Little mini poll: By way of liking or disliking this post.How many RDF members here think that the "S" word(a derogatory name for a reservist) is a term of endearment??
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Use of the word Sandbag
"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.Tags: None
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Originally posted by apod View PostLittle mini poll: By way of liking or disliking this post.How many RDF members here think that the "S" word(a derogatory name for a reservist) is a term of endearment??Everyone who's ever loved you was wrong.
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From Wiki:
A sandbag (floodbag) is a sack made of hessian/burlap, polypropylene or other materials that is filled with sand or soil and used for such purposes as flood control, military fortification, shielding glass windows in war zones and ballast.
Advantages are that burlap and sand are inexpensive, and that the bags can be brought in empty and filled with local sand or soil.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Sandbags at dawn
MOD: Several posts removed from " Future of the Army Reserve-discuss" and thread closed again :(
referring to us as sandbags to recruits all through basic training"He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
"No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."
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