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To: caww

During the Vietnam war Basic Training was 8 weeks long and in 1972, in the 9th Infantry Division, we were taking troops straight from Basic and training them ourselves, skipping AIT.

Five weeks of sophisticated no-nonsense training and then being sent to their unit to learn the rest of what they need as defensive soldiers, is not the worse it gets in wars.


15 posted on 09/04/2022 5:55:42 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ansel12

The difference being, Americans being trained by Americans. Americans educated in American schools being trained on American equipment.

No telling who is being trained by the Brits.

As others have said, this is more ‘lambs to the slaughter’, all perpetuated by the WEF, globalists and a corrupt western and American political machine.


50 posted on 09/04/2022 7:59:26 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: ansel12

For me, it was 13 weeks with no passes except for one pass between the two phases (after 8 weeks). Total control all the way. It was as bad as it gets. ;)


76 posted on 09/05/2022 12:29:03 AM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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