker (Frank Langella) who had been like a father to him.
The company command element began patrolling back to its small outpost in the dimming light, listening to an intense firefight between the Taliban and Third Platoon in the distance.
Most recently, Yost decided to push the managing envelope by setting up a platoon with the fifth spot in his pitching rotation, where Dave Bush would pitch home games and Seth McClung would pitch on the road.
