Not even a valid comparison.
Throw your straw man somewhere else.
I didn't pick stuff up when I was on patrol in Macedonia, Bosnia, Kuwait, or Afghanistan either.
But hey, if you want to continue your Moc Hoa flashbacks, and freak out whenever your agent orang acts up Eddie, don't let me stop ya.
I don't have flash backs wise ass. I was just going through some material of commonly used booby traps used by the VC. They liked toys.