[river rat]

I find this thread very disturbing.

The "officer" doing the complaining, sounds like he must squat to pee.....and needs to have his brain housing group - readjusted...

I hope this clown doesn't represent our new "Professional - Be all you can be Army"....

It's NORMAL for gunts to bitch....it's their birthright..
But this clymer is bitching "in public", and in this regard is unworthy of his warrior officer status...

On another level, his bitching would be regarded as comical by the average draftee that endured Vietnam...

Twelve months MINIMUM "in country" - unless wounded or killed.
1. No cell phones or satelite phones to call home....EVER!
2. No showers - unless you count the rain, rivers, filthy rice patties or a container full of holes hanging from a limb.
3. No burn or chemical toilets -- but lots of holes and ammo cans.
4. No shortage of "poles" to hang net -- CUT the damned things down.
5. Mail drop -- at least every 2nd month.
6. More men killed during some days, than entire Iraq operation..
7. No female "warriors" to snuggle up with, when lonely.
8. No cots or tents....When we needed shelter - we built a temp. shelter and prepared a bed from the natural materials of the site..
9. Leaches attached to your body - during many of the river crossings......and this clown complains about flea or mosquito bites!

I guess now I understand why our recent "wars" are of the 3 to 6 week vintage....that appears to be the extent of our modern Army's ability to be in the field....

Semper Fi

[river rat]

I forgot to add..

This "officer" has been in country since March...
Not quite 4 months!
Already, sounding like he's at his wit's end..

Semper Fi

[Travis McGee]

Excellent "reality check" worthy of its own thread!

I am sure that some other VN vets could add some observations.

[harpseal]

You forgot the good stuff. If one useed mosquitto repellent then NVA could smell you coming. Leeches were so common no one even thought about them. Christians in action and senior officers had trailers and refrigerators with the air conditioning while you were out in the heat and humidity so that one was always hot and wet unless one got up into the highlands at night in which case one could hard as it seems to imagine transition from being hot and wet to cold and wet.

In any case I want the troops to get mail to get showers and to be treated with the respect they have earned.

[Cogadh na Sith]

I guess now I understand why our recent "wars" are of the 3 to 6 week vintage....that appears to be the extent of our modern Army's ability to be in the field....

They've never trained otherwise. That is my point...