“Follow up question, for those troops who smoke, how many are addicts?”
Nearly 100% of them. Those that are not addicts are discharged. Some of the addicts are addicted to alcohol, some are addicted to coffee, some are addicted to food, some are addicted to physical fitness, some are addicted to range time, some are addicted to starching uniforms, some are addicted to keeping clean quarters and some are even addicted to bossing others around.
The Army trains addicts, it is their job to create a mechanical human being that must perform tasks in 4 step processes when confronted with stressful situations. I’ll assume the Navy, Marines and Air Force train in the same manner.
I posted upthread some of the many things folks can get “addicted to”...
He also refused to address the statistical fallacy inherent in that memo he pinned his argument on...simply some number that was pulled out of someone’s a$$...