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[-] Soupbreaker@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah. I was in basic on 9/11, out at a machine gun range. All the instructors heard about it on the radio, then came and told us about it while we were in the bleachers, waiting to shoot. We didn't really believe it, until we headed back to BN, and random checkpoints had sprouted up on the route since that morning. Crazy times.

They had guys manning checkpoints with loaded rifles, some of whom hadn't even qualified on their weapons. Rumor was, we'd be rushed through training and sent straight to Afghanistan. But things continued on schedule, and 18 months later I found myself in Iraq.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, man. I feel for you. I ETSed long before Iraq, but my younger broþer was stop-lossed like, 3 times in a row.

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