Will military be on our side during shtf?

[Shrek926]

18BRAVO (formerly)
please continue....

I find it interesting that people wonder what the military would do, I wonder more about my neighbor. In the hours after the Battle of Jonesboro, neighbors poured out to help one another. Would anyone of us risk anything for our neighbor?

 

[captdave77]

Did you deliver leaflets in Iraq?

Quite insulting.

 

[msg723]

Let me know which lake you decide to go to!

Try Lake Lanier. That place was loaded with boat accidents this summer.

 

[jyphotog]

Quite insulting.

Why? I am just asking a question.

 

[captdave77]

Dave I know you're in this thread, it wasn't directed at you. I hate seeing people view our riflemen as some sort of underlings who can't think for themselves and are essentially robots with kevlar helmets. Plenty of the kids in the infantry I know had scholarships to accredited universities and chose to go to Afghanistan instead.

People like to think because they have an AR-15 and some ammo makes them " combat effective". There's a good page in a book called "Sniper on the Eastern Front" in which the author talks about what makes a person combat effective: " The ability to remain calm, sharp, and adverse under combat conditions, when bullets are raining all around you and boys are screaming for their mothers, is what enables men to win wars. Sharpshooting, field craft and other skill sets are an excellent ally to have, but it is essentially the ability to think under the most unthinkable conditions that will give you a chance to survive".

That was written in regards to combat in 1944-1945 on the Eastern Front in regards to trained Whermacht soldiers in the face of the Soviet Army.

How well do you think an overweight, untrained, spoiled to air conditioning, hourly worker with an Ar-15 is going to perform against the deadliest military force the world has ever known? People need to stop living in a fantasy world.

I know TT. I was playing wit you.

 

[captdave77]

Why? I am just asking a question.

It is insulting to reduce my MOS to leaflets. You have not answered my questions, hoss.

 

[jyphotog]

It is insulting to reduce my MOS to leaflets. You have not answered my questions, hoss.

Not sure I am obligated to. Im not putting my personal info out here.

Im done with this argument. Again, thank you for your service!

 

[captdave77]

You are welcome to call me at the number on my sig.

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You are welcome to call me at the number on my sig.

 

[jyphotog]

Why the hell would I call you?

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Im not having any heating or cooling issues.

 

[captdave77]

Not sure I am obligated to. Im not putting my personal info out here.

Im done with this argument. Again, thank you for your service!

I am not mad, bro, but you are welcome to call me. I am not insulted by your remarks but the casual dismissal of support troops is troublesome.