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braddy

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

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Reply #16)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:51 PM

Jan 2015

"All special operations units in all branches of the U.S. military and the CIA's Special Activities Division employ the use of waterboarding as part of survival school (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) training, to psychologically prepare soldiers for the possibility of being captured by enemy forces. John Yoo, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General under President Bush stated that the United States has subjected 20,000 of its troops to waterboarding as part of SERE training prior to deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan."

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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