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Shaffer
12-19-02, 08:39 AM
Marine Cpl. David L. Mattox is preparing himself mentally and physically for the possibility of war with Iraq.

The physical part has been easy — just some extra off-time workouts here and there.

"The things that we do in the infantry with the Marines, you need to be at a pretty good physical standpoint," the 24-year-old anti-tank specialist said during an exercise this past week at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows.

Getting his arms around the possibility of being in combat has been harder.


http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Dec/18/ln/ln04a.html/?print