From the editor // to members
INSIDE A WARRIOR’S MIND
W
e are weary of war. Thirteen-plus years of fighting terrorists have hardened our hearts.
Don’t tell that to U.S. Marine Cpl.
Adam Jacquet (see page 38). He wishes he could have done more. Instead, he spent more time in hospitals than he did in Afghanistan. In his blog, “Much Ado About Jack,” he wrote: “I’m a Corporal with a Combat Action
Ribbon and a full deployment under my belt … and I haven’t seen combat, haven’t had to shoot anyone, have never been shot at, haven’t seen anyone die, haven’t known anyone who died in combat. Why am I here? What did this accomplish? “I enlisted in the
Marine Corps because I wanted to go into combat. I
wanted to see, hear, feel, learn about, experience and understand what people go through when they face combat. I wanted to know what vets stare at that’s 1,000 yards away. Instead, I got pushed through a whole deployment without any combat ... I feel like a fraud most of the time, and I don’t like it.” This is the warrior mentality. Most of
us would consider ourselves lucky not to have experienced what Jacquet covets. He survived a roadside bomb that should have killed him, lost his left leg, suffered severe nerve and organ damage — and still regrets not seeing more action. I recently asked a friend of mine, a
former Division I lacrosse player, what compelled him to become a Navy SEAL.“I love my job,” he said. “Jumping out of planes, shooting things and blowing stuff up really puts a smile on your face.” The warrior mentality. I won’t pretend
to understand it. But as our enemies grow more numerous and daring by the day, I sure am thankful for it. LM
LM VAULT RIGHT GAME;
WRONG PLACE NOVEMBER 1984
“It was simply a poor event, to the point of embarrassment.” That’s how Lacrosse Magazine described Los Angeles
World Lacrosse ’84, a six-day, 16-game event staged just ahead of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The idea was to latch on to some publicity from the international and domestic press and expose more to the sport. But it didn’t work. For the U.S.-Canada final, attendance was roughly 400 fans, mostly from the teams not playing. The number of high school students present “could not have numbered over several station wagon loads,” according to LM. The disappointment stemmed from several factors, including disorganization leading up to the games. Current FIL director of development Tom Hayes was among stakeholders credited with stepping up late to save things in California. Lacrosse clearly had room to grow. Thirty years later, attendance at the 2014 FIL World Championship in Denver, featuring 38 teams playing for 10 days, totaled 109,519.
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