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I never was in the military, but I did attend summer camp once about 45 years ago . Let me explain.

There was a 23 y.o. camp counselor recently back from a tour in Viet Nam. Rumor had it that in response to loud noises he could be made to "hit the deck" and the other cruel kids and I wanted to see. I don't remember if we used fire crackers or just banged the side of the tent platform in which slept, but we did something and it worked. He rolled out of bed and under his cot more than once that summer.

We felt like powerful little 14 year olds after that. I'm ashamed to have been a part of that.

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Aw, you brat! My fellow factory workers used to do the same thing to me when I worked at Lockheed.

My kids used to think it was funny when they could make me dive under a table..

Semper Fi.