Not sure if they still do this but I learned this in Infantry school back in 2000. The first person to answer correctly gets best answer.
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razor, a match, and a .45 bullet
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Its the same with two, too and to.  Drives me insane.  I cant believe people still get this wrong.
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Yeah they do in the UK. They mostly teach about how to do it safely and what the laws are regarding when you can do it.
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they did then modified it in the late 60's, its always been an experimental thing. kinda silly idea thought. very dangerous. you'd have to be an idiot to use one. no offence.
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the video says its not avalable. but since i see military personel then maybe it is good.\n\n\nhay dude i just saw it and yesss this is awsome it brings us military personell hope to kick there a$$es.\n\nPS i was at school a while ago
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You are absolutely correct.  In Vietnam we used to watch the unique smoke spirals from the charcoal fires the Vietcong would use to cook their breakfast at dawn.  We could tell by the number of spirals how many troops where in that particular geographic area and take the appropriate action.  Believe it or not, we could also tell by the amount of urine vapor that would float into the air at dawn how many enemy troops where also in that particular geographic area and take the appropriate action.  I can't say any more since it is still classified. You would be amazed at the level of technology that is in use today.
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its an age old custom which has mostly died out now.rem reading about it in history classes
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Those that have already done it ALWAYS remember it being harder than it was.  *L*  "Back in MY day..."\n\nOf course, there are a LOT of things that have been dropped from the BT because of injuries, or have been deemed "unsafe" (damn OSHA), and some things have been added to meet the new combat situation.\n\nEasier?  No, just different.  The physical part is still there, the Drills are still there, just the classes have changed.
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U.S. federal code calls for the canton to always be positioned to the left.\n\nThe Army actually has two authorized flag patches, one to be worn on the left shoulder, with the canton facing left, and another "reverse field" patch worn on the right, with the canton facing right. \n\nThe two different orientations are mandated because Army regulations call for the flag "to be worn so that to observers, it looks as if the flag is flying against a breeze," Heath said. \n\nWhat does a stiff wind have to do with this custom?\n\nIn fact, the rule is a nod to the U.S. Army's early history, when wars were fought as a series of carefully choreographed battles -- two armies meeting on a field, clashing head-on until one side emerged victorious. \n\nIn those battles, both mounted cavalry and infantry units would always designate one soldier as "standard bearer," to carry the Colors into the fight. \n\nAs the standard bearer charged, his rapid forward momentum would cause the flag to stream back. \n\nAnd since the Stars and Stripes is mounted with the canton closest to the pole, that section would always be forward. \n\nSo if a soldier is charging into the battle, the flag would give the appearance of forward motion. For the right shoulder, the flag only appears "backward."\n\nAnd that's why soldiers wear the flag patches on the right shoulder "backward." Because retreat in battle, as any soldier will tell you, is not the Army way.
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Behind you as in at the 6 oclock position (imagine standing on a clock).  Its a military phrase.
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I went through Ranger training 39 years ago after I graduated from Airborne training. It was indeed rough and yes, I made it through the first time. I remember that I would always hold sleep very precious after that! You are taught map reading, land navigation (both day and night), combative techniques like pugil stick training, hand-to-hand combat and bayonet training, airborne and airmobile techniques of operation, small unit patrolling techniques, rope and knot tying, rock climbing (big damn rocks on Mt Yonah!), rappelling, ambush techniques and more patrolling techniques, then we boarded a UH-1 Bus and went to Flordia for more patrolling techniques,small boat ops, stream and swamp navigation, etc. All of this training took place beginning at Ft. Benning, GA, at Camp Rogers and Camp Darby, to Camp Merrill, near Dahlonega, GA, to Camp Rudder, Auxillery Field #7, and then back to Darby. To me it was the most intensive 9 weeks I ever spent in the Army. I don't know if it is all still the same or not. Camp Rudder was referred to as Camp Mother-Rudder and Hurley Hill as Hurl(i.e. throw-up)Hill. You do one hell of a lot of P.T., running and lots of road marches. There is lack of sleep, hunger, exhaustion, stress, and any misery that the Ranger staff and Mother Nature can throw at you. But it's all worth it when you get that Black and Gold Tab (i.e. we called it the "Bumble-Bee") that says "Ranger". To the rest of the military that little arched tab says it all. Be proud of your son for making it through the TOUGHEST course that the Army has to offer and tell him that I said, "Sua Sponte".
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Good question. I'm not really sure, but theoretically speaking, it all depends on the lengths the officer is willing to go. I used to be in the army, and there was a time I had to commandeer a civilian vehicle. I didnt bother learning what we were allowed to do and not allowed to do, and since it was in a different country, the rules could've been different.
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IT appears backwards becuase when you are running forward with the flag, this is the way it appears. It is placed on the uniform this way as to remind the soldier to always move forward.
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Well I was Marine Corps infantry during the first offensive into Fallujah. (Around the time they hung US bodies from the bridges. I can tel you what our numbers were from about 750 in our battalion. 19 KIA (dead). In my company we had 4 KIA. Injuries are much higher though. I was a machinegunner, and just in my section of 18 guys, 6 of us were injured seriously. I took shrapnel 3 inches into the right side of my brain. One lost an arm, One paralized neck down, One hip blown apart, One face reconstructed, One bullet to the chest. Lt is right, if you have any fear, the infantry is not the place. Go admin.  But if you can hack infantry, it is the best thing you will ever do. No extreme sport can give you that kind of..... well I dont know what to call it, cause it aint a game. It will make a man of you though.
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I agree with the other poster. Why would a SSG not know this? Or at least know where to find the info? I am a retired SSG, and, man, you're making us NCO's look bad.
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looks like it would all depend on your case\n\nalso the military some times takes their time when discharging people, other times they go so fast it will make your head spin.\n\nI remember when I got my medical discharge they did it in a few days I knew others it took about a year for the same stuff.
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http://tecfa.unige.ch/tecfa/teaching/staf13/mod-1/perception/st13-1-1-96.html