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People Magazine Review: A Day in the Life of the United States Armed ForcesReviewed by Kyle SmithYou may just be tempted to drop and do 20 push-ups after you spend a few minutes with these stunning images of military folk. The pictures range from the gung ho (a patrol in Afghanistan is seen through night-vision goggles) to the not so (glum Coast Guard recruits await what we can only guess is their 10,000th breakfast of fried eggs). The 16th volume in the Day in the Life series salutes the profession of arms from Iceland to the Philippines on Oct. 22, 2002. It's all here: honor and boredom, danger and really terrible architecture. You'll meet not only the hapless recruit with three drill sergeants screaming in his face but also the staff sergeant putting on mascara in her car. As Walter Cronkite notes in a warm and witty foreword, "The common denominator is service." This is the ideal gift (hint, hint) for your aimless teen. (HarperCollins, $40). BOTTOM LINE: Fight for a copy.
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ABOUT THE PROJECT * NATIONAL TRIBUTE TOUR * PHOTO GALLERY * PRESS ROOM * CONTACT US A Day in the Life of is a registered trademark of HarperCollins Publishers. A Day in the Life of the United States Armed Forces copyright 2002, 2003 by EpiCom Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. Film-strip photos ©2002-2003 by (left to right): Derk Blanset, Nick Kelsh, Torin Boyd, Ruth Fremson. 
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