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braddy

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13. I always considered the empasis on training soldiers in the difference between "lawful" orders

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 10:15 PM

Jan 2015

and "unlawful" as excellent, a wonderful idea. What would you have done in the Army if you had been told to water board a fellow GI?

I don't know what you did in the Army, but some military training gets very intense and I have known a lot of guys who were water boarded, including at International LRRP school, even during basic training as inexperienced soldiers, for instance during the E&E portion of basic in "Little Vietnam" at Ft.Polk, being captured was quite a trauma for those who endured the interrogation training during the Vietnam war.

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Mike Malloy - Chris Kyle Was No Hero, But A Goddamn Mass Murderer [View all] hschulein Jan 2015 OP

During the Vietnam War, Hathcock had 93 confirmed kills of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet-Cong braddy Jan 2015 #1

Teenage American draftees collected human ears in Vietnam . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #2

Vietnam was mostly fought by volunteers though, it was WWII that was a draftee military. braddy Jan 2015 #3

No it wasn't RoccoR5955 Jan 2015 #4

I didn't say there wasn't a draft, I said that Vietnam was mostly a volunteer's war, unlike WWII. braddy Jan 2015 #8

I don't know a soul who volunteered for the Vietnam War . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #5

During the Vietnam war only about 30% of those killed in Vietnam were draftees, Army and Marine. braddy Jan 2015 #9

The VFW magazine . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #10

Yes, an excellent source for the facts on veterans and their military service. braddy Jan 2015 #12

Although I haven't seen one in years . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #14

my stepdad volunteered and did three tours in Vietnam! wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #15

I have a different point of view Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #6

Chris Kyle was a Navy SEAL, not Army, and you were trained to only follow "lawful" orders when you braddy Jan 2015 #7

Thank you Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #11

I always considered the empasis on training soldiers in the difference between "lawful" orders braddy Jan 2015 #13

Water boarding? Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #16

Water boarding of American GIs was common back then, I assume they still do it. braddy Jan 2015 #17

The closest thing I had to what you are describing was Field Training Exercises (FTX) Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #18