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In reply to the discussion: Being in a Rifle platoon [View all]

mercuryblues

(15,341 posts)
5. this is why
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:23 AM
Sep 2018
We shared water c- rats later MRE’s as a family and race was never a issue your fucked as I am meaning we’re all in this together.

And that mentality is a great equalizer we have to depend on each other if it goes sideways. You come to find out with brothers that guys solid I can depend on him if we’re in tight spot.


When you find out that one of your brothers in arms is a white supremacist, they need the boot to a dishonorable discharge. A unit can not function to their fullest if members of that unit believe those they serve with are not worth defending in a tight spot.

How would that make a minority feel if they suspected members of their unit would cut and run, leaving them behind in battle?

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Sincere thanks for your service. dchill Sep 2018 #1
Thanks TEB Sep 2018 #2
Turns out sometimes you can go big AND go home. dchill Sep 2018 #3
Read "The Things They Carried." DemoTex Sep 2018 #4
Psst..."Tim" flotsam Sep 2018 #6
Typing on an iPad. DemoTex Sep 2018 #8
I don't need one flotsam Sep 2018 #9
I have not heard of that. DashOneBravo Sep 2018 #13
this is why mercuryblues Sep 2018 #5
We were all minority's TEB Sep 2018 #7
We were all green lol DashOneBravo Sep 2018 #10
Some slip through DashOneBravo Sep 2018 #11
Exactly TEB Sep 2018 #12
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