You ever notice these maga freaks claiming their warriors patriots .
Yesterday i asked this dude hey were you infantry he had on this hoodie with crossed rifles as I am fond of my fellow Grunts I love them all.
I explained my pedigree former 11B (Army infantry)his reply was he never served, yet he was running his gums on how we have to take Greenland and the canal possibly with military action.
So i asked how old are you his reply he was thirty i then asked him how come he never rucked up in war on terror if he feels so patriotic.
He gave me complete silence.
I then added well you’re young enough yet barely because being a grunt is young man’s world most us were 18-19 our senior N.C.O.s were late twenties to mid thirties we were fine warriors.
I then spoke and said yet at your age you could still enlist to help take Greenland or the canal and show how patriotic you are.
I then proceeded to give him advice in once you graduate O.S.U.T. Infantry at Benning go to jump school go to 82nd my old Alma mater I was 325 P.I.R. Nothing elite like the Rangers or special forces or those D boys (Delta) yet in that world i had to volunteer to be there.
And the people you find in the Eighty Deuce are some sharp motivated troopers and your chances of survival greatly increase if you end up in the shit.
I then gave him my reasoning in that all of our senior N.C.0.,s survived Vietnam my platoon sergeant example two tours with 101st one as riflemen second as L.R.R.P. and not one scratch on his ass.
And today we still have large cadre of war on terror troopers who will teach you how to survive if it goes down.
If I remember my platoon sergeant telling me he served in some place called Ashau Valley he said was always N.V.A.
Yet what those senior sergeants taught us I listened they were like E.F. Hutton with their resumes of war.
My time thankfully was all peaceful 84-87 and i added i caught med P.C.S.to West Germany taken off jump status cuz broken ankle.
I said if you can get stationed Germany after your actions do it because it is great place to serve. Shit we partied hard on weekends and when we had to soldier we were like the movie animal house with crew served weapons.
I can only hope you take my advice i told him I’m trying to set you up for success and hopefully i did not waste my breath in talking with you.
I’m not sure if he caught my sarcasm.
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But there was a surprising lack of f-bombs and knife hands 
And may I add we used to say the Air Force is just like the army.
Yet only for smart people 
He was afraid. That's why he didn't ruck up. That's fine. Fear is universal. Only a fool and a liar says they don't fear anything. But if you're going to talk the talk, you've got to walk too.
