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Chainfire

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4. When I was in boot camp in 1970 if you broke your arm they would tell you,

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 4, 2023, 09:09 PM

Apr 2023

"You salute with the other hand, so suck it up, Buttercup, now get down and give me 50 for malingering, you maggot."

I really don't recall any of the guys in my company in boot camp being injured. The obese recruits were put in what the called the "fat boy" company where they got less food and more exercise until they got up to par. If the Army is having problems it is probably pushing the recruits above their abilities. They probably need to slow down and build up the recruits strength and endurance.

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Recruits, Especially from the South, Are Getting Injured at Alarming Rates in Basic Training [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2023 OP

👇👇👇💪 Goonch Apr 2023 #1

Basic Training is probably the first time many of them have Baked Potato Apr 2023 #2

I went through basic training in 1980 ggma Apr 2023 #5

Yo Mama, I am a little younger than you, not much, but a bit. bottomofthehill Apr 2023 #3

When I was in boot camp in 1970 if you broke your arm they would tell you, Chainfire Apr 2023 #4

I enlisted in the army in 1961, we didn't have any injuries in my basic training company. friend of a friend Apr 2023 #6