TheMadPenguin
Senior Airman
'Scuuze me, sir! Is this yours? Sir! SIR!!!
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'Scuuze me, sir! Is this yours? Sir! SIR!!!
Is your cup half empty or half full? No matter, you got the wrong bra!
Most women have never bivouacked in the field.
Most women have never bivouacked in the field.
And they deserve our respect and thanks for their service, but they're hardly representative of womankind in general, unfortunately. Wish they were, the military might be more sensibly run.Women in the Army and Marines say hello.
Most men haven't either...Most women have never bivouacked in the field.
How unfortunately true! It does give one a different perspective on what's necessary, asMost men haven't either...
I had a PMS who did just that. Only it was my high school buddy who went on to De Opresso Libre.How unfortunately true! It does give one a different perspective on what's necessary, as
opposed to desirable. A week in the field, "living tactical" camouflaged against aggressors, and eating roots, berries, snakes, and raw fish, while engaging in assigned reconnaissance missions, tends to rearrange your priorities a bit. Our ROTC advisor, a green beret brevet major, was determined to make SF troops of us.
I chose not to continue after two years, when it finally dawned on me what an incompetent, screwed up organization the US Army was at the time. By autumn of '67 it was already apparent to me what a hopeless disaster Vietnam was, and having more awareness of Asian history and culture than the average American, it was apparent to me sooner than most.
Lucky dude! Sorry about your buddy. My high school high jump and hurdle mentor (one year ahead of me) flunked out of college first semester and became a "tunnel rat" in Vietnam. Came back physically intact, but just not the same guy. Went through a series of dorm roommates before they gave him an apartment in married student housing to get him out of the "barracks".I had a PMS who did just that. Only it was my high school buddy who went on to De Opresso Libre.
I was invited to leave.