<html><body><p><font color ="#000000">Front row, 3rd from left, behind guide-on flags.</font></p>
<p><font color ="#000000">First on, they have to make raw recruits mindless, non-thinking, non-questioning, to execute up-chain commands instantly or when dictated, without reservation.</font></p>
<br><br>Via InoMail on Android<br><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> wrote:<br><br><div class="inomail_quote"><blockquote class="inomail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.2ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 0.8ex;">
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div>. . . and training into the infantry.<br><br><img src="cid:BCDD3AB5-6A07-4ADC-A3FF-2A9829C39F91" id="BCDD3AB5-6A07-4ADC-A3FF-2A9829C39F91" style="padding:0px 1px 1px 0px;"></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Photos/Fort_Benning_B92_Infantry_Training.jpg"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Photos/Fort_Benning_B92_Infantry_Training.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Photos/Fort_Benning_B92_Infantry_Training.jpg</a></a></div><div><br></div><div>See if you can spot me in this pic.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the first things I learned from these drill sergeants was that "infantry" is not the plural form of "infant", a misconception I lived with for fifteen years in Army administration. I later learned that, before I reported in to Fort Benning, the unit drill sergeants flipped coins to see who would get the opportunity to "break-in" (train) the "admin puke" (me).</div><div> <br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html></blockquote></div></body></html>