Harnack on duty: camo, JLTVs and cardio

This past weekend, I did something wild. I swapped my reporter's notebook for combat boots and spent 72 exhilarating, exhausting hours playing soldier with the Idaho Army National Guard.

If you thought journalism was chaotic, let me introduce you to my weekend.

As part of our prep for Advanced Training-coming up next month in southern Idaho-I found myself not analyzing intelligence, as my job title might suggest, but instead learning how to operate military vehicles that are approximately the size of my house.

That's right, folks. I began licensing in a JLTV, which stands for Joint Light Tacti...