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  • #16
    Originally posted by apod View Post
    I know the lad in the pic.He is Cav.True and true.Never 4 Bn.

    As for the headdress thing.Most soldiers on work details last wednesday were told to take them off due to the high winds.
    Thanks for unnecessarily clarifying that, pedantic pat.


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
      Thanks for unnecessarily clarifying that, pedantic pat.
      Coming from this sites king of pedantry I will take that as a compliment
      "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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        • #19
          Heard a story of a guy who went a bit to deep and his LTAV stalled, with civvies aboard. "Do you want me to ask a farmer for a tow out?" sez one...."No. I'll never hear the end of it in the barracks. We'll push it out...

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