At David Kahn's suggestion, I have undertaken to sponsor a special trophy to be awarded at the Keneyathlon at the NRA Whittington Shooting Center each year. The idea is to award the contestant who does well in a way most nearly in accord with the practical use of the rifle. This year it will be presented to the shooter who, placing amongst the first five, uses the lightest rifle of the group. Next year we may reward the best man to use iron sights. The list goes on.
Battle is the sensation of life.
A human being is never so alive as he is in combat. He may feel terror or he may not, but the prospect of losing his life makes it surge and flare within him. At no other time do his senses more acutely perceive the world. At no other time does his nerve fire with such spark. Never again will he weld as tight an emotional bond to others around him.