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To: qaz123
FWIW, I served 8 years in the Army. One of my extra duties as a Platoon Leader was as the NBC Officer for my unit. I imparted this tidbit to my soldiers during a field exercise:

When the balloon goes up, our life span will be 15 minutes. We will either be inundated with hundreds of Soviet fighters and bombers, or a nuke will wipe out everything within 10 miles of ground zero. Hit the ground with your feet facing the blast, and hope for the best.

I have two sons and at least a dozen nephews who are at least 18 YO. If asked for advice, I would tell them to stay away from the military. It's corrupt, bloated, broken. I served under Carter, that was bad enough...Biden is 10 times worse.

OTOH, I honor those who serve, despite knowing the problems they'll have to deal with.

As a sidenote, I don't expect to see any punitive action taken against those West Pointers that snorted cocaine on Spring Break. It will all be swept under the rug.

106 posted on 03/16/2022 8:48:27 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

The ATROPINE Injection

As one of my Drill Sergeants said, right after he spit out some sunflower seed shells…..You gonna die. The needles just make it not hurt.

Your post is spot on.

No cadet shall, lie, cheat, or steal, not tolerate those that do. Snorting coke isn’t in that line so that’s left up to interpretation.


107 posted on 03/16/2022 8:56:30 AM PDT by qaz123
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