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    Foot march

    Ft. Bnning, under Maj. Gen. Latham in 1976 required every IOBC class to do 25 miles without pack, but with rifle and pistol belt and canteens, in 8 hours. We built up to that with several shorter...
  2. Thread: The Sole Survivor

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    assistant author

    The civilian who assisted Marcus is a fiction writer. I would take nothing away from Marcus, but I wonder how much of this book was written by the civilian "fiction writer" and how much was written...
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    Indian Revolt of 1857

    Gottcha, not American Indian.

    Any comparison of the current American position in Iraq, compared to the Indian Sub continent revolt/massacre against the British in 1857? Hope theres a "few"...
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    No Slack, Yep thats him. Wonder what happened...

    No Slack,
    Yep thats him.
    Wonder what happened to B Co. 1st Sgt. Bossi? I heard he made SMG of one of the Corps in Germany in the 80's.
    My excellent Bn. CO was Hugh T. O'Conner, anyone know what...
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    I was a USMC L/Cpl in Viet. late 68 to Oct 69. ...

    I was a USMC L/Cpl in Viet. late 68 to Oct 69. Went to Army ROTC and got to B Co. 2/327 in 77. In early 78 we had a change of command with a newly promoted Cpt. G. He was already infamous for...
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    Loved reading in high school about Merrills...

    Loved reading in high school about Merrills Maurauders in the CBI theater of WWII. Especially the parts about the mules(didn't want to like the mules having their vocal cords cut) humping through...
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    NY Times unreliable

    Davidbfpo,
    The NY Times is a defeatist paper, the most liberal, anti American, and anti war paper in the US. I would not trust anything they wrote.
    I would love to hear what Cpt. Kearny has to...
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    Prozac

    Wash my laundry out in front of everyone.

    I was USMC Vietnam late 68 to late 69, grunt with 2nd Bn, 3rd Marines and
    4th Combined Action Group, from Dong Ha to Laos and in or on the DMZ, Purple...
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    No Artillery

    Lets see if I can word this right. A soldier, be it an Infantry, Artillery, Combat Arms, or Combat Service Support soldier can do what he is tasked to do if he is trained and led by competent...
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    Oil in chamber

    Very bad to leave oil in the chamber. Brass cartridge case is designed to expand and hold or grab the walls of the chamber during the detonation of the powder. One millasecond later the brass...
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