Am I the only one bothered by this article?

[markj]

One of them was from Nebr.

Except Riege, a Nevada National Guardsmen since 1995, decided that 200 a day was too easy. So he started doing 500. Then he finished 1,000 in a single day.

Then, one day at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam in eastern Afghanistan, Sgt. Riege did more than 2,500 pushups.

They altered Chuck Norris jokes in his honor.

Sample: The Bogeyman checks his closet for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris checks his closet for Sgt. Riege

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110916/NEWS01/709169914/1009#war-vet-a-casualty-of-madness

RIP and God speed Sgt.