On Oct 4, 3:53 pm, MightyJo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Depended on the unit I was assigned to, the mission, etc. In the
> field, you never got enough sleep (and were always cold, wet, and
> hungry as you stated). Some units were like a 9-5 job, others ****ft
> work to include weekends, holidays, etc.
I suspected as much. Yeah, in the field, sleep was like four hours a
day. At least it was usually fun when we actually did something.
> One would think so, but that's why they called Military Intelligence
> (my field) an Oxymoron.
Don't feel so bad; they say the same about military music, military
justice....
> It has. They have convoys, IEDs, a week-long FOB exercise, close-
> quarter urban combat, and other stuff that only the Special Forces
> types did when I was in. Even their basic equipment is more high-
> speed.
Good for your boy. I wonder if tank crews are as fit as infantrymen?
They don't move much, do they; but then again, they don't wear down
their joints and whatnot, either, I'd presume.
> The turret, where the gunner, loader, and commander work, is actually
> a lot more roomy than I thought. The driver's station, on the other
> hand, is like a fighter plane cockpit with no windows. I would go nuts
> in there.
Yeah, it was pretty confined in the back of a Bradley, too. It's
really interesting how "the mind" was so im****tant in such unexpected
ways. I don't see how restless young guys could stand it either,
being couped up in a tank.
> They wanted to get away from the kakhis, which they felt looked too
> much like a janitor's uniform.
What janitor was so elegantly dressed?
But then again, military historians have noted that the best dressed
armies often lost their wars...so I guess it's all good....
> So I guess a bus driver is a step up?
Heh...remember that postcard at the BCT "mini-PX" which shows the
pecking order in the Army, with the colonel's pet bird ranking higher
than a private??
> They're now talking about replacing the green service uniform with the
> dress blues for everyone.
Oh, I thought that had already been decided.
I don't know why GEN ****nseki had everyone wear black berets (I mean,
I know what he gave for a justification, but that can't really be the
reason)...somebody should change it back. Every time I see a black
beret I'm still thinking "Rangers."
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