gear that can be the difference between a live grunt and a dead grunt, and instructs them to change their socks whenever they stop, "cause the Mekong will blow a grunt's feet right off his legs."įorrest feels fortunate to have Lt. Dan firmly believes that socks are the one item of G.I. He then asks where they're from, and they tell him Alabama in unison, prompting him to jokingly ask if they're twins Forrest replies sincerely, missing the sarcasm. Dan warns him about getting it caught on a trip wire. He then makes note of Bubba's hanging lip, which Bubba attributes to his big gums.
Forrest and Bubba promptly issue salutes, but receive angry admonishments against it, for fear of hidden snipers targeting officers. Forrest called it "a long, great, military tradition". He had ancestors killed in every American war. Sign up for our Weekly Headlines Newsletter.Lt Dan came from a family that served in the United States Military for generations. Stay on top of San Antonio news and views. The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans - and engages with them - about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This is a developing story and will continue to be updated. "Ensuring Texas has safe, secure, and transparent elections is a top priority of mine," Paxton tweeted.
Those challenges, along with Thursday's lawsuit, could delay the implementation of the new state law.Īfter the suit was filed Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defended the new law, calling is "a great and much-needed bill." The law, set to take effect in time for the 2022 primary elections, has already faced legal challenges that generally argue it will disproportionately impact voters of colors and voters with disabilities. "These vulnerable voters already confront barriers to the ballot box, and SB 1 will exacerbate the challenges they face in exercising their fundamental right to vote," the suit argues, saying that the law would negatively impact voters with disabilities, elderly voters, members of the military who are deployed, voters with limited English proficiency and voters residing outside of the country. The Justice Department is focusing its suit on two provisions of the new law: one related to assistance in voting boots and another related to the rejection of mail-in ballots. Greg Abbott in September, makes a host of changes that further tighten the state's election laws, such as banning drive-thru voting and setting new rules for voting by mail. The Texas voting law, known as Senate Bill 1 and signed into law by Gov. Department of Justice is suing Texas over the state's new voting law, arguing that the some measures passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature earlier this year would "disenfranchise eligible Texas citizens who seek to exercise their right to vote."
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