Posted on 12/17/2014 6:41:39 PM PST by huldah1776
I have always admired the military but living near Ft. Stewart Georgia, it seemed like a lot of them were a bit trashy.
One day my pickup would not start and the starter would not catch. Finally it did and I drove to a strip mall where it did the same thing.
The first person to stop and help me was a soldier. He quickly determined that the starter bolts were loose. He borrowed my tools and got under there and had it fixed in less than ten minutes. Great guy. That one soldier changed my attitude towards soldiers. And yes he refused any money
I have always admired the military but living near Ft. Stewart Georgia, it seemed like a lot of them were a bit trashy.
One day my pickup would not start and the starter would not catch. Finally it did and I drove to a strip mall where it did the same thing.
The first person to stop and help me was a soldier. He quickly determined that the starter bolts were loose. He borrowed my tools and got under there and had it fixed in less than ten minutes. Great guy. That one soldier changed my attitude towards soldiers. And yes he refused any money
Our guys can fight - but this guy can sure write!
I knew that the soviet troops were hog-tied by their command structure, but I didn’t know that it was like that for most armies.
The individual fighting spirit that we have been reading about in the Battle of the Bulge threads lives on.
Thanks for the ping, Jet Jaguar, not what I expected from the title.
Great read, thanks.
Reminds me of Reagan’s speech at Pointe Du Hoc: “Where do they get these men?”
That change would be an interesting study, especially from a rules of engagement point of view.
I was just re-reading the article and wonder if the Special Forces mentioned were not US. Could have been referring to the French?
Don’t worry - owebama will fix this when the homos and trannies are fully integrated into combat units...
You opine: “Airborne & Air Assault schools are FAR less physically demanding than they once were.”
Maybe the initial training is - but the subsequent and ongoing training - in Italy and Germany - isn’t - “have you heard of the 173rd”?
I wonder if you ever went through anything near the physical demand the soldiers went through - for 15 straight months high in the Hindu Kush
short clip - two hour climb straight up mountain to firebase - at minute marker:23 - you can see the valley far below - straight down. They had to make this climb, with packs, - most often under fire, constantly, on patrols to villages and valleys...and under fire - over 500 firefights - unheard of. “physically demanding”? (Puppy’s name “Airborne” - a touch of humanity.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6-3I9JHllc
Have you seen “Restrepo” or “Korengal”
Battle Co. 173rd AIRBORNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_o9OhX_x3c
“Restrepo” named after the guy in opening in sunglasses - one of the first killed on that deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_Auf_v9LQ
KORENGAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pn7OZuILL4
try another read - with comprehension?
Heart-swelling...great read!
When you've got to keep squared away
w/ so much, for so long, when youlet your hair down
you tend to go a little bit too extreme. (Hence the fairly common no-shaving/no-haircut when on leave or after discharge.) That it comes out a little in off-duty hours is completely understandable.
Bump!
…..the American soldier is a beautiful and worthy heir to those who liberated France and Europe.
Indeed. Where do they get these men?
Thanks for these. bkmkd. I’ll have to prepare myself
They’re now in the history books -
hard won -
tough watch - but every American should -
bkmk
they bomb first and ask questions later
When absence of orders: Attack!
...and this is why the US Military will never be defeated...
Despite what fools of political leadership get in the way...
From the farms, ranches, small towns, large cities, of America. Just as we always have. Be the enemy Red coats,
grey backs, Huns, krauts, Japs, gooks, Charlies, or the current panoply of enemies, Americans do their duty. In the end free men, willing to fight for their country cannot be defeated on the battle field. Our defeats, in recent decades are a result of the Halls of Congress and/or the White House, not the soldiers of our Army.
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