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  1. With a closer look, you're almost certainly correct.

    What I thought was a large Molle bag is in fact a pocket on an old Ruck. That and confusing it with another picture I'd seen in an Air Force pub earlier this year.

    Or maybe thought I'd seen. ...
  2. After WW II also.

    Only in the 70s did that delusion get planted. :mad:True on all counts. I blame poor initial entry and follow on training for leaders at all levels. Those guys can affect the TOE problems, they...
  3. That quite basic fact is often deliberately ignored by many.

    For less than good reasons. Thanks for reminding everyone.
  4. They were and the US distaste for women in

    combat roles really revolves around fear of their capture -- and, today, for the potential of rape and the resultant publicity / IO aspects. The rationale was that those in rocket and missile units...
  5. All true...

    I'm pretty sure it's cultural. There are a lot of guys, mostly urban raised, who hate field living more than they dislike actual combat. It, as we seem to agree, is a phenomenon that not everyone...
  6. Rex, You may be correct but I'm not at all sure it's

    that simple. :confused:

    Been my observation that about 25% of the males in Infantry units, peace or war -- possibly a slight rise in wartime in all volunteer units, larger rise in those with...
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